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Archive: July 2019 (4 Posts)

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What’s So Brutal about Brutalism?

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Vyta Baselice, Architecture, Design & Engineering Programs Assistant, Prints & Photographs Division. Brutalism is an architectural style that emerged first in Great Britain in the 1950s and soon gained popularity in the United States. It is easily identifiable by the buildings’ large scale, rectangular shapes, and extensive use …

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

A Poster Revolution

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

All students of American history – as well as fans of the hit Broadway show Hamilton – know that the victory at the Battle of Yorktown by a combined French and American force was the turning point of the American Revolution. British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops and ships at Yorktown, Virginia on Oct. …