Professor Guillermina De Ferrari will be teaching ART HIST 802 | Caribbean Entanglements W 3:30–6:00 PM during the Spring 2023 semester. Graduate Standing. Instructor consent required. Email gdeferrari@wisc.edu to enroll. Description: In the Caribbean, global warming, the legacy of slavery, and neocolonial experiments in both late …
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Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Greek Sculpture
Learn Greek sculpture’s true colors this spring. Professor Nick Cahill will be teaching AH 302 | Greek Sculpture TR 11:00 AM–12:15 PM. Sophomore Standing | L&S Credit | Humanities Breadth.Register here. Description: This course examines problems in style, techniques and reconstruction of glyptic sculpture, …
Faculty News | Professor Nelson Article Published in “The Art Bulletin”
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Nelson for the publication of her article “A Ming Chinese and Spanish Imperial Collaboration in Southeast Asia: The Boxer Codex” in the latest issue of The Art Bulletin.You can access Prof. Nelson’s article here. Abstract: The …
This Year in the Art History Department | Looking Back at 2022
2022 was a major year for the Department of Art History as we hired a new Department Administrator, Peggy Hacker, and Professor Steffani Bennett as the Joan B. Mirviss Chair in Japanese Art. We also celebrated the career …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Global Modernism
Professor Daniel Spaulding will be teaching ART HIST 408/600 | Global Modernism TR 9:30–10:45 AM during the Spring 2023 semester. Sophomore Standing | L&S credit | Register hereDescription: What does twentieth-century modernism look like from a global perspective? Is it possible to speak of …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | History of Western Art I: From Pyramids to Cathedrals
Professor Nick Cahill will be offering AH 201 | History of Western Art I: From Pyramids to Cathedrals TR 1:00–2:15 PM | No Prereqs! | L&S Credit | Humanities Breadth | Register hereDescription: Examines the arts and cultures of Europe and the …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art & Religion in Transition
Professor Yuhang Li will be teaching ART HIST 307/776 | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition TR 9:30–10:45 AM during the Spring 2023 semester. This will be the first time since Fall 2019 that …
Faculty and Student Spotlight | Prof. Dale and Drew Narayanan in Chicago
Professor Thomas Dale and Ph.D. Candidate Drew Narayanan will present their recent research on race in medieval art to the Chicago Seminar on Medieval Culture and Intellectual History on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022 at 1:00pm at Loyola College in …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Why Renaissance? Cult + Art + Colonization
Professor Jennifer Nelson will be offering AH 500/800 | Why Renaissance? Cult + Art + Colonization on Tuesdays 3:00–5:30 PM | L&S Credit | Humanities Breadth | Register hereDescription: Why should we care about the Renaissance? The Renaissance, when still a useful …
Faculty News | Prof. Chopra Fueling Discovery 2022 Article
Professor Preeti Chopra‘s article, “Philanthropy, Charity and the Fabric of Cities,” has been featured in the 2022 Fueling Discovery supplement to the Wisconsin State Journal. The 2022 Fueling Discovery supplement highlights the groundbreaking research of both the students and faculty of …