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In 1919, she became the head of the photograph and lantern-slides department at the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago. The next year she started to teach an art history course at the School of the Art Institute. In 1922, she made the choice to resign her position at the library to spare more time for teaching.
Gardner's Art through the Ages is an American textbook on the history of art, with the 2004 edition by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. The 2001 edition was awarded both a McGuffey award for longevity [1] and the "Texty" Award for current editions [2] by the Text and Academic Authors Association.
Helen Gardner may refer to: Helen Gardner (critic) (1908–1986), English critic and academic; Helen Gardner (art historian) (1878–1946), American art historian and educator; Helen Gardner (actress) (1884–1968), silent film actress; Helen H. Gardener (1853–1925), American author, rationalist public intellectual, political activist, and ...
The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies: San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. [1] Although polychrome decoration was common in the Victorian era, the colors used on these houses are not based on historical precedent. [2]
San Francisco firm Homework transforms a grand historic house in Pacific Heights into a home brimming with color and life for a young family.
Gray Brechin (September 2, 1947 – ), "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin" Genea Brice, poet laureate of Vallejo, California; Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926), How Plants are Trained to Work for Man
Tracie Pouliot, founder of the Chair City Oral History Project, was presented with a Star Award from the Massachusetts History Alliance (MHA) at the group’s annual conference in Devens on Sunday ...
In 1892, Huntington relocated to San Francisco with his first wife, Mary Alice Prentice, and their four children. In 1902, he relocated from the financial and political center of Northern California, San Francisco, to the state's newer southern major metropolis, Los Angeles. In 1903, he purchased the 600-acre "San Marino Ranch" from James ...