Faculty
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Yuhang Li at “Teaching Textiles”
On Friday, December 6th, Prof. Yuhang Li presented her paper “Teaching about Teaching Embroidery: Rethinking an Embroidery Manuel in Early Modern China” at the Teaching Textiles: Histories of Craft Instruction Symposium organized by Art History …
Current Class Spotlight: Prof. Dale’s Byzantine Art Class at the Chazen
The day before Thanksgiving Professor Tom Dale’s AH 310 “Icons, Religion, and Empire: Early Christian and Byzantine Art, ca. 200–1453” class toured the Russian icons in the Chazen Museum of Art in both the galleries …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Henry Drewal’s Exhibition “Striking Iron” Opens in Paris!
Professor Henry Drewal’s exhibition “Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” opened November 19th, 2019 at the Musee du quai Branly Jacques Chirac in Paris, France. The exhibition will close March 20th, 2020. Prof. Drewal …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Casid speaking at ICA-Philadelphia
Professor Casid has been witness to and writing alongside the unfolding slow-programmed cycle of exhibitions that began at the Beeler Gallery in Columbus, Ohio and has moved, for its 5th chapter, to the ICA in …
Prof. Andrzejewski’s 2018 Field School Class’s E-Book—Perspectives on Place: North Dakota Field School 2018
Prof. Anna Andrzejewski is proud to announce the release of the e-book for her Fall 2018 Field School class in North Dakota. The book is titled: Perspectives on Place: North Dakota Field School 2018. Please see …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Drewal Wins Award!!!
Evjue-Bascom Professor Henry John Drewal was recently awarded the 2019 Margaret Herz Demant African Art Award at the Detroit Institute of Arts and gave a lecture there on Sunday, October 27, 2019. He spoke about …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Thomas Dale’s Latest Book Pygmalion’s Power is Out!
Professor Thomas Dale’s much anticipated book, Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience is now available through Penn State University Press. His book is the product of research that began over twenty years …
Interview with Professor Jennifer Nelson
This fall the Department of Art History welcomed our newest faculty member, Professor Jennifer Nelson, into the University of Wisconsin-Madison family. Prof. Nelson’s courses and research cover the early modern period, which is roughly from …
Faculty Spotlight: Prof. Jennifer Nelson’s New Book
Professor Jennifer Nelson‘s book, Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors, was released last month. Fun Fact: It’s now the #1 New Release in Religious History on Amazon!