3 nouvelles base de données pour la recherche

internetNew Art Historical Resources on the Web [3]

[1] Virtuelle Ausstellung: Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek der 
Reichsabtei Corvey
[2] The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives Opens Three Collections for 
Research
[3] Database of Knoedler Gallery Stock Books Now Online, Getty Research 
Institute

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[1]
Virtuelle Ausstellung „Tausend Jahre Wissen – Die Rekonstruktion der 
Bibliothek der Reichsabtei Corvey"
In dem Projekt „Kloster und Schloss Corvey als Orte abendländischer 
Bildungs- und Mediengeschichte“ wurden am Lehrstuhl für Materielles und 
Immaterielles Kulturerbe seit 2009 die ehemaligen Bestände der 
Klosterbibliothek Corvey erforscht, katalogisiert und digitalisiert. 
Mit einer Wanderausstellung wurden die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse von 2011 
bis 2013 einer breiten Öffentlichkeit präsentiert. Die Virtuelle 
Ausstellung macht diese Ausstellung nun interaktiv im Internet erlebbar 
und erweitert sie um multimediale Inhalte. Das noch junge Medium einer 
Virtuellen Ausstellung eignet sich dabei in besonderer Weise, 
Forschungsergebnisse nachhaltig zu dokumentieren und gleichzeitig 
attraktiv und anschlussfähig für ein breites Publikum aufzubereiten.
Der thematische Fokus der Virtuellen Ausstellung liegt insbesondere auf 
dem immateriellen kulturellen Erbe: Als bedeutendes kulturelles Zentrum 
der Produktion, Speicherung und Vermittlung von Wissen seit dem frühen 
Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit, gehörte die ehemalige Reichsabtei zu 
den bedeutendsten Klöstern aus karolingischer Zeit. Die 
Klosterbibliothek mit ihren umfangreichen und vielfältigen 
Buchbeständen lassen Corvey rückblickend als universelles Wissensarchiv 
mit einem hohen kulturellen Anspruch erscheinen. Hörtexte zur Bildungs- 
und Mediengeschichte vertiefen diesen Aspekt.
Von den kostbarsten und für die weitere Forschung wichtigsten Schriften 
der erforschten Corveyer Bestände sind ergänzend zu der Virtuellen 
Ausstellung auf der Internetplattform „Nova Corbeia - Die virtuelle 
Bibliothek Corvey“ Volldigitalisate zugänglich. Diese stellen sicher, 
dass auch in Zukunft die ehemalige Bibliothek der Benediktiner in 
innovativer Weise im ursprünglichen Zusammenhang recherchier- und 
benutzbar sein wird.

Link: http://www.nova-corbeia.upb.de

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[2]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives Opens Three 
Collections for Research

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives Opens Three Collections for 
Research
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives announces the availability for 
research of three collections of records of 20th century Museum 
officials and departments. Processing of these materials is funded by a 
generous grant from the Leon Levy Foundation 
(www.leonlevyfoundation.org), a private, not-for-profit foundation 
created in 2004 from the estate of Leon Levy, an investor with a 
longstanding commitment to philanthropy. The Foundation's overarching 
goal is to support scholarship at the highest level, ultimately 
advancing knowledge and improving the lives of individuals and society 
at large. Finding aids are now available online for:

• James J. Rorimer records: James J. Rorimer (1905-1966) joined The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1927 as Assistant in the Department of 
Decorative Arts, then rose through the curatorial ranks leading to his 
1938 appointment as Curator of Medieval Art and The Cloisters. Rorimer 
left the Museum in 1943 to join the United States Army, and served in 
Europe as Lieutenant, Captain, and later as Chief of the Monuments, 
Fine Arts and Archives Section of the Seventh Army. After the war, 
Rorimer returned to the Metropolitan as Director of The Cloisters and 
Curator of Medieval Art (1949-1955), and Director of the Museum 
(1955-1966). The records document mainly his time as Museum Director, 
and include correspondence with institutions, organizations, donors, 
and trustees, clippings and documentation of special exhibitions and 
notable acquisitions, and information on the Museum’s Fifth Avenue and 
Cloisters buildings.
http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/James_J_Rorimer_records_b18437540

• Theodore Rousseau records: Theodore Rousseau (1912-1973) served in 
the U.S. Navy during World War II and in the Art Looting Investigation 
Unit of the Office of Strategic Services before being appointed 
Associate Curator of Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 
1947. He was named Curator in 1948 and Chairman of the Department of 
European Paintings in 1967, and was elected Vice Director of the Museum 
and appointed as its Curator-in-Chief in 1968. The records include 
correspondence related to curatorial matters, acquisitions, and 
deaccessioning, as well as clippings, articles, and photographs of 
works of art. They also include documents from his long professional 
involvement with the International Council of Museums, drafts and final 
versions of his professional writings and lecture presentations.
http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Theodore_Rousseau_records_b18461839.pdf

• Office of the Registrar records: The Office of the Registrar was 
established at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in January 1906. The 
records document acquisitions and loans of artworks, and related 
collection management activity, from the late 19th century through 
1996, with an emphasis on the years 1906-1969.
http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/Registrar_Records_b1844409.pdf

For information about access to the physical materials at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, contact archives@metmuseum.org or 
visit our website at http://libmma.org/portal/museum-archives/.

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[3]
Database of Knoedler Gallery Stock Books Now Online, 
Getty Research Institute

The Getty Research Institute has launched an expanded dealer stock book 
database that provides free online access to almost 24,000 records 
created from the Knoedler Gallery painting stock books. Books 1 through 
6, dating from 1872 to 1920, are available now; stock books 7 through 
11 will be added soon. You can explore the records from the Knoedler 
stock books here: 
http://piprod.getty.edu/starweb/stockbooks/servlet.starweb?path=stockbooks/stockbooks.web

Knoedler Gallery in New York was a central force in the evolution of an 
art market in the U.S. Together with over 43,700 records from another 
prominent gallery, Goupil & Cie and Boussod, Valadon & Cie in Paris 
(1846–1919), which have been online since 2011, this expanded database 
can be used to reconstruct the itineraries of thousands of paintings 
that crossed the Atlantic during the Gilded Age—including many that 
ended up in major American museums.

- Learn more at: 
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/database-of-knoedler-gallery-stock-books-now-online/#sthash.jbEtQYRN.dpuf


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