AIA Lecture Features Lea Stirling and Her Work at Leptiminus

Lea Stirling, associate professor of classics, University of Manitoba, will deliver the first Archaeological Institute of America lecture of the academic year on Thursday, September 18, at 6 pm at the Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park. Stirling will introduce us to her excavations at Leptiminus (Lamta), Tunisia, in her lecture titled Food, Funerals, and Fuel…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 9, 2014 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Fryd Teaches American Realism and Surrealism Course at the Frist

Vivien Fryd, professor of history of art, taught a three-week course on American realism and surrealism in late August and early September at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. Fryd led participants in understanding major movements within American art history from 1920 to 1950 as represented by works in the current exhibit,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 8, 2014 in Events, HART, HART in Nashville, VRC

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Cohen Gallery Exhibit of Donna Ferrato’s Photographs Opens Friday

Donna Ferrato, a documentary photographer internationally acclaimed for her work to end family violence, on Friday, September 12, will debut the first gallery exhibition in her series that focuses on women who have left their abusers. I Am Unbeatable––Documenting and Celebrating Stories of Empowerment will be on display at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery in Cohen…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 8, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Vivien Fryd to Lecture on Andy Warhol at Cheekwood on July 17

Fifty years ago, during the summer of 1964, Andy Warhol began working on silkscreen paintings of Flowers, a subject that would preoccupy him for the rest of his life. Best known for his vibrant pop imagery and searing commentary on art and popular culture, Warhol’s flower imagery reveals a softer, more intimate side of the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on July 15, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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Gallery Exhibit of Polish Theatre Posters in Honor of Don Evans

Presented in honor of the late Don Evans, who for much of his professional career taught art at Vanderbilt University, Curiouser and Curiouser—Avant-garde Polish Theatre Posters from the 1970s features a selection of posters given by Evans that are from a particularly rich period of Eastern European graphic art design. Evans, who developed a national…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 16, 2014 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Book by Christopher Johns Set for Fall 2014 Release

Until relatively recently, most scholars considered the notion of a Catholic Enlightenment either oxymoronic or even illusory, since the received wisdom was that the Catholic Church was a tireless and indefatigable enemy of modernist progress. According to Christopher Johns, Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of History of Art, the eighteenth-century papacy recognized many…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on June 10, 2014 in HART, VRC

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Awards Presented at Reception for 2014 HART Graduates

History of Art majors and minors and their families were honored at the department’s reception for graduating seniors on Thursday, May 8, in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall. Elizabeth Schoenberg, who plans to attend medical school, received the Cooley Prize ($250) for the highest grade point average in the history of art. Three students…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2014 in Events, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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Halle O’Neal to Present Lecture at Cheekwood on May 15

Celebrated for its flexibility and strength, the perennial bamboo has enjoyed diverse lives in Japanese art and culture—from delectable edibles and delicately carved tea utensils to bold ink splashes and conceptual sculptures. Hallie O’Neal, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art, will explore these various manifestations, many of which balance on the edge of function…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 13, 2014 in HART, HART in Nashville, Lectures, VRC

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Farandole—An Elegy in Art and Poetry On View Through June 5

Farandole: An Elegy in Art and Poetry, presented as a companion exhibition to History’s Shadow: German Art and the Formulation of National Identity, brings together two European cultural figures of the latter part of the twentieth century: artist Hans Hartung (1904-1989) and novelist and poet Jean Proal (1904-1969). Published in 1972 as a portfolio of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 5, 2014 in Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Department to Honor HART Graduates at Reception on May 8

History of Art majors and minors and their families are invited to attend the department’s reception for our graduating seniors on Thursday, May 8, from 2 to 4:00 p.m. The event will be held in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall on the Peabody campus, and awards will be presented at 3:00 p.m. Graduates and…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on May 5, 2014 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, Student/Alumni, VRC

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