As we all know Interstellar shows us different places, which are located in space and that makes it impossible to create a real map. But that didn't stop us to show you the pecularities of each planet or the characteristics of each element.
The photos in this exhibit are published following the chronological logic of the movie.
The region of Lombardy is one of the most important tourist destinations in Italy. The capital of the region is Milan which is known to be a major fashion destination in the world and is also known to the country’s second capital. Apart from Milan too there are plenty of famous tourist destinations in the region like Pavia, Mantua, Cremona and Bergamo and lakes Iseo, Maggiore, Como and Lake Garda. Apart from being one of top tourist regions in the country, it is also an important economic center since the region has plenty of important industries in Italy. Almost all cities, towns and even small villages have outdoor and flea markets, antique shops where visitors would be able to find many locally made products and various other historical handicrafts.
In The Brontë Cabinet, (2015), Deborah Lutz investigates material objects owned by the sisters—souvenirs, mementos, books, writing desks—to illuminate the Brontë sisters’ lives. Material objects that the sisters created, touched, lived with, and incorporated into their writing help us to set the Brontës and their writing in their cultural moment and to understand each sister better. In our final classes, we will construct our own Brontë cabinet by choosing either an artifact Lutz mentions from the sisters’ lives—writing desks, letters, paintings, etc.—or...
The Victorian period was one of great change for Britain. Comprised of the years of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837-1901), it featured the rapid industrialization and urbanization of Britain, and the radical expansion of the British empire. Although these changes improved the quality of life for some Victorians, many more were forced to work under inhumane conditions, live in unsanitary and insalubrious environments, or suffered the violent oppressions of colonial rule. While we may think of the Victorian period as a distant, different era, this class argues that Victorians faced some of the same issues we deal with today, including systemic racism, sexism and gender-based oppression, opioid addiction, ecological disasters, and public health crises, to name but a few.
“Strange Victorians: Mystery, Madness, and the Monstrous” explores how the boundaries around that which we consider strange, other, and abnormal are established, policed, and sometimes breached. Of course, any...
The Married Women's Property Act of 1870 introduced great changes in the law of England. What this did was allow married women to hold property and liabilities independently without their husbands. It is important to note that this was only relevant to women married after 1870. The existence of a woman was essentially suspended when not with a man. This act made it possible for a woman to exist and have more power over herself. Among some scholars, there are conflicting opinions as to whether this act benefitted women, or left them exactly where they were before. This event occurred after the Matrimonial Causes Act, when citizens became able to divorce, although men only had to prove adultery, and women had to prove adultery, violence, and a lot of other factors to be granted the divorce.
Current Views: Married Women's Property Act of 1870
Some of the most current views on this act are conflicting yet interesting to readers. Susan Moller Okin, an...
A general overview of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's artwork. While Rossetti is most widely known for his poetic contributions, he produced many pieces of art during his lifetime, and is seen as an influencial figure for the Pre Raphaelite movement in both areas.
Gifted to the “Fair Lady Lucy” by an anonymous “Lover,” Oregon State University’s 1888 edition of Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia offers an interesting look into Victorian courting customs. While this edition first appears as a rather drab gift compared to other, more lavish versions of the coveted rubáiyát, it follows the expectations typical of Victorian gentlemen- to give an expensive gift would be seen as an attempt of bribing their sweetheart, so something simple like a book, flowers, or small chocolates were more acceptable (Meddings.)
Despite its unassuming nature, Lady Lucy most likely did hold on, and treasure, this gift as the book contains another inscription in the back, quoting a play that wouldn’t be released until 1902 from a passage about...
The Rubaiyat as a poem is layered, intense, and occasionally decieving in regards to its meaning. Without knowledge of several different aspects of the particular edition's history, illustrator, and date of publication, we can build a much broader sense of what the edition means in its location in history and our hearts.
This digital archival experience centers on engagement with a 1920 Ronald Balfour-illustrated copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám that is housed in Oregon State University's Special Collection & Archives Research Center. Specifically, the curator describes in detail certain physical, artistic, historical, and paratextual features of this book while considering its place in Victorian England gift book culture. The curator also offers a close reading of image and text by comparing one of the Rubáiyát stanzas in this text to its corresponding illustration and partakes in archival speculation (i.e., in the form of a letter) to imagine what circumstances might have predicated the giving of this particular gift book.
This term project examines the 1947 Random House edition of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. It explains the basic features of the edition, describes the people and organizations that went into the making of this edition, discusses how it plays into or subverts the Orientalism often common with the Rubáiyát, does a close reading of the relationship between one stanza and its neighboring illustration, and finally writes a speculative letter to the owner of the book based on the archival information found in the book.
#83 in the Dr. Sigurd H. Peterson Memorial Collection at Oregon State is two items: A 1920 copyright songbook for a quartet rendition of In a Persian Garden, and a programme for the performance of In a Persian Garden from 1905. What do these pieces add to a collection of mostly illustrated gift books? Why are these two items together, and how did they end up here?
By taking a close look at an archived gift book of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, I have analyzed how the status and the history of the Rubáiyát as a gift book creates problems in larger conversations such as Orientalism and the ideology it represents. I have done research to better understand this 1929 edition of the Rubáiyát in how it was made, how it contributes to Orientalism, a close reading of the text and an illustration to uncover how unrealistic the thinking is that physical pleasure is the highest good, and even partook in critical fabulation in the form of a letter attached to this Christmas present.
This exhibit focuses on a gift book edition of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám published circa 1946 with illustrations by M.K. Sett. This edition is housed in Oregon State University’s Special Collections and Archives Research Center as part of a collection of 101 copies of Rubáiyát. This exhibit contains an analysis of different elements of the edition, including a consideration of its place within Victorian Orientalist perception, how the illustrations depict the content of the poem, and a historical overview of the edition’s publishing. The exhibit also includes a practice in archival speculation to imagine the circumstances and attitudes of those giving this edition based on paratextual and historical evidence.
"Past Remnants of The Soul's Rubáiyát" examines Amelia Woodward Truesdell's edition of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. The topics of the virtual exhibit include physical descriptions and a close reading of a stanza.
This version of The Rubáiyáy of Omar Khayyám was produced in 1910 and features beautiful, unique artworks from Frank Brangwyn. Each version of The Rubáiyát is different, how is this one different from the rest?
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, became a common gift in the West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Whether this was more due to a growing rejection of the church, which aligns with Khayyam's teachings of reveling in leisure and activites such as drinking and intimacy, or because of a growing Orientalism that shrouded the East in a mystical haze, this edition, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer Poet of Persia (190?) with illustrations by Abanindro Nath Tagore, both lavishes in physical and spiritual excess and conforms to the West's view of Orienalist ideals.
Over these 4 photos we will talk about the emotions in grade school children and their competence. In more recent years I have found a bunch of articles and research of how the government and schools are implementing plans to teach children emotions and how to regulate them. We will see how over the past couple hundred years how children have evolved and their emotional intelligence.
This Exhibition will talk about the different races that immigrated to the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Some examples include Italians Russian and Jewish, I was also able to find more races but not being able to post them due to how small the file was. My main topic was education in English as a Second language but was unsuccessful to find a gallery for it so I only focus on the Immigration part of it. the images include articles talking about how each ethnicity began moving into the United States and Acts that were passed to accommodate said ethnic groups such as the Cuban Accommodation Act.
