Comments on: The world through Goodyear’s eyes: photographs from the 1890’s to 1923 from the Brooklyn Museum Archives /2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyears-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:26:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: Patricia McCandless /2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyears-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/comment-page-1/#comment-7470 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:54:10 +0000 /bloggers/2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyear%e2%80%99s-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890%e2%80%99s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/#comment-7470 For Julie Luckey whose Great-Grandfather is William Henry Goodyear.

I have a painting signed by M. E. Goodyear. My maternal Grandmother is Lorraine Christian Goodyear. I am looking for the connection to M. E. Goodyear and am hoping you might offer some clues. 2-17-2012

]]> By: Julie Luckey /2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyears-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:59:36 +0000 /bloggers/2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyear%e2%80%99s-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890%e2%80%99s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/#comment-807 A few years ago, my husband and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the portrait of my great grandfather, William Henry Goodyear. It is such a beautiful painting that I was a little surprised that it was not on permanent exhibit. I wondered if they had forgotten about their first curator. I hope that day will come when that beautiful portrait will be proudly displayed instead of hidden in a storage room.

]]> By: Clem Labine /2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyears-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:36:45 +0000 /bloggers/2009/01/12/the-world-through-goodyear%e2%80%99s-eyes-photographs-from-the-1890%e2%80%99s-to-1923-from-the-brooklyn-museum-archives/#comment-540 It was fascinating to read of Goodyear’s pioneering research in the “refinements” built into some of the major architectural monuments of antiquity. Students of classical architecture today are taught about the subtle curvatures (“refinements”) that ancient Greek architects introduced into major temples to adjust how the human eye perceived the building. But these subtleties were never discussed by Vitruvius. Who knew that we owe this knoweldge to a pioneering curator at the Brooklyn Museum. What a great research institution! Thank you.

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