Month: December 2013
Graduate Activities: Paulina Banas in “The Fascination of Persia”
Doctoral student Paulina Banas has contributed to a new publication (available in both English and German) related to the exhibition The Fascination of Persia. The Persian-European Dialogue in Seventeenth-Century Art & Contemporary Art from Teheran, currently on view at the Museum Rietberg in Zürich. Paulina’s article is titled “Persian Art and the Crafting of Polish Identity.” Visit the publisher’s website for more information.
Graduate Activities: Na’ama Klorman-Eraqi, dissertation defense, this Friday
The Department of Art History
is pleased to announce that, on,
Friday, December 13, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.
in the Art History Commons, FA 218,
Na’ama Klorman-Eraqi,
BA, Tel Aviv University, 2004,
MA, Tel Aviv University, 2008,
and candidate for the doctoral degree in art history,
will defend her dissertation,
Feminism and Photography in Britain in the 1970s and Early 1980s,
before a committee composed of Professors John Tagg (Chair), Karen Barzman, Tom McDonough, and Benita Roth (Sociology).
The defense is a public event and open to all. We look forward to a lively, instructive and informative discussion and invite you all to attend.
Faculty Activities: Tom McDonough at Dia:Chelsea
Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks. West 22nd Street between 10th and 11th Avenues in New York City. Image courtesy of Dia Art Foundation.
This Saturday, December 14, Associate Professor and Chair Tom McDonough will participate in a symposium titled “Monuments, Monumentality, Monumentalization” at Dia:Chelsea. The symposium, which also includes Svetlana Boym and David Graeber, is part of Dia’s ongoing involvement in projects that present a critical monumentality, including Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument (July – September 2013) and the upcoming retrospective Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010 (to open May 2014). From Dia’s website:
From Los Angeles to Hong Kong, from Dubai to Moscow, a proliferation of monuments accompanies the growth of our globalized world. As contemporary urban spaces become increasingly connected, and private and public spheres conflate in intricate fashions, monuments appear to be more than simple markers of historical awareness. Today’s monuments indicate institutional contexts of influence and commemoration, but they can also emerge as temporary manifestations of dissent and resistance. Gathering some of the most remarkable critical voices of the moment, this first symposium will examine these contexts and the strategic roles monuments play within them.
Undergraduate Activities: Hannah Hempstead Dwiggins in Binghamton University Magazine
Hannah Hempstead, left, experienced hands-on learning by curating an exhibit with the help of Art Museum Director Diane Butler, right. Photo by Jonathan Cohen.
Click here to read Binghamton University Magazine’s profile of BA/MA student Hannah Hempstead Dwiggins regarding her work with Diane Butler in the University Art Museum.
Next VizCult: Matthew Hunter, McGill University, TODAY
Graduate Activities: Hye-ri Oh, dissertation defense, this Friday
The Department of Art History
is pleased to announce that, on,
Friday, December 6, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.
in the Art History Commons, FA 218,
Hye-ri Oh,
BA, Ewha Womans University, 1992,
MFA, Ewha Womans University, 1999,
MA, University Of Essex, 2002,
and candidate for the doctoral degree in art history,
will defend her dissertation,
The Concept of Photography in Korea: The Genealogy of the Korean Conception of Sajin from the Late Choson Dynastic Period Through Japanese Colonialism,
before a committee composed of Professors John Tagg (Chair), Nancy Um, William Haver (Comparative Literature),
and David Stahl (Asian and Asian American Studies).
The defense is a public event and open to all. We look forward to a lively, instructive and informative discussion and invite you all to attend.
Winter Session Courses
Still searching for the right course for the winter session? Consider ARTH 286B, ARTH 286S or ARTH 288A!
European Architecture, 1700-1850– 10001 – ARTH 286B – 01 Instructor: Chris Balsiger
“Form follows function” is an idea most often associated with the 20th century’s modernist architecture, but its roots in fact go much deeper. Beginning in the 18th century, architecture shifted from the preoccupations of traditional aesthetics to modern demands of utility and efficiency. After 1700, architecture’s identity began to be seen as an urgent question not only for architects but also for government officials, doctors, entrepreneurs, and philosophers. With the simultaneous development of capitalism and discourses of rationalism and empiricism, new needs were established and program became paramount. Under the demands of “efficiency,” “hygiene,” and “surveillance,” architects were called upon to give form to specialized facilities such as hospitals, asylums, prisons, factories, and housing for the poor. We will examine the emergence of this “functionalist” paradigm, situating our discussion in the broader context of the social upheavals of the 18th-century Enlightenment, industrialization, and French Revolution, and follow their development through the middle of the 19th century. Prerequisites: None. Course Notes: Freshmen welcome. All majors welcome. For Art History majors, this course fulfills the Pre-1800 200-level art or architecture course requirement.
Associated Term: Winter 2014
Registration Dates: Oct 28, 2013 to Jan 07, 2014
Levels: Undergraduate
General Education: A – Aesthetic Perspective
God and Empire: Constantine and the Imperial Church – 10002 – ARTH 286S – 01 Instructor: Melissa Fitzmaurice
In 313, the Roman emperor Constantine legalized Christianity and brought what was once considered a “church of poverty” under his imperial protection. His political and monetary support of Christianity—visible in the massive basilicas and luxurious gifts he donated to the church—has led some scholars to consider Constantine the first Christian emperor. And yet, Constantine managed to maintain control of an empire populated by mostly non-Christians. Using the evidence of Constantine’s monumental building programs in Rome and in Constantinople, this course will investigate Constantine’s possible political, economic, and spiritual motives for legalizing and supporting Christianity in Rome. We will also discuss Constantine’s maintenance of conflicting identities as Roman and as Christian in order to unravel his larger project of maintaining control of a diverse and expansive empire. Prerequisites: None. Course Notes: Freshmen welcome. All majors welcome. For Art History majors, this course meets the Pre-1800 200-level art or architecture course requirement.
Associated Term: Winter 2014
Registration Dates: Oct 28, 2013 to Jan 07, 2014
Levels: Undergraduate
General Education: A – Aesthetic Perspective
Governing Bodies: Photography in the Middle East– 10003 – ARTH 288A – 01 Instructor: Rotem Rozental
This course originates from the intersections of photographic practices, archival machinery, nationalism and civic engagement, as these unfold in the conflicted recent history of the Middle East. Our point of entry to these issues will be the status of the body in private, institutional and public photographic archives. We will view photographic albums of European travellers in the region during the late 19th century, focusing on representations of the male body. We will then move to Zionist photographic archives that appeared in Palestine in the 1920s and examine how they tried to define, differentiate and categorize local bodies. Freshmen and all majors welcome. For Art History majors, this course meets the Post-1800 200-level art course requirement.
Associated Term: Winter 2014
Registration Dates: Oct 28, 2013 to Jan 07, 2014
Levels: Undergraduate
General Education: A – Aesthetic Perspective, G – Global Interdependencies
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