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2013
Book
Kabuki: Japanese Theatre Prints
The popular form of traditional theatre in Japan, known as kabuki, combines drama, music and dance and is presented on spectacular stage settings in lavish costumes. In 19th-century Japan people eagerly acquired pictures of their favourite actor in the latest play. These woodblock prints were a cheap and colourful medium...Buckland, Rosina
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2014
Journal article
White walls, white nights, white girls: whiteness and the artistic interior, 1850-1890
Although in recent years some academic work has been undertaken about the use of colour, particularly blue, green and yellow, in Arts and Crafts and Aestheticism, little attention has been paid to the significance of the use of white in art, design and literature. Using as its starting point the...Huxtable, Sally-Anne
Victorian, Arts and Crafts, Colour, Aesthetic Movement, E. W. Godwin, and William Morris
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2018
Journal article
Illustrating the design process: the Bernat Klein Collection and Archive, National Museums Scotland
Serbian-born textile designer Bernat Klein (1922–2014) emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1945 and based his textile manufacturing business in the Scottish borders. From humble beginnings this young émigré designer went on to produce couture fabrics for the leading fashion houses of Europe. Klein also worked as a colour consultant...Mason, Lisa
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2018
Journal article
Drawing damaged bodies: British Medical Art in the Early Twentieth century
Historians are acutely aware of the role of art in medicine. Elaborate early modern works catch our eye; technical innovations attract analysis. This paper beats a different path by examining three little-known artists in early twentieth-century Britain who deployed what may seem like an outdated method: drawing. Locating the function...Alberti, S J M M
First World War, surgery, medical illustration, wounds, and pathology
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2018
Journal article
V&A Dundee
The bold architecture of this new museum makes a statement, but what's on offer inside?Huxtable, Sally-Anne
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2018
Journal article
Voxpop: what is the future for Blockbuster exhibitions?
Fears have been raised that the UK's leading museums may be unable to stage the major exhibitions that attract visitors from all over the world if there is a no-deal Brexit.Huxtable, Sally-Anne
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2015
Exhibition
Katherine Coleman: All year round 28 November - 23 December exhibition catalogue
Born in Sutton Coldfield in 1949, Katharine is a freelance glass engraver and designer. She was taught point, drill and copper wheel engraving on glass by Peter Dreiser at Morley College, Lambeth from 1984-7 and continues to explore these techniques at her workshop in Clerkenwell. Katharine engraves on clear lead...Watban, Rose ; Coleman, Katherine
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Journal article
Notes on some Gold Coins of Gallienus and Saloninus
The coinage of the Valeianic dynasty (AD 253-68) is one for which, in recent years, it has proved impossible for any published reference catalogue to keep up with the number of new discoveries which are constantly being made.Holmes, N M McQ.