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Art History
PhD student Jason Vartikar’s first peer-reviewed article, “Ruth Asawa’s Early Wire Sculpture and a Biology of Equality,” was recently published in the spring issue of American Art, vol. 34, no. 1. Vartikar argues that the artist’s biomorphic sculptures engage midcentury biological science and its...
Art History
Cyle Metzger, PhD candidate in art history, and Kirstin Ringelberg, professor of art history at Elon University, together organized, edited, and composed the introduction to the first issue of the Journal of Visual Culture (Volume 19, Issue 2) dedicated to transgender art and visual culture.
Art History
A team based at Stanford University used virtual acoustics to bring Istanbul to California and reconstruct the sonic world of Byzantine cathedral music.
By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
Turquoise carpets covered the marble floor, with its geometric designs. White drapes concealed the mosaic of...
Art History
The Hagia Sophia has featured in thousands of books and treatises throughout the centuries, many of which have praised the awe-inspiring spaces of this architectural feat. Yet recently, the building has made headlines for very different reasons, as politics and heritage become entangled. In this...
Jul 24 2020
Dear Students in the Art and Art History Department,
I am writing as chair to announce some important changes to the curriculum and general culture of the department. These changes are the result of intensive discussions among the faculty this summer, which were, in turn, prompted by several...
