May 13, 2013, Filed Under: Art, AuthorsFrom the Outside In: Emanuel Romano, "Portrait of Carson McCullers," ca. 1949 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
May 10, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events“Great Gatsby” materials on display F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, now generally recognized as the closest approximation to “The Great American Novel” and a staple of the high school curriculum, is embarking on yet another new life. Today, a film adaptation opens starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Baz Luhrmann, and it has already… read more
May 8, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Illustration from "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland," John Tenniel, 1865 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
May 2, 2013, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingScholar discusses research in De Niro collection R. Colin Tait, a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Texas at Austin, has used the Ransom Center’s Robert De Niro collection as the basis for his dissertation, “Robert De Niro’s Method: Acting, Authorship and Agency in the New Hollywood (1967–1980).” Tait argues that De Niro has been a major… read more
April 30, 2013, Filed Under: PhotographyThe Great Wall Map Revealed Until recently, one of the largest objects in the Ransom Center collections has also been one of the least visible. This past fall, Ransom Center photographer Pete Smith took up photographing Joan Blaeu’s great wall map (GWM) as a personal challenge.
April 29, 2013, Filed Under: Art, Authors, Books + ManuscriptsFrom the Outside In: Illustration for Lewis Carroll’s "Hiawatha’s Photographing," Arthur B. Frost, 1883. The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
