Gilding the Gilded Age: Interior Decoration Tastes and Trends in New York City
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Gilding the Gilded Age: Interior Decoration Tastes & Trends in New York
City
Dr. Catherine Larkin, Long Island University Alexandra Janvey, Long Island University
Victoria Pilato, Frick Art Reference Library
ACRL Arts Section Virtual Discussion Forum January 29, 2014
A collaboration between The Frick Collection and The William Randolph Hearst Archive at LIU Post
The Project
Phase I: Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century
Omeka Exhibit: http://gildedage.omeka.net/
Phase III of the METRO digitization grant funded project Documenting the Gilded Age
Phase II: Documenting the Gilded Age: New York City Exhibitions at the Turn of the 20th Century
Omeka Exhibit: http://gildedage2.omeka.net/
Digitize a group of late 19th and early 20th century New York auction house catalogues held at the Frick Art Reference Library
and the William Randolph Hearst Archive at LIU Post
Goals
• Increase access to these unique items
• Reach new audiences
• Preserve items
• Further enhance collections through the creation of an online exhibition.
• Create a new and useful resource on the Gilded Age
Selection Process
Solomon Solis Carvalho 1856-1942
Extensive knowledge of publishing
Leaves Joseph Pulitzer’s employ to become Hearst’s Editor in Chief
A member of Hearst’s inner circle for three decades
His collection was described as “especially ornate and magnificent”
Stanford White 1853-1906
American Architect of the Gilded Age, interior decorator, artist and art collector
James “Diamond Jim” Buchanan Brady 1856-1917
Immortalized in the folklore of the Gilded Age
Financier
Philanthropist
Art collector
Planning our site:
• Used Omeka.net
• Content
• Themes
• Plugins
• Collections
Omeka Exhibition
http://gildedage3.omeka.net/
Challenges
• Estimating amount that could be digitized
• Contributing records to the Internet Archive and Getty Research Portal
• Need for tighter timeline
• Better communication
Thank You!Questions or comments?
Dr. Catherine Larkin: [email protected] Head, Digital Initiatives & Art Image
LibraryLong Island University / LIU Post Campus
Alexandra Janvey: [email protected] Assistant, Digital Initiatives & Art Image
LibraryLong Island University / LIU Post Campus
Victoria Pilato: [email protected] Coordinator, Frick Art Reference Library