HART Majors and Minors and Their Families Honored at Graduation Reception

Kevin Murphy, chair of the History of Art department,  faculty, and staff honored our majors and minors and their families at the department’s annual reception for graduating seniors on Thursday, May 12, in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. Following Murphy’s warm welcome and introduction of the faculty, awards were presented and outstanding students recognized…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 16, 2016 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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“Book as Art: Medieval Necessity and Modern Invention” Exhibit Curated by HART Students

Illuminated manuscript (literally “hand written”) books are arguably the most characteristic objects of the European middle ages. They preserved a culture’s visions, adventures, religious rituals, and hard-won knowledge in books that were entirely handmade simply because there was no alternative. Contemporary artists, working in a culture dominated by mass-produced books and digitized content, are revisiting…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2016 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Department to Honor HART Graduates at May 12 Reception and Awards Ceremony

History of Art majors and minors and their families and friends are invited to attend the department’s reception and awards ceremony for our graduating seniors on Thursday, May 12, from 2 to 4 pm. The event will be held in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, and awards will be presented…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 3, 2016 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni

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Vivien Fryd Invited to Present Lectures at Two Universities in Germany

Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, will deliver a lecture addressing “Kara Walker’s About the Title:  Re-enacting the Trauma of Colonialism and Slavery” on Thursday, May 12, at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany.  Her lecture is sponsored by the Program in North American Studies. Fryd will present a paper titled “Stefanie Ries:  Waiting to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 2, 2016 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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HART Major Hannah Ladendorf Experiences a Surrealist Play in New York City Through a Downing Grant

This past February, I was fortunate to receive a Downing grant to travel to New York City to conduct research in an atypical environment for an art historian.  In determining my final project for Professor Leonard Folgarait’s seminar on Surrealism, I decided to explore a play I had seen the year before in New York…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 2, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumnus and Sculptor John Powers Named 2016 Guggenheim Fellow

The allure of the unattainable and its connection to the passage of time have become central to the research of John Powers, BA’01, assistant professor of sculpture at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville, who was recently named a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Drawing from areas as diverse as natural history,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 27, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Major Sujin Shin Visits Houston’s Rothko Chapel Through a Downing Grant

In April, through the Downing Grant, I had the incredible experience of visiting the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas.  Viewing Mark Rothko’s monumental paintings within the chapel and observing the entire layout in person contributed immensely to the creation of my Honors project.  I plan to explore how the concept of the sublime applies to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 22, 2016 in HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumna Stephanie Storey to Talk About Her Debut Novel on April 19

HART alumna Stephanie Storey graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt in 1997 with a fine arts major (now history of art) and a passionate interest in Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Italian Renaissance.  Such an obsession, she claims, ultimately culminated in her debut art historical novel, Oil and Marble, recently published by Arcade/Skyhorse. Storey will…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 18, 2016 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver Convenes Panel on Diasporic Aesthetics at the University of Edinburgh

Rebecca VanDiver, assistant professor of history of art, convened a panel entitled “Diasporic Aesthetics: Towards a Definition” at the annual meeting of the Association of Art Historians held April 7-9 at the University of Edinburgh.  Although regularly understood to be the forced dispersal of individuals (often African-descended), in recent years the term ‘Diaspora’ has expanded…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 11, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Tyler Jo Smith to Address Greek Vases in Popular Culture in AIA Lecture on April 14

A specialist in ancient Greek vase painting, Tyler Jo Smith, associate professor of classical art and archaeology, University of Virginia, will deliver the final AIA lecture of the semester on Thursday, April 14, at 6:00 pm at the Nashville Parthenon.  In her lecture, “From Hamilton to Hercules:  Greek Vases in Popular Culture,” Smith will explore…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 11, 2016 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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