Message-Id: <mailto:199506070034.RAA21356@listserv.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 10:34:22 +1000 From: Jennifer Brasher <mailto:J.Brasher@INS.GU.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation and Conceptual Drawings on To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB In-Reply-To: <mailto:199506020137.SAA32168@listserv.ccit.arizona.edu>
Could you please tell me the price?
Jennifer Brasher
Queensland College of Art Library
Griffith University
Brisbane
Australia
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> MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DRAWINGS
> AND DOCUMENTATION RELEASED AS MAJOR NEW ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION
> ON CD-ROM
>
>
> NEW YORK, N.Y., June 1, 1995 -- Luna Imaging, Inc., in
> collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation,
> formally launched its first in a series of major electronic
> publications, *Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation and
> Conceptual Drawings,* at a recent event held at the Museum of
> Modern Art. Distributed by Oxford University Press, this
> extraordinary new reference work contains nearly 5,000
> high resolution digital images of drawings from the
> Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives at Taliesin West.
> The publication sets a new standard for making visual collections
> available to academic and professional audiences, and was, last
> week, named the first place winner of the American Museum
> Association Design award.
>
> "The drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright constitute one of the rarest
> and finest collections of architectural drawings in the world.
> By imaging them onto CD-ROM, Luna Imaging makes this material
> available on a vast scale never before imagined," stated Bruce
> Brooks Pfeiffer, Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.
>
> Encompassing more than 860 projects, the 2,848 presentation
> drawings and 2,138 conceptual sketches document the breadth of
> Wright's creative genius. Along with designs for Wright's
> architectural works, the discs also include designs for carpets,
> amusement parks, furniture, and magazine covers.
>
> *Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation and Conceptual Drawings*
> combines full-color digital reproductions of the highest
> fidelity to the original works with extensive documentation
> on each drawing and project. The unique pairing of
> high-resolution images with extensive catalog information
> has never before been attempted in electronic media. The
> digital reproductions rival or surpass the quality of
> full-color plates found in the finest art publications, while
> the power of the database technology allows ready command
> over the publication's enormous scope.
>
> Access to this comprehensive body of images and text is made
> easy with Insight software, a rich visual environment that
> provides unprecedented flexibility to view and study visual
> collections. Users can search, sort, and examine drawings
> by any criteria including location, project type,
> date, medium, and name of the client who commissioned
> the project. Each catalog record contains updated
> bibliographic citations and exhibition histories, along
> with notes and cross references. An extensive set of
> viewing functions allows users to arrange, resize, pan,
> and examine details of each drawing.
>
> Dr. Michael Ester, president of Luna Imaging, commented on the
> publishing effort: "Our overarching goal is to ensure the
> preservation in electronic form of the visual record of our
> historical and artistic heritage. The publications we develop
> meet the demands of high-quality reproduction and support the
> way scholars use visual materials in their work."
>
> The publication project used Kodak Photo-CD scanning and color
> management technology to create the digital images. Kodak
> worked closely with Luna Imaging to address the technical
> challenges presented by this cutting edge application. Dick
> Pignataro, vice-president and general manager, Professional and
> Printing Imaging at Eastman Kodak, stated, "I know of no
> single better example of the level of quality that has been
> achieved with our technologies and expertise."
>
> *Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation and Conceptual Drawings* will
> be featured at Oxford University Press booths at upcoming AAM and
> ALA conferences. To order *Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation
> and Conceptual Drawings*, call 1-800-451-7556. For more
> information on *Frank Lloyd Wright: Presentation and
> Conceptual Drawings* lease contact Ursula Bollini at (212)
> 726-6069, or send e-mail to mailto:uab@oup-usa.org.
>