unsubscribe MUSEUM-L > >There are 3 messages totalling 206 lines in this issue. > >Topics of the day: > > 1. Symposium October 23 and 24: "Imaging the City in the Americas" > 2. Metaworlds/VRML > 3. MMA Standards Manual for Signs... > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:34:54 -0800 >From: "Getty Public Affairs Department (Rebecca Bubenas)" > <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Symposium October 23 and 24: "Imaging the City in the Americas" > >For Immediate Release >Contact: Lori Starr > Director, Public Affairs > Dale Kutzera > Public Affairs Assistant > >SCHOLARS GATHER FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HISTORY >AND IDENTITY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. AND MEXICO CITY >Renowned Mexican Author Carlos Monsivais to Present >Keynote Address > > LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- An international group of scholars will >gather in Washington, D.C. on October 23 and 24 for a two-day >symposium about the history, tradition, and identity of Washington and >Mexico City at the turn of the century. *Imaging the City in the Americas: >Washington and Mexico City, 1910,* to be held at the Library of Congress >and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, will focus on the grand >epoch in which these two cities emerged as world-class capitals. The >symposium is jointly organized by the Getty Research Institute for the >History of Art and the Humanities, the Hispanic Division of the Library of >Congress, the Latin American Studies Center at the University of >Maryland at College Park, and the Mexican Cultural Institute. Admission to >*Imaging the City* is free and open to the public. With the passage of >the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1992, the Getty >Research Institute began to investigate Pan-American relations at the >beginning of the 20th century, when similar debates about the >international flow of capital, goods, and images took place, and nations >throughout the Americas asserted their individual identities. *Emerging >metropolises, like Mexico City and Washington, became increasingly >important as stages for displaying national progress and modernity, and >as magnets for international investment,* observes Dr. Thomas Reese, >Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute. *Dreams of metropolitan >greatness inspired the imagination of civic leaders, urban planners, >artists, and architects alike, and forever altered these cities' physical >appearance and social fabric. Citizens responded by inventing images >that both reflected and defined how city dwellers throughout the >Americas viewed their cities and how they responded to the challenges >of the new technological age.* > > *Imaging the City* will introduce innovative research >methodologies that stress the importance of images--photographs, >posters, postcards, films, maps, and advertising--in the study of urban >history. The symposium will also highlight archival holdings related to the >study of Mexico City and Washington, such as those of the Library of >Congress. *We are very excited about this opportunity to show >researchers the vast map, pictorial, and film collections of the Library of >Congress that relate to urban images,* says Dr. Georgette Magassy >Dorn, Head of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. >*Fascinating similarities of the two great capitals--Washington and >Mexico--have been known for years. Finally, through this collaborative >effort, we can demonstrate how fruitful such studies can be.* > > The second day of the symposium will be held at the stately >Mexican Cultural Institute, an historic Washington landmark, built in 1910. >*The Mexican Embassy is very enthusiastic about exploring and >comparing scholarly resources to study Mexico City and Washington,* >says Dr. Alvaro Rodriguez Tirado, General Director of the Mexican >Cultural Institute. *It is a great opportunity to bring scholars together from >both countries.* > > In all, ten internationally noted scholars will deliver papers that >outline the social and political histories of Washington and Mexico City in >1910 and explore the role images have played in shaping civic identities. >Mexican author Carlos Monsivais will present the keynote address. The >conference papers will be published by the Getty Research Institute and >the University of Maryland in the fall of 1997. > > *This symposium provides a unique approach to the study of >urban developments around 1910,* observes Dr. Saul Sosnowski, >Director of the Latin American Studies Center at the University of >Maryland, College Park. *From an academic perspective, I envision the >creativity of this approach as fertile training ground for a new generation >of scholars across disciplinary boundaries. It is towards that goal, in >addition to the design of conferences, symposia, and exhibits, that we >shall also direct our efforts.* > > The symposium is part of the Getty Research Institute's larger, >ongoing project entitled *Imaging the City in the Americas: The Formation >and Display of Urban Identities Around 1910,* a multi-national research >effort that explores the creative functions of images in the formation of >urban and national identities. For more information about the research >project or the symposium, please call (310) 458-9811 ext. 5028. >[Editors note: see attached conference schedule and fact >sheet.] > ># # # > > The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the >Humanities is dedicated to the production of innovative scholarship in the >arts and the humanities and provides a unique environment for research, >critical inquiry, and debate. Integral to its interdisciplinary approach is the >concept that visual arts and artifacts should not be studied in isolation, >but assessed within the broad historical and cultural contexts in which >they were created. The Research Institute provides valuable support for >scholars through its extensive collections, which includes manuscripts, >archives, visual materials, and some 750,000 volumes of books, serials, >and auction catalogs; and by inviting groups of interdisciplinary >researchers to the Institute to conduct their research as scholars in >residence. > > The J. Paul Getty Trust is a private operating foundation dedicated >to the visual arts and the humanities. Through a museum, five institutes, >and a grant program, the Getty provides opportunities for people to more >fully understand, experience, value, and preserve the world's art and >cultural heritage. The Getty comprises the J. Paul Getty Museum, the >Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, the >Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Information Institute, the Getty >Education Institute for the Arts, the Getty Leadership Institute for Museum >Management, and the Getty Grant Program. > > The Library of Congress is one of the worlds *repositories of >record* and an international resource of unparalleled dimensions. Its >mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress >and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal >collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The >Library's collections surpassed 108 million items in 1995. > > The Mexican Cultural Institute, funded by the Mexican >Government, is a showcase that displays the arts and artifacts, culture, >and history of Mexico. It holds concerts, recitals, lectures, film festivals, >and many other cultural and scholarly events. The Institute presents >important exhibits of graphic arts, paintings, popular art, and photographs >of Mexico. > > The Latin American Studies Center (LASC) at College Park is the >largest and most encompassing academic resource for Latin America >studies in the Maryland-Washington, D.C. region. The Center is widely >considered to be one of the leading programs in the United States in the >fields of Latin American literature and culture. > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:35:21 +0100 >From: Murph the Surf <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Metaworlds/VRML > >Erich Schroeder <[log in to unmask]> > >We have been working a small amount with VRML (see >http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/GISlab/vrml) > >I realize many (most?) on the list have no idea what we're talking >about. VRML is Virtual Reality Markup Language, QTVR is QuickTime >Virtual Reality. They are, very simplistically, 3D environments that can >be viewed on the Internet. > >In the next week or so I'll be putting up a Web site to document the >exhibition we are planning for the List Center at MIT in January. I hope >to make the Web site a documentation of the planning of the exhibition >as well as a part of the exhibition itself. > >We have a site for our VRML/Metaworld SIG (Special Interest Group) up >now and if you're interested you can check it out at >http://artnetweb.com/vrml/ > >You need a VRML browser or plug-in like Live 3D that now comes with >Netscape and at least a 28.8 modem to view the objects (that's what I >have). Software like Black Sun require a Pentium. > >We will also have a listserv for the exhibition up and running soon so >even those who don't have vrml capability can participate in this. > >-- >ROBBIN MURPHY, creative director, artnetweb >[log in to unmask] -- http://artnetweb.com >426 Broome Street, NYC 10013 212 925-1885 >READINGS: http://artnetweb.com/views/viewsind.html > >------------------------------ > >Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:11:13 -0400 >From: "Jose A. Ortiz" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: MMA Standards Manual for Signs... > >The book <Manual For Signs And Labels In The Metropolitan Museum of Art> >is available through the AAM bookstore. cost $25/members, >$34/non-members. order no. XRA849 tel 202-289--9127 > > >Jose Ortiz >The Cloisters/MMA > >On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, >Doug Hoy wrote: > >> I once heard about a standards manual for signs and labels developed by the >> Metropolitan >> Museum of Art (1993?). My library can't find it, and says MMA itself doesn't >> know >> anything about it. Does anyone have a copy, or know what the history of this >> manual >> might be? >> > >------------------------------ > >End of MUSEUM-L Digest - 17 Oct 1996 >************************************ > >