Elizabeth Moodey Presents Paper on Unpublished Prayerbook

Elizabeth Moodey, assistant professor of history of art, presented a paper at an Index of Christian Art conference held October 25-26 at Princeton University. The conference, entitled Manuscripta Illuminata: Approaches to Understanding Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts, focused on illuminated manuscripts and included papers on books ranging from impressive, heavily gilded Ottonian service books to a…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 14, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Kevin Murphy to Participate in “Soundscapes” Conference

The rise of digital media over the last few decades has dramatically changed the way in which we make and consume sound within the contexts of our everyday lives. Whether we play ongoing music streams at home, freely reassemble audible objects with the help of our computers, listen to a diverse range of prerecorded sounds…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 13, 2013 in Events, HART, Lectures, VRC

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Hilary Gopnik to Deliver AIA Lecture on November 5

Hilary Gopnik, co-director of the Naxçivan Archaeological Project at Emory University, will deliver a lecture about Alexander the Great in the far reaches of his empire on Tuesday, November 5, at 7 p.m. in the Nashville Parthenon at Centennial Park. Her lecture, entitled On the Edge of Alexander’s World: The Unfinished Palace at Oğlanqala, Azerbaijan,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on November 1, 2013 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Amy McNair to Deliver Goldberg Lecture on November 7

Amy McNair, professor of Chinese art, Kress Foundation Department of Art History, University of Kansas, will present the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Lecture in Art History on Thursday, November 7, at 4:10 p.m. in 203 Cohen Hall. Her lecture is entitled “Heroic Abandon: The 1300-Year Life of Yan Zhenqing’s Imperial Commissioner Liu Letter.”…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 29, 2013 in HART, Lectures, VRC

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Three VU Professors Receive SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant

Betsey Robinson, associate professor of history of art, Robin Jensen, Luce Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship, and David Michelson, assistant professor of early Christianity at the Divinity School, received a grant from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program to participate in a regional workshop on Cultures of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 28, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Bonna Wescoat to Lecture on Parthenon Ionic Frieze on October 22

Bonna Wescoat, professor of classical art and archaeology at Emory University, will give the first Archaeological Institute of America lecture of the academic year on Tuesday, October 22, at 7 pm at the Nashville Parthenon in Centennial Park. Her lecture is titled “Seeing is Believing: Nashville Parthenon Sheds New Light on the Visibility of the…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 21, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Space 204 Exhibit Celebrates Susan DeMay and Forty Years in Clay

Vanderbilt’s Department of Art welcomes an exhibition celebrating four decades of art by Susan DeMay, senior lecturer in ceramics. Career Highlights: 40 Years in Clay will be on display in Space 204 from Thursday, October 17, through Friday, November 22. DeMay will present a gallery talk on Thursday, October 17, at 3 pm prior to…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 15, 2013 in Events, HART, VRC

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Rebecca VanDiver to Present Paper at American Art Symposium

Since the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade, Africa has played an important role—albeit shifting, contested, and often unseen—in the history of art of the United States. Rebecca VanDiver, senior lecturer in modern and contemporary art history, will present a paper, Routes to Roots: Loïs Mailou Jones’s Engagement with Africa and the African Diaspora, 1938-70,…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on October 1, 2013 in HART, VRC

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Fine Arts Gallery Announces Latest Exhibit and Opening Reception

The Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery celebrates the opening of their latest exhibit, Difficult Art and the Liberal Arts Imagination, with a reception on Friday, September 27, from 5 to 7 pm in Cohen Hall on the Peabody campus. Martin Rapisarda, associate dean of the College of Arts and Science, who curated the exhibit, will make…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 23, 2013 in Events, Fine Arts Gallery, HART, VRC

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Four HART Professors Celebrate Service Anniversaries

The History of Art Department recognizes four professors who are celebrating service anniversaries this year. Robin Jensen, the Luce Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art and Worship, and Christopher Johns, the Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Professor of Art, have each taught at Vanderbilt for ten years. Mireille Lee, assistant professor of…

Posted by vrcvanderbilt on September 23, 2013 in HART, VRC

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