Sheri Shaneyfelt Named An Immersion Coordinator in College of A&S

Sheri Shaneyfelt, principal senior lecturer of history of art and director of the department’s undergraduate studies, will serve as one of 16 Immersion coordinators in the College of Arts and Science. “This inaugural class of Immersion coordinators represents faculty colleagues across our three divisions,” announced André Christie-Mizell, dean of undergraduate education for the College. “Each…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 26, 2018 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Sara Galletti to Lecture October 29 on History of Stereotomy in Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean

Stereotomy—the art of cutting stones into particular shapes for the construction of vaulted structures—has been practiced over a wide chronological and geographical span, from Hellenistic Greece to contemporary Texas. Yet the history of pre-modern stereotomy is little understood, and nineteenth-century theories about the art’s Syrian origins, its introduction into Europe by the crusaders, and the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 24, 2018 in Digital Humanities, Events, HART, Lectures, News, 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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Photographic Exhibit Captures Pompeii’s Ongoing History As An Archaeological Site

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, on view in the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery from October 25 through December 6,.features a selection of recent work…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2018 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Jochen Wierich Chairs Panel at Southeastern Museum Conference October 8-9

Jochen Wierich, senior lecturer, department of history of art, organized and chaired a session at the Southeastern Museum Conference (SEMC) held October 8-9 in Jackson, Mississippi. The panel, entitled “From Effigy Pipe to Punching Bag: Negotiating the Native American Object in Art Museums,” focused on the challenges and opportunities of representing Native American identity in…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 16, 2018 in Conferences, HART, News, 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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Hermann Haller to Deliver Lecture on Monday, October 8

Hermann Haller, professor of Italian, comparative literature, and French, Queens College, CUNY, will present a lecture entitled “Between Local and Global: The Italian Language in Urban America” on Monday, October 8, at 2:20 pm in Furman Hall 311. Haller’s primary research interests are Italian linguistics and dialectology, Romance philology, Italian as an immigrant language, and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 5, 2018 in Events, HART, Lectures, News, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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Kevin Murphy Comments on Plans to Upgrade Atlanta Airport with Canopies

The Atlanta Journal Constitution (October 3, 2018)—In the City Too Busy to Hate, perhaps it’s fitting that the airport is too busy to worry about architectural attractiveness. At least that’s the rep Hartsfield-Jackson International’s domestic terminal has earned over the decades. But officials at the world’s busiest airport hope that two massive, multi-million dollar canopies…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 5, 2018 in HART, News, Vanderbilt University, 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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Mireille Lee to Address Modern Collections of Ancient Greek Mirrors on October 6

With the rise of new technologies, the definition of objects is changing along with our understanding of collecting. Collectibles are no longer limited to their material shape but also appear on screen, retrieved from source codes and algorithms. The simultaneity of actual and virtual objects is transforming our cultural memory. Concepts of our past and projections…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 3, 2018 in Conferences, Digital Humanities, Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Lectures, News, Technology, Vanderbilt University, VRC

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