Tracy Miller Presents Paper on Generative Design in Architecture of Medieval Chinese Buddhism

Tracy Miller, associate professor of history of art, will present a paper, “Rethinking Creativity: Generative Design in the Architecture of Medieval Chinese Buddhism,” on April 19 at an event hosted by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, and moderated by Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art. The famous…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 9, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, VRC

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Sheri Shaneyfelt Receives the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching

Sheri Shaneyfelt, principal senior lecturer in the history of art, was among six Vanderbilt academic leaders honored by Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos at the April 5 Spring Faculty Assembly with awards recognizing their teaching, research, service and commitment to diversity. Shaneyfelt received the Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching—a cash prize of $5,000…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 9, 2018 in Events, HART, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Christopher Johns Presents Paper at Symposium Focused on the Art of the Gesù

Christopher Johns, Norman L and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, delivered a paper, “Giovanni Battista Gaulli and the ‘Adoration of the Most Holy Name’: Painting and Piety in Late Baroque Rome,” at a symposium April 5-6 hosted by the Fairfield University Art Museum and held in conjunction with the current exhibition THE…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 9, 2018 in Conferences, Events, HART, Lectures, News, VRC

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HART Alumna Jelena Bogdanović to Lecture on the Canopy and the Byzantine Church

Architectural historian and HART alumna Jelena Bogdanović, MA’02, will present a lecture entitled “The Canopy and the Byzantine Church” on Saturday, April 14, at 3 pm in Room G-23 of Vanderbilt Divinity School. Bogdanović, associate professor of architectural history and theory at Iowa State University, will examine the canopy—a four-columned structure with a roof—as an…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 6, 2018 in Divinity School, Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Shelby Merritt Presents Poster at VRA 2018 Conference, Philadelphia, PA

In late March, I represented Vanderbilt’s History of Art Visual Resources Center at the Visual Resources Association’s 35th Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This year’s conference theme was “Workshop of the World”, a theme which played on the nineteenth-century nickname for Philadelphia as an important center of industry. The highlight of the conference was the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 4, 2018 in Conferences, Digital Humanities, Events, HART, News, Technology, VRC

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Exhibition of Portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler and Live Painting Demonstration Marked by Record Attendance

The current Fine Arts Gallery’s exhibition America Creative: Portraits by Everett Raymond Kinstler explores the works of America’s foremost portrait artist. Kinstler’s career has spanned over 70 years, and he has painted more than 2,000 individuals, including eight US presidents. More than 300 people attended the opening reception on March 23, setting a record attendance…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 29, 2018 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, Nashville Arts, News, VRC

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Wond’ry Exhibit Opening March 29 Takes Digital Humanities into Three Dimensions

A new exhibit at the Wond’ry showcasing the work of Vanderbilt’s Slave Societies Digital Archive (SSDA) team will feature some unusual pieces of digital preservation: 3D-printed replicas of valuable artifacts from cultures linked to the Atlantic slave trade. The Vanderbilt community is invited to visit the exhibit and learn more about the SSDA at a reception…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 28, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, HART, News, Technology, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver Attends Community Writing Session for Women Faculty

Rebecca VanDiver, assistant professor of African American art, was among 16 women faculty attending a writing session on March 2 offered by the Office of Inclusive Excellence. Designed to build community as well as offer dedicated time to work on writing projects, future sessions will be held from 8:30-11:00 a.m. on April 6, May 4 and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 26, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, VRC

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“Eikon: A Triple Encounter” Exhibition Opens at the Divinity School on March 23

Drawn from Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery’s collection of Zdenka Živković’s full-scale fresco copies created from the original paintings found in Macedonian and Serbian monasteries, the exhibition “Eikon: A Triple Encounter” opens Friday, March 23, at the Divinity School, room G-20, with a gallery reception from 4 to 6 pm. The exhibit will remain on view…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 22, 2018 in Divinity School, Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, VRC

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David Jianwei Zhang to Present Digital Humanities Lecture on March 27

In 2016 Peking University established its own Experimental Teaching Center for Virtual Reality and Simulation in Archaeology. Faculty and students in Peking University’s Department of Cultural Heritage Studies are now systematically investigating and documenting historical buildings in China using such technologies as panoramic photography, photogrammetry, and 3D scanning. They hope to incorporate these technologies in…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 21, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, HART, Lectures, News, Technology, VRC

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