Betsey Robinson Co-Presents Talk on Conserving Roman Mosaic

Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, co-presented a talk entitled “A Roman mosaic in the south stoa, Corinth, Greece: New studies and conservation plans” with Nicol Anastassatou, chief conservator of the Corinth Excavations, American School of Classical Studies. Their presentation was part of a two-day colloquium held October 16-18 at the Getty Villa…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 27, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Penelope Umbrico Presents Studio VU Lecture on October 29

Penelope Umbrico, who teaches at the School of Visual Arts, New York City, will deliver the Studio VU Lecture on Wednesday, October 29, at 7 p.m. in Wilson Hall, room 126. Umbrico will talk about her photo-based installations, video, and digital media works that explore the changing technologies of image making and the ever-increasing production…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 27, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Workshop on Religion and Late Antique Culture October 23-24

A workshop on religion and culture in late antiquity will be held at Vanderbilt this Friday, October 24, with a Thursday evening keynote at the Nashville Parthenon. The workshop, Religion in Late Antique Culture and Society (RELACS), is sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Department of History of Art….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 23, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Patricia Leighten to Deliver Goldberg Lecture on November 6

Patricia Leighten, professor of art history & visual studies, Duke University, will present the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History on Thursday, November 6, at 4:10 p.m. in 203 Cohen Hall. Her lecture is entitled “The Secret Life of Henri Cartier-Bresson,” with a reception to follow in the atrium. Leighten’s field…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2014 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Gregor Kalas to Deliver AIA Lecture on Thursday, October 23

Gregor Kalas, associate professor of the history and theory of architecture, School of Architecture, University of Tennessee, investigates late antique urban landscapes by digitally reconstructing the center of Rome in order to reveal the ritual function of buildings and the topographical linkages between significant city spaces. His current research concerns the late antique revitalization of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, Technology, VRC

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HART Society Sponsors Information Session for Majors on Thursday

Interested in majoring in the History of Art? Ready to study abroad? Nervous about getting a job? Confused about how Art History will fit into the mix? Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 23! Along with cookies and lemonade in the Cohen atrium from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, History of Art majors will have HART…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 20, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Vivien Fryd Speaks at Colloquium on Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave

Vivien Green Fryd, professor of history of art, participated in a colloquium on The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers held on October 10-11 at the Yale Center of British Art in conjunction with the Sculpture Victorious exhibition. Fryd’s presentation entitled “The Greek Slave and Slavery: A Historiography” was part of a session on “The Greek…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 15, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Sheri Shaneyfelt to Lecture at Milwaukee Art Museum on October 16

Sheri Shaneyfelt, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the department of history of art, will explore developments in Italian painting from the late 14th to the 16th century in a lecture at the Milwaukee Museum of Art on Thursday, October 16. Shaneyfelt will address “Italian Renaissance Art from Glasgow: Paintings from Florence, Bologna,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 13, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver to Present Paper at AHAA Symposium

Rebecca Keegan VanDiver, assistant professor of history of art, will present a paper at the third biennial symposium organized by the Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA) held October 9-11 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her paper is entitled “The Pictures Not Painted: African American Artists and the Rosenwald Fund Fellowship, 1929-1948.” During the Great Depression,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 9, 2014 in Events, HART, VRC

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AIA Lecture Addresses Human Sacrifice in Etruscan Art

As a student, Larissa Bonfante, Professor of Classics Emerita, New York University, was introduced to the Etruscans when she excavated at Cerveteri, one of their chief cities. Since that time Bonfante has devoted her career to the Etruscans of central Italy. On Tuesday, October 14, Bonfante will deliver an Archaeological Institute of America lecture at…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 6, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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