Workshop on Religion and Late Antique Culture October 23-24

A workshop on religion and culture in late antiquity will be held at Vanderbilt this Friday, October 24, with a Thursday evening keynote at the Nashville Parthenon. The workshop, Religion in Late Antique Culture and Society (RELACS), is sponsored by the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Department of History of Art….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 23, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Gregor Kalas to Deliver AIA Lecture on Thursday, October 23

Gregor Kalas, associate professor of the history and theory of architecture, School of Architecture, University of Tennessee, investigates late antique urban landscapes by digitally reconstructing the center of Rome in order to reveal the ritual function of buildings and the topographical linkages between significant city spaces. His current research concerns the late antique revitalization of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, Technology, VRC

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HART Society Sponsors Information Session for Majors on Thursday

Interested in majoring in the History of Art? Ready to study abroad? Nervous about getting a job? Confused about how Art History will fit into the mix? Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 23! Along with cookies and lemonade in the Cohen atrium from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, History of Art majors will have HART…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 20, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Vivien Fryd Speaks at Colloquium on Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave

Vivien Green Fryd, professor of history of art, participated in a colloquium on The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers held on October 10-11 at the Yale Center of British Art in conjunction with the Sculpture Victorious exhibition. Fryd’s presentation entitled “The Greek Slave and Slavery: A Historiography” was part of a session on “The Greek…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 15, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Sheri Shaneyfelt to Lecture at Milwaukee Art Museum on October 16

Sheri Shaneyfelt, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the department of history of art, will explore developments in Italian painting from the late 14th to the 16th century in a lecture at the Milwaukee Museum of Art on Thursday, October 16. Shaneyfelt will address “Italian Renaissance Art from Glasgow: Paintings from Florence, Bologna,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 13, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver to Present Paper at AHAA Symposium

Rebecca Keegan VanDiver, assistant professor of history of art, will present a paper at the third biennial symposium organized by the Association of Historians of American Art (AHAA) held October 9-11 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her paper is entitled “The Pictures Not Painted: African American Artists and the Rosenwald Fund Fellowship, 1929-1948.” During the Great Depression,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 9, 2014 in Events, HART, VRC

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AIA Lecture Addresses Human Sacrifice in Etruscan Art

As a student, Larissa Bonfante, Professor of Classics Emerita, New York University, was introduced to the Etruscans when she excavated at Cerveteri, one of their chief cities. Since that time Bonfante has devoted her career to the Etruscans of central Italy. On Tuesday, October 14, Bonfante will deliver an Archaeological Institute of America lecture at…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 6, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Celebrate the Rediscovery of a Rare Korean Artifact on October 9

A rare Korean funerary statue that resided for nearly 45 years outside Payne Hall on the Peabody College campus has been relocated to the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery in Cohen Memorial Hall, where it has begun to receive restorative care. A reception to honor the artifact and Vanderbilt’s longstanding partnerships with Asia will be…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 6, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni

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Barnes & Noble Hosts HART Alumna for Poetry Reading

Alysha Irisari Malo, BA’03, is one of three local writers with Vanderbilt ties reading at 7 pm Friday, October 3, at Lyrical Brew: An Evening of Local Poetry sponsored by Barnes & Noble at 2525 West End Avenue. Malo is an interdisciplinary visual artist and writer who lives in Nashville. She works in several media,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 3, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Alumnus to Lecture on Chinese Funerary Art on October 9

Fan Jeremy Zhang, curator of Asian Art at the Ringling Museum of Art, will present the Department of History of Art Alumni Lecture entitled “Chinese Funerary Art in its Cultural and Architectural Context” on Thursday, October 9, at 4 pm in Cohen 203. The lecture and gallery tour is in conjunction with the student-curated exhibition…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 30, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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