Student-Curated Exhibit Features Objects from Ancient China

From Tomb to Temple: Unearthing Ancient China Through the Vanderbilt University Art Collection, an exhibit organized by the Department of History of Art in conjunction with the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, will open on Thursday, June 19, in Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus. The exhibit represents the first student-curated exhibit to be…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 11, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni

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Book by Christopher Johns Set for Fall 2014 Release

Until relatively recently, most scholars considered the notion of a Catholic Enlightenment either oxymoronic or even illusory, since the received wisdom was that the Catholic Church was a tireless and indefatigable enemy of modernist progress. According to Christopher Johns, Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, the eighteenth-century papacy recognized many…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 10, 2014 in HART, VRC

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Awards Presented at Reception for 2014 HART Graduates

History of Art majors and minors and their families were honored at the department’s reception for graduating seniors on Thursday, May 8, in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. Elizabeth Schoenberg, who plans to attend medical school, received the Cooley Prize ($250) for the highest grade point average in the history of art. Three students…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Halle O’Neal to Present Lecture at Cheekwood on May 15

Celebrated for its flexibility and strength, the perennial bamboo has enjoyed diverse lives in Japanese art and culture—from delectable edibles and delicately carved tea utensils to bold ink splashes and conceptual sculptures. Hallie O’Neal, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art, will explore these various manifestations, many of which balance on the edge of function…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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Farandole—An Elegy in Art and Poetry On View Through June 5

Farandole: An Elegy in Art and Poetry, presented as a companion exhibition to History’s Shadow: German Art and the Formulation of National Identity, brings together two European cultural figures of the latter part of the twentieth century: artist Hans Hartung (1904-1989) and novelist and poet Jean Proal (1904-1969). Published in 1972 as a portfolio of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 5, 2014 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Department to Honor HART Graduates at Reception on May 8

History of Art majors and minors and their families are invited to attend the department’s reception for our graduating seniors on Thursday, May 8, from 2 to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, and awards will be presented at 3:00 p.m. Graduates and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 5, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Free Coffee Available in the VRC Now Through Thursday, May 1

As the spring semester comes to an end, the Visual Resources Center invites students, faculty, and staff to join us for a free cup of coffee—or two or three—in Cohen 134. Coffee will be available throughout the day from now through the last day of exams, which is Thursday, May 1. Pour yourself a cup…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 15, 2014 in HART, VRC

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Andrew Wilburn to Deliver Archaeology Lecture on April 10

Andrew T. Wilburn, associate professor of classics and archaeological studies at Oberlin College, will deliver the Archaeological Institute of America lecture at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 10, at the Nashville Parthenon. His lecture is entitled “Sorcery in the Soil: Finding Magic at Graeco-Roman Karanis in Egypt.” His areas of specialization are Graeco-Roman Egypt and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 8, 2014 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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HART Students to Present Papers at Writing Symposium March 30

Three of our students—Ashley Shan, Zachary Richards, and Hannah Berg—will present papers at the Undergraduate Writing Symposium held Sunday, March 30, at the Ingram Commons Center. Betsey Robinson, Associate Professor of History of Art, will chair the panel session, Art Across Time and Space, which will meet in room 233 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Shan, a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on March 26, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Kevin Murphy to Speak at Film Theory and Visual Culture Seminar

Kevin Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and chair of the History of Art Department, and Sally O’Driscoll, associate professor of English, Fairfield University, will be featured speakers at the Film Theory and Visual Culture Seminar on Friday, March 28, from noon to 2 p.m. They will address “Ephemera as Intervention: Deploying the…

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

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