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About: Anne Blecksmith

I joined the Getty Research Institute in 2001 as a reference librarian for the program's vast special collections, specializing in photograph archives. I assumed a new role as head of GRI Digital Services in 2009.

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Soccer and Opera: A Common History?

By Anne Blecksmith | Published: June 11, 2010
depicting Florentine soccer in Discorso sopra il givoco del calcio fiorentino del Puro Accademico Alterato, Giovanni de' Bardi (Florence, Stamperia dei Giunti, 1580). The Getty Research Institute, 1370-871

The World Cup kicks off today in South Africa, and the international mania for soccer—sometimes known as “the beautiful game’’—put me in mind of one of the many interesting treasures held in the collections of the Getty Research Institute. In… More»

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      Remarkably realistic for medieval illuminated beasts, which were often fabulous admixtures of fantasy and fur. The unicorn is clearly drawn from life, for example.


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