Fine Art courses at Rare Book School
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RARE BOOK SCHOOL (RBS) is pleased to announce its Summer Sessions
2000, a collection of five-day, non-credit courses on topics
concerning rare books, manuscripts, the history of books and
printing, and special collections to be held at the University of
Virginia from 19 June - 30 June and 24 July - 11 August 2000.
THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL prerequisites for RBS courses
vary. Some courses are primarily directed toward research librarians
and archivists. Others are intended for academics, persons working in
the antiquarian book trade, bookbinders and conservators,
professional and avocational students of the history of books and
printing, book collectors, and others with an interest in the
subjects being treated.
THE TUITION FOR EACH FIVE-DAY COURSE is $690. Air-conditioned
dormitory housing (about $35/night) will be offered on the historic
Central Grounds of the University, and nearby hotel accommodations
are readily available.
FOR AN APPLICATION FORM and electronic copies of the complete
brochure and the RBS Expanded Course Descriptions (ECDs), providing
additional details about the courses offered and other information
about RBS, visit our Web site at:
http://www.virginia.edu/oldbooks
Or write Rare Book School, 114 Alderman Library, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2498; fax 804/924-8824; email
oldb...@virginia.edu; or telephone 804/924-8851.
Subscribers to rec.arts.fine may find the following Rare Book School
courses to be of particular interest:
33. JAPANESE PRINTMAKING, 1615-1868. (Monday-Friday, July 24-28) A
survey of Ukiyo-e, the art of the Japanese woodblock print. _Ukiyo-e_
literally means _floating world art_, and it is through an
exploration of the Floating World that produced this art that we come
to understand it. The course considers how the Floating World
developed in the C17 out of the earlier court culture, how it created
an interest in the courtesans, actors, and famous places of Japan
that became the chief subject-matter of C17-C19 printmakers, and how
it declined and changed in the late C19. The course will take
advantage of the extensive collection of Japanese prints owned by
UVa’s Bayly Museum. Instructor: Sandy Kita.
SANDY KITA, Assistant Professor of Japanese Art at the University of
Maryland, is the author of _A Hidden Treasure: Japanese Woodblock
Prints in the James Austin Collection_ (1996) and _The Last Tosa:
Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e_ (1999).
52. ARTISTS’ BOOKS: STRATEGIES FOR COLLECTING. (Monday-Friday, August
7-11) The field of artists’ books includes work that spans the full
spectrum of cultural objects, handmade originals, calligraphic and
typographic experimentation, conceptual productions, and works
produced in the traditions of fine printing and independent
publishing. This course provides critical and historical perspectives
from which to conceive of a collecting rationale for both individuals
and institutions. Instructor: Johanna Drucker.
JOHANNA DRUCKER became Robertson Professor of Media Studies at UVa
last year; she has also taught at Columbia, Yale, and SUNY Purchase.
She has been making artist’s books for many years. Among her books
are _The Visible Word: Experimental Typography and Modern Art,
1909-23_ (1994) and _The Century of Artists’ Books_ (1995).