Riyaz Latif on Panel at the Frist to Discuss Art and Literature of Islamic World

Persian epic literature is filled with daring heroes, doomed lovers, and mighty rulers.  Join Riyaz Latif, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art at Vanderbilt, Paul Vasterling, artistic director and CEO of the Nashville Ballet, and Ginny Soenksen, assistant curator of interpretation, Frist Center for Visual Arts, for a discussion of two important tales, the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 9, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Morna O’Neill Addresses the Intersection of Photography and Art

Former HART Professor Morna O’Neill returned to the Vanderbilt campus on October 29 to deliver two lectures in conjunction with Vesna Pavlović’s “Lost Art” exhibition on display at Zeitgeist Gallery.  O’Neill, associate professor of art history in the Department of Art at Wake Forest University, teaches courses in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European art and the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 5, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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HART Professors Speak at Symposium on Campus Land Use Plan

From exploring city planning in the ancient Mediterranean world to understanding how theater can play a role in classroom design, the Vanderbilt University Land Use Symposium on November 2 includes experts participating  from across campus as the university begins to develop a comprehensive land use plan.  Held in Alumni Hall, the all-day symposium features a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 2, 2015 in Events, HART, VRC

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HART Alumni Reception Held October 23 in Cohen Atrium

Please join the Department of History of Art at a reception for our HART alumni and friends on Friday, October 23, from 4:10-5:00 pm in Cohen Memorial Hall.  Those attending the reception can view Syria Widowed:  Remembering Palmyra, an exhibit in the rear atrium that commemorates recently destroyed monuments at Palmyra, only one of a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 22, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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“Drawing a Life of Michelangelo” with William Wallace on November 5

William E. Wallace, internationally renowned expert on Michelangelo Buonarroti, will deliver the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History entitled “Drawing a Life of Michelangelo” on Thursday, November 5, at 4:10 pm in Cohen Memorial Hall, room  203.  A reception will follow in the Cohen atrium. Wallace, who is the Barbara Murphy…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Faculty Discuss Cultural Destruction in Syria on Local TV Program

Inside Politics host Pat Nolan discusses the cultural destruction in Syria with Professors Betsey Robinson, Art History and Classics, Richard McGregor, Religious Studies, and David Michelson, Divinity School, on Friday, October 2, at 7:00 pm on CBS affiliate WTVF News Channel 5, Nashville (Xfinity channel 250 and 1005). It will also be aired via live…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 2, 2015 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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Responding to a Cultural Heritage Crisis: The SHOSI Project

An overflow crowd spilled into Cohen’s lecture hall on September 22 for Brian Daniels’ sobering yet inspiring Goldberg Lecture entitled Protecting Cultural Heritage in Syria and Iraq: Lessons Learned in the Present Crisis.    Considerable attention has been given to the ongoing destruction of cultural heritage as part of the current crisis in Syria and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 30, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Exhibit Commemorates Recently Destroyed Monuments at Palmyra

Palmyra, or Tadmor, rising out of the Syrian desert between Damascus and the Euphrates, has been called the “Bride of the Desert,” because of its spectacular geographical setting and a history of bringing diverse peoples together.  Today, Syria is widowed. Syria Widowed:  Remembering Palmyra commemorates recently destroyed monuments at Palmyra, only one of a growing…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 29, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumnus Alan LeQuire to Discuss “Musica” on September 26

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 25, 2015 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Maria Liston to Deliver Archaeology Lecture on September 24

Maria Liston, associate professor and chair of the anthropology department at the University of Waterloo, will deliver an Archaeological Institute of America lecture on Thursday, September 24, at 6 pm at the Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park. In her lecture, “Short Lives and Forgotten Deaths: Infant Skeletons in the ‘Bone Well’ near the Athenian Agora,”…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 22, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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