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SUMMARY:Virtual Birding: Exploring Audubon’s 'Birds of America'
DESCRIPTION:\nGrab your binoculars and join us for an hour of virtual 
 birding\, as we turn the pages of John James Audubon’s gigantic\, 
 hand-painted "Birds of America" (1827-38).\n\nRarely does the public have 
 the opportunity to see this amazing four-volume work and when they do\, it 
 is usually only one plate through a sealed case. As we have done for our 
 students\, we will page through multiple volumes so you can experience the 
 colossal scale of Audubon’s birds\, painted life-size and then 
 transferred to copper plates for the printing and painting of the published 
 ‘double-elephant’ volumes.\n\nIntroducing Audubon’s remarkable work 
 will be Rachael Z. DeLue\, Christopher Binyon Sarofim '86 Professor in 
 American Art\, Professor of Art and Archaeology and American Studies\, and 
 the current Chair of the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton 
 University.\n\nJulie Mellby\, Graphic Arts Curator\, will focus on master 
 printer Robert Havell\, Jr. who took Audubon’s paintings and transformed 
 them into 435 aquatints. We will follow the trail that brought four tons of 
 copper printing plates across the Atlantic and left several at Princeton 
 University Library\, where they remain today. \n\nNext\, Robert Kirk\, 
 Publisher\, Princeton Nature\, with Princeton University Press will bring 
 us up to date with the field guides used by birders\, from the amateur to 
 the professional. Kirk not only acquires a broad range of nature reference 
 titles\, but he also works on a select number of fully interactive apps and 
 will show some of their of the most recent titles. While Audubon’s 
 oversize originals are rarely viewed\, many of these authoritative guides 
 are indispensable resources found in the pockets of conservation 
 professionals worldwide.\n\n\nRegister by clicking the black "Begin 
 Registration" box below.\n\n
LOCATION:Special Collections
ORGANIZER;CN="Stephanie Oster":MAILTO:so1178@princeton.edu
CATEGORIES:Events
CONTACT;CN="Stephanie Oster":MAILTO:so1178@princeton.edu
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URL:https://libcal.princeton.edu/calendar/events/aprilbirds
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