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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

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

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

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

Kevin Murphy Addresses Environmental Costs of Urban Teardowns

In 2013 alone, more than 500 houses were demolished in Nashville, Tennessee, a sharp increase from previous years. And hundreds of additional teardowns are expected in a city that’s projected to add a million residents over the next two decades. Nashville is hardly the only North American city to experience a recent wave of teardowns….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 29, 2015 in HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

HART Cosponsors International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Architecture

A three-day international symposium on traditional Chinese architecture will be held July 23-25 at Vanderbilt University in Cohen Memorial Hall. The aim of the Senior Academics Forum on Traditional Chinese Architectural History is to advance the study of Chinese architectural history and forge connections between scholars of Chinese architecture across the globe. “The history of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 16, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

Betsey Robinson Organizes Symposium Held July 15-16 in Athens

Water Cult & Culture in the Mediterranean World of the First Millennium BCE, an international symposium coordinated by Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, will be held July 15-16 at the American School of Classical Studies and the École française in Athens, Greece. The symposium is the first of several events sponsored by…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 8, 2015 in Events, HART, VRC

Gallery Exhibit Features Vintage Circus Posters, Sideshow Banners

Experience the excitement of the circus this summer with Thrills & Chills! The Fantastic World of the American Circus at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Posters that advertised circus acts and banners giving a teaser to the wonders of sideshows are as colorful as the spectacles they promise and the true focus of this…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 8, 2015 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC