Are you an Art History Undergrad? Thinking about applying to graduate school? Not sure? Professor Dale will discuss how the application process works, career possibilities, & FREE PIZZA! The Department of Art History presents: “How …
Month: November 2022
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Mecca to Dubai: Architecture in Arabia
Need a seminar for spring? Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be offering AH 510/810 From Mecca to Dubai: Architecture in Arabia | Wednesdays 5:00–7:30PM | L&S Credit. Email Prof. Pruitt for consent to enroll at: jpruitt@wisc.edu.Description: This course examines the rapidly evolving role of architecture …
Alumni Update | Marcela Guerrero Curates “Martine Gutierrez: Supremacy” at the Whitney
Marcela Guerrero (PhD, 2015), the Jennifer Rubio Associate Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, has curated the current exhibition Martine Gutierrez: Supremacy, which is on view at the Whitney through March 2023. You can read …
Art History Graduate Student Lounge
Provided through a generous endowment, the Art History Graduate Student Lounge provides a space for graduate students to meet and collaborate across their chosen specialities and stages within the program. The Grad Lounge is a …
We’re Now on MASTODON!
If Twitter does indeed crash, you can now follow the department at: https://mastodon.world/@uw_arthistory on Mastodon!!!
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | The Floating World: A History of Japanese Prints
Professor Steffani Bennett will be teaching ART HIST 411/775 | The Floating World: A History of Japanese Prints MW 4:00–5:15PM. Sophomore standing, Humanities Breadth, L&S credit. Register here. Description: Technological advancements in woodblock design in seventeenth-century Japan led to a flourishing print culture that permeated all …
Upcoming Art History Lecture | Andy Warhol’s Early Work
From the Silver Platter to the Factory: Libidinal Economies in Early Andy WarholMonday, November 21st, 2022 | 5:30–7:00pm CT CGES | Ingraham Hall, Rm 206 | 1155 Observatory Dr. Madison, WIProf. Sebastian Egenhofer will present a …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Gore Luxury Identity Mimesis: Northern Renaissance
Professor Jennifer Nelson will be teaching ART HIST 360 | Gore Luxury Identity Mimesis: Northern Renaissance TR 1:00–2:15PM. Sophomore standing, Humanities Breadth, L&S credit. Register here. Description: Why do Netherlandish Lamentations feature bloody, putrefying wounds? Why is a skull distorted across the front of Holbein’s Ambassadors? Is …
Alumni Update | Robert Cozzolino’s Exhibition Catalogue Awarded the 2022 Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award
Congratulations to Robert Cozzolino (M.A., 2000; Ph.D., 2006), the Patrick and Aimee Butler Curator of Paintings at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, whose most recent exhibition catalogue, Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art, was the winner of the 2022 …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | AH 556/856 From Magic to Art
This spring, Professor Daniel Spaulding will be offering AH 556/856 From Magic to Art | Thursdays 4:30–7:00PM | Humanities Breadth, L&S Credit. Email Prof. Spaulding for consent to enroll at: dmspaulding@wisc.eduDescription: From the beginning, it seems, human life has involved mimetic …