Professor Daniel Spaulding has edited the latest edition of Selva, an open access peer-reviewed journal of the history and historiography of art, and published it’s opening article. The article, “Ideology, Strategy, Aesthetics,” can be read in full here.
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and 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 …
Student & Alumni Spotlight | Badgers Attend Botticelli Exhibition in Minneapolis
This past Friday, December 30th, 2022 several past and current Department of Art History graduate students assembled in Minneapolis, Minnesota to see an exhibition of works from Renaissance Florence focused on Sandro Botticelli that are …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Mecca to Dubai: Architecture in Arabia
Need a seminar for spring? Curious about Qatar after watching the World Cup? Come think it through with us! 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 …
Student Spotlight | Abby Armstrong Check Publishes Book Review
Ph.D. Student Abby Armstrong Check has published a book review for Alison Locke Perchuk’s 2021 book The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone in the 53rd volume of Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Have Brush, Will Travel: The Italian Renaissance from Florence to Rome
Professor Kirsten Phillips-Court will be offering AH 106 | Have Brush, Will Travel: The Italian Renaissance from Florence to RomeMW 11:00–11:50 AM | No Prereqs! | L&S Credit | Humanities Breadth | Register hereDescription: This course explores artistic developments that …
Student Spotlight | LauraLee Brott wins J.B. Harley Research Fellowship in the History of Cartography
LauraLee Brott (Ph.D. Candidate) has won a J.B. Harley Research Fellowship in the History of Cartography. The fellowship will support her residency in London as she continues to conduct dissertation research at the British Library on the …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | Caribbean Entanglements
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 …
Student Spotlight | Tania Kolarik & Abby Armstrong Check Awarded SAH Conference Fellowships
Tania Kolarik (Ph.D. Candidate) and Abby Armstrong Check (Ph.D. Student) have both been awarded the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual Conference Graduate Student Fellowship to attend the SAH’s 76th Annual International Conference in Montréal, CA, April 12–15, …
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, …