From a recent release:
As of April 1, 2010, the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) will be available free of charge on the Getty Web site at http://library.getty.edu/bha. Free Web access to BHA is an advantage not only to all traditional users of the database but also to such potential users as institutions in [...]

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Dr. Steve Halla, an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the new Center for Theology and the Arts at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, will be presenting two lectures on theology and the arts Thursday, March 22, 2007. Dr. Halla is a trained woodcut artist and has taught at the University of [...]

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Some new books of interest in our library:
From two volume set, The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization (Greenwood Press), under the entry “uniforms”:

“Outside Europe, uniform military dress was more common in this period. Boys inducted into the Janissary Corps, for instance, dressed in all red, including red [...]

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