Vanderbilt’s ‘Art, Democracy and Justice’ Lecture Series to Open at the Frist on November 14

Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Fine Arts and professor of art, will launch the lecture series “Art, Democracy and Justice” with three prominent artistic voices at the Frist Art Museum on Wednesday, November 14. The event, free and open to the public, will begin at 6:00 pm in the Frist Auditorium. “This…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 12, 2018 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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William Wylie to Lecture November 14 on The Possibility of Ruins: A Pompeii Archive

Destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, the ancient city of Pompeii has captured the imagination of the public since it was first excavated in 1748. Pompeii Archive: Recent Photographs by William Wylie, currently on view in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery through December 6, features a selection of recent work by…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 9, 2018 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Update from a HART Student Studying Abroad This Semester

I was thinking of the department lately and thought I would send a quick hello and update you on my art history adventures in Florence! So far we’ve seen Orsanmichele, Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise, Donatello’s Mary Magdalene, bronze David, and Saint George, the Palazzo Medici Riccardi’s Magi Chapel frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli, Masaccio’s Holy…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 9, 2018 in HART, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Joseph Eilbert Receives Award at Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair

The Department of History of Art proudly congratulates Joseph Eilbert ’19 (physics and history of art), who was one of four students recognized for their exceptional posters and presentations at the fifth annual Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Fair held September 27 at the Student Life Center. A record 167 students shared their research projects in a campus-wide…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 30, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Digital Futures, Archaeological Pasts: Student-Curated Exhibition Opens October 25 in Fine Arts Gallery

During the spring semester 2018, nine history of art students studied a selection of ancient Mediterranean antiquities in the collection of the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. The objects at the center of the exhibit range in date from the sixth century BCE to the first century CE and include Greek and Etruscan vases, a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Technology, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Explore Ancient Rome with Goldberg Lecturer Bernard Frischer in a Hands-on Workshop on October 11

Bernard Frischer, director of the Rome Reborn project and professor of informatics at Indiana University, will present “Rome Reborn VR: A Demonstration of Recently Published Applications,” a hands-on workshop (with lunch) held Thursday, October 11, from 12:30 to 2 pm in the History of Art’s Visual Resources Center, 134 Cohen Memorial Hall. Participants will be…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 8, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Technology, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Lillian Boyle: Reflections on the Artistic Rhythms of Southern France, Part I

This blog entry, and another to follow, are among the final products of my on-site research this summer in the south of France, which was made possible by the generous support of a Downing Grant. As a History of Art graduate student at Vanderbilt, I spent three weeks conducting research between Marseille and Monaco, focusing…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 4, 2018 in HART, News, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Students Liz Horner and Michelle Zhu Awarded Downing Grants

The Department of History of Art has awarded Downing undergraduate research grants to Liz Horner and Michelle Zhu, both of whom are working with Christopher Johns, the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art. Horner will travel to New York in early November for research in the Provenance Research Project of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 3, 2018 in HART, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Kevin Murphy to Host Commodore Classroom in NYC on September 30

New York’s historic Hudson Valley has been a crucible for art making since the mid-nineteenth century. Since the publication of Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow in 1820, the region’s storied history has excited the imaginations of literary figures, visual artists and patrons, including the Vanderbilt family. Kevin Murphy, chair and professor of history of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 25, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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HART Department Celebrates A New Beginning With Advent of Fall Semester

The fall semester is officially underway with history of art faculty and students returning to the classroom on August 22. Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, will serve as HART acting chair while Kevin Murphy, chair and professor of history of art, is on sabbatical. Other HART faculty on leave are Vivien Fryd,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on August 28, 2018 in Events, HART, News, Student/Alumni, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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