Kevin Murphy to Deliver Keynote at 1st International Ephemera Studies Symposium April 25-27

Kevin Murphy, chair and professor of history of art, will co-present with Sally O’Driscoll, professor of English, Fairfield University, the keynote address at a conference entitled “Permanent Impact of Transient Documents: 1st International Ephemera Studies Symposium,” held April 25-27 at Koç University, Ankara, Turkey. Murphy and O’Driscoll will examine “The Invisible Touch of Ephemera: How…

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

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Kevin Murphy and Alumna Mary Anne Hunting Present Paper at Conference of Society of Architectural Historians

Kevin Murphy, department chair and professor of history of art, and Mary Anne Hunting, Vanderbilt alumna (BA’80) and independent scholar, jointly presented a paper at the annual international conference of the Society of Architectural Historians held April 18-22 in Saint Paul, MN. Their talk, “The Professional Couples in Histories of American Modernism,” was presented in…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 25, 2018 in Conferences, Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Leonard Folgarait to Lead Gallery Tour of “Under the Mexican Sky” at Chattanooga’s Hunter Museum

Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art, will give an in-gallery walking tour of “Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography,” a current exhibit at the Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, on April 19. Folgarait is a specialist in Latin American art with a focus on Mexican art and photography. He…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 18, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, VRC

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Leonard Folgarait Explores Paris, Impressionism and Degas with VU Alums at the Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum provided the perfect setting for an April 2018 Commodore Classroom featuring Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art, and the current exhibit Degas: A Passion for Perfection. Folgarait joined the Denver Vanderbilt Chapter on April 15 to discuss the work of Edgar Degas and to tour the museum’s exhibit of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 16, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Students Matthew Shorten and Samantha Smith Present Papers at Undergraduate Writing Symposium

Our department proudly recognizes two students who presented papers from their History of Art classes in the annual Undergraduate Writing Symposium on March 25 at the John Siegenthaler Center on the Peabody campus. Sophomore Matthew Shorten and senior Samantha Smith participated in a panel entitled “Objects of Culture and History,” chaired by Betsey Robinson, associate…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 16, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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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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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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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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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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