Category Archives: Still Lies Quiet Truth

LIBRARY SHELF: RE/Search #13

Posted on 30 April, 2012 by institute

Juno, Andrea and V. Vale, eds. RE/Search #13: Angry Women (1991) FIRST LINE: “Angry Women is not about women, but about the future survival of our planet.” ICI SHELF: RE/Search ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-30-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Frida Kahlo

Posted on 26 April, 2012 by institute

Lowe, Sarah M. Frida Kahlo (1991) FIRST LINE: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monographs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-26-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Universe and Dr. Einstein

Posted on 17 April, 2012 by institute

Barnett, Lincoln The Universe and Dr. Einstein: A Clear Explanation of Einstein’s Theories (1948) LAST LINE: “’The law of the conservation of the mass of a system becomes identical with the law of conservation of energy…’” ICI SHELF: Prague ICI … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: A Mapmaker’s Dream

Posted on 8 April, 2012 by institute

Cowan, James A Mapmaker’s Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice (1996) FIRST LINE: “For some time I have wanted to relate a circumstance that has been happening to me in recent years.” ICI SHELF: … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy

Posted on 31 March, 2012 by institute

Auxier, Randall E. and Phillip S. Seng, eds. The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (2008) LAST LINE: “If anyone asks whether I have come out of my cave, you may tell them ‘not yet.’” ICI … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: On Ugliness

Posted on 23 March, 2012 by institute

Eco, Umberto, ed. On Ugliness (2007) LAST LINE: “…the good that she drew from them…was a general good, of which nothing was wasted.” ICI SHELF: Visuality ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (03-23-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Politics of Vision

Posted on 19 March, 2012 by institute

Nochlin, Linda The Politics of Vision: Essays on Nineteenth-Century Art and Society (1989) FIRST LINE: “Art Changes only through strong convictions, convictions strong enough to change society at the same time.” ICI SHELF: Art History ICI HISTORY: Today at the … Continue reading →

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Mourning Pins

Posted on 2 March, 2012 by institute

Matchbox-sized case of black-tipped mourning pins made in Germany for the American and English markets sometime during the nineteenth or early twentieth century. These pins were used to attach veils during periods of mourning. They are silent survivors of the … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Jefferson Bible

Posted on 30 January, 2012 by institute

ICI-LIBjeffersonbible_cov-wJefferson, Thomas The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English (2011) LAST LINE: “There laid they Jesus and rolled a great stone to the door of … Continue reading →

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LIBRARY SHELF: Spectral Evidence – The Photography of Trauma

Posted on 21 December, 2011 by institute

Baer, Ulrich Spectral Evidence- The Photography of Trauma (2002) LAST LINE: “They open up a future that is not known and, because it is unknown, might yet be changed.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed … Continue reading →

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