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Alphabet in art

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

The Female Forme

 Collection — Folder 1-2
Identifier: CSC-0161
Overview

Portfolio of prints made by Lynne Avadenka at RIT in Summer 2021. The prints were made using the vintage metal and wood type from the Cary Graphic Arts Collection.

Dates: 2021

The Roman Alphabet, 509 BCE, 1966-1971

 Item — Painting 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: "Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates: 1966-1971