HART Alumna Writes About Retro Baseball Parks & Stadium Design

Allison Mast, HART major who graduated in May with a bachelor of arts degree, has written an article about stadiums and their designs and how they have assumed an increasingly important role in the popularity and sustainability of the sport. She collaborated with Kevin Murphy, chair of the history of art department, on the article,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 11, 2015 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Kevin Murphy Focuses on the Tudor-Style House in Recent Volume

Kevin Murphy, chair of the history of art department, has written a beautifully illustrated volume on the Tudor-style house, published earlier this year by Rizzoli International Publications. The Tudor Home showcases the wide variety of Tudor homes and the many manifestations the form has taken across the nation, from the Tudor City apartment buildings of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 10, 2015 in HART, VRC

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Goldberg Lecture to Address Protection of Cultural Heritage

Concerns about cultural heritage feature prominently in the present humanitarian crisis in Syria and Iraq. With more than 250,000 dead and millions displaced, all aspects of daily life have been upended. Destruction of the region’s famed archaeological sites, most recently Palmyra, has prompted an outpouring of international concern. Despite many humanitarian interventions designed to address…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 4, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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History of Art Major Applied to a Range of Successful Careers

Why art history? What is the value of a degree in art history? Can an art history major ever be a powerful ticket to a successful career? Skills learned in history of art courses were touted by alums from Princeton University’s art history department: “My art history education was the first step in training my…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 4, 2015 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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