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Monday, May 10th, 2010

Cabin, Quarter, Plantation: Architecture and Landscapes of North American Slavery

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An important new collection of essays, Cabin, Quarter, Plantation provides a comprehensive examination of the architecture and landscape of enslavement in the American south. New scholarship finds home alongside classic writings on the built environment of slavery. As such, the…

Celebrating the Exotic and the Ordinary

Historic New England is subject of the loan exhibition at this years Winter Antique Show. The core of Americana Week in New York, the Winter Antique Show is among the top vetted presentations of American decorative arts. Ahead of the…

The Graphic Design of Peter Paul Rubens

Most regularly celebrated as an Old Master with a taste for the grand, Peter Paul Rubens career as graphic designer is often overlooked. Mark Lamster, however, notes the artists work in service of the publishing industry. His essay on Design…

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Monday, May 10th, 2010

Cabin, Quarter, Plantation: Architecture and Landscapes of North American Slavery

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Celebrating the Exotic and the Ordinary

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

The Graphic Design of Peter Paul Rubens