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WEBExpanding Library Collection Space by Moving Low-Use Print Serials to Off-Site Storage. To enable continued expansion of its print collection, the Library is preparing to begin using a commercial off-site facility to store low-use print serials currently housed in Mansueto. Moving these materials will create more space on campus for new ...
Color Theory - The Origins of Color - University of Chicago
WEBColor Theory. The ancient theory of color which carried through the Renaissance, was that all colors were mixtures of darkness and light—black and white. Aristotle, for instance, held that dark crimson comes from the mixture of black with sunlight or firelight. It was Isaac Newton who first fully developed a theory of color based on a color ...
Soviet Propaganda Posters - Red Press - University of Chicago
WEBSoviet Propaganda Posters. The transformation of the former Russian Empire into a socialist state required the mass organization of people, material and minds. Such an upheaval demanded media capable of disseminating Soviet ideas to all reaches of the far-flung Soviet public. The Soviet propaganda poster was one such means of producing a …
CrossRef – the DOI search tool - University of Chicago
WEBDec 8, 2009 · Looking for the DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) for your citations? Crossref offers a DOI search for journal articles, books, and chapters. Simply cut and paste the reference list into their search box. The form will take any reference style, although it works most reliably with standard styles.
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Red Press - The University of ...
WEBThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Protokoly sionskikh mudretsov) were first published by devotional author Sergei Nilus in the second edition of his 1905 book Velikoe v malom (The Great in the Small). Nilus had previously published other dubious documents, including the “conversations” between landowner Motovilov and Seraphim of Sarov, which were …
Visitors to the Library - The University of Chicago Library
WEBVisitors may access the Library’s electronic resources while in Library buildings by using the University wireless network or Library computers. Visitors need to present a current, government-issued photo ID to be issued credentials for the University wireless network or Library computers. See Computers and Wireless for more information.
Montaigne, Les Essais - The Montaigne Project - University of …
WEBSearch the full text of Montaigne's Essais using the PhiloLogic™ search engine: Click Here for the Full Text Search Form. Click Here to search for and view high-resolution images through the mirador viewing platform. Click on the links below to browse the Essais by chapter title: Click Here to view paratextual page images from the Essais.
ID & Privileges Office - The University of Chicago Library
WEBAbout. The University of Chicago ID & Privileges Office is located in the 1st floor lobby of Regenstein Library and offers a variety of services to the University community, including Library access and privileges.. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments for new users are encouraged! Card Pickup Appointments; For a complete list of services, visit …
Tensions in Renaissance Cities - University of Chicago
WEBA tension existed between the act of writing and the act of making, and Petrarch’s written descriptions were an intersection of rhetoric and visuality that raised the question of which was the superior mode of expression. Petrarch’s depictions of literary, historical, and mythological figures in the Trionfi provided artists with vivid ...
Newton - The Origins of Color - The University of Chicago Library
WEBNewton. In his Opticks, Newton (1642-1726) posited that white light contains all colors. He experimented with splitting a light beam into the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet spectrum—commonly remembered as ROYGBIV—and showed how colors arise from selective absorption, reflection or transmission of the various component ...