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Archive: December 2018 (4 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

The View from Above: Newly Added Photos from Carol M. Highsmith

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Today we take to the air with photographer Carol M. Highsmith and journey up and down the Eastern seaboard. Over the last year, photos of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia have come to the Library of Congress to be added to the ever-growing Carol M. Highsmith Archive. Highsmith’s …

A Century of Air Travel in Pictures

Posted by: Melissa Lindberg

It’s that time of year when many of us are getting ready to head to the airport and hop on a plane en route to family and friends for the holidays. Air travel, like many modern conveniences, is a perk easy to take for granted despite its relatively short history. A visual trip through the …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Renaissance and Baroque Color: Researching Chiaroscuro Woodcuts at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

The following is a guest post by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division. Among the Library’s treasures is a special collection of Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts made during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by such master artists as Domenico Beccafumi, Ugo da Carpi, Bartolomeo Coriolano, and Niccolò Vicentino. Although the chiaroscuro technique …