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
Found in:
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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
