Reading Pictures: Materials Lab

1 unit

This course is an introduction to the holdings of WashU Libraries' Special Collections, including the Dowd Illustration Research Archive (DIRA), Rare Books, and other materials. It will complement Reading Pictures: Illustration History by providing opportunities to explore selected topics and themes from the history of printing and publishing from the early modern period into the twenty-first century. Through hands-on activity, research, and discussion, students will explore and analyze historical artifacts and documents.