Kevin Murphy Addresses Environmental Costs of Urban Teardowns

In 2013 alone, more than 500 houses were demolished in Nashville, Tennessee, a sharp increase from previous years. And hundreds of additional teardowns are expected in a city that’s projected to add a million residents over the next two decades. Nashville is hardly the only North American city to experience a recent wave of teardowns….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 29, 2015 in HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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HART Cosponsors International Symposium on Traditional Chinese Architecture

A three-day international symposium on traditional Chinese architecture will be held July 23-25 at Vanderbilt University in Cohen Memorial Hall. The aim of the Senior Academics Forum on Traditional Chinese Architectural History is to advance the study of Chinese architectural history and forge connections between scholars of Chinese architecture across the globe. “The history of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 16, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Betsey Robinson Organizes Symposium Held July 15-16 in Athens

Water Cult & Culture in the Mediterranean World of the First Millennium BCE, an international symposium coordinated by Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, will be held July 15-16 at the American School of Classical Studies and the École française in Athens, Greece. The symposium is the first of several events sponsored by…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 8, 2015 in Events, HART, VRC

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Gallery Exhibit Features Vintage Circus Posters, Sideshow Banners

Experience the excitement of the circus this summer with Thrills & Chills! The Fantastic World of the American Circus at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery. Posters that advertised circus acts and banners giving a teaser to the wonders of sideshows are as colorful as the spectacles they promise and the true focus of this…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 8, 2015 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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HART Graduates Receive Awards at Commencement Reception

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 8, 2015 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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HART Alumni to View Art Books of Matisse with Joseph Mella

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 6, 2015 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Department to Honor HART Graduates at a Reception on May 7

History of Art majors and minors and their families and friends are invited to attend the department’s reception for our graduating seniors on Thursday, May 7, from 2 to 4 pm. The event will be held in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, and awards will be presented at 3 pm….

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 21, 2015 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Shaneyfelt Examines Workshop Practices in Renaissance Perugia

An article by Sheri Shaneyfelt, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies, Department of History of Art, was recently published in the March 2015 issue of The Art Bulletin (Volume XCVII, Number 1). The article, “The Società del 1496: Supply, Demand, and Artistic Exchange in Renaissance Perugia,” is part of a larger project on workshop…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 14, 2015 in HART, VRC

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Applications for Fine Arts Gallery Internships Due Friday, April 17

Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery internships are designed to give Vanderbilt students an opportunity to gain hands-on, behind-the-scenes experience in a university art gallery setting. Interns will contribute to a variety of projects, including our digital imaging project, exhibition research and label copy writing, student outreach, and exhibition preparatory work. In addition, interns will assist…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 13, 2015 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on Henry Ries at Symposium Held in May

Vivien Green Fryd, professor of history of art, will present a paper next month at the Critical Topography Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, and Ryerson University, Toronto. Fryd, niece of the New York Times photographer Henry Ries (1917-2004) will address the topic Henry Ries’ Photographs of the Brandenburg Gate, 1937-1981: Collective Trauma, Struggle, and Identity. Ries,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on April 13, 2015 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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