Prof. Anna Andrzejewski (along with co-PI Caroline Gottschalk-Druschke, English) has been awarded funding for a new Mellon-Borghesi Workshop at the Center for the Humanities for 2020–21. “Greener Pastures” developed in response to an urgent crisis in Wisconsin’s livestock …
Year: 2020
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: AH 300 Art & Archaeology of Ancient Greece
Professor Nick Cahill will be teaching AH 300: Art & Archaeology of Ancient Greece TTh 9:30-10:45am. This is a First Year Friendly course and is open to all students with no prerequisites.
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Alumni Update: Peter Bovenmyer Discusses Florentine Manuscript for Les Enluminures
Peter Bovenmyer (PhD, 2019), gallery manager at Les Enluminures in Chicago, discusses an early Florentine humanistic manuscript from the important scriptorium of S. Maria degli Angeli, the artistic home of Lorenzo Monaco and Fra Angelico. This video is …
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: AH 210 “A History of the World in 20 Buildings”
You may know of the Taj Mahal, the Great Pyramids at Giza, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, but do you know how they fit into world history? This fall Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be teaching …
Faculty News: L&S Celebrating Art History Affiliate Associate Professor Anna Campbell!
We’re celebrating Anna Campbell, an associate professor of Gender & Women Studies who teaches high-end curation and art-making and whose work focuses on queer art. She is the recipient of a 2020 Creative Arts Award …
Summer Course Highlight: Islamic Art & Architecture Begins Today!
AH 305: Islamic Art & Architecture begins TODAY! There is still time to register for this class if you have not.
Student Spotlight: Fernanda Villarroel Featured by the UW–Madison Graduate School
The UW Graduate School published a feature report on Art History PhD candidate Fernanda Villarroel‘s research. As Megan Chua reports, Villarroel has received two national fellowships that support her scholarship exploring the concept of the …
Art During Quarantine: Street Protest Art
If you are living outside of Madison or quarantining at home, check out the Isthmus’ documentation of the artwork that has appeared on the plywood canvas of State Street in the wake of protests downtown.
Fall 2020 Course Highlight: Image and Text in Medieval Manuscripts
Did you know that medieval monks were very fond of their cats? The Book of Kells contains several cats, mice, fish, and other animals within its elaborate pages. Learn about all the mysteries that medieval …