Thank you for joining us for the end-of-semester holiday gathering, where we did a bit of a catch-up and congratulated our outstanding undergraduates and graduate students on their many achievements during these fraught times!
News
Join us for a CV workshop with Prof. Gertsman on December 11 at 1:30 EST! Come for advice, stay for destructive fun! Click on “Learn more” for the Zoom link.
Read the interview with Lee Warshawsky, the Co-Director of Friends of Art, here.
The Friends of Art is a volunteer organization that seeks to promote and support the Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University through advocacy and educational activities. The group offers opportunities to attend...
Please join us for our annual QP and prospectus presentations on November 20th at 1 pm! Angie Verduci will first speak about her dissertation research, focused on late medieval Triumph of Death murals in northern Italy; Annapoorna Moore will follow with a discussion of the gorgeous fourteenth-century silver belt...
Read Prof. Benay's recent article about collaboration in the Humanities, published by the H-Net Book Channel forum, Feeding the Elephant: A Forum for Scholarly Communications! Click here to read the article.
Last Friday, the Department of Art History and Art at Case Western Reserve University hosted the 46th Annual Cleveland Symposium, "Bodily Realities: Engaging the Discourse of Dis/Ability." Thank you to everyone who made this event possible! We are pleased to announce that a recording of the event, as well...
ARTH 335/435
MWF 11:30-12:30
Meghan Strong, PhD
From millennia, the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Nubia developed alongside each other in the Nile Valley. This course will explore the distinct visual and material culture of these two neighbors but also examine the artistic implications of cross-cultural interaction in these regions. We will...
ARTH 341/441
T/TH 4:00–5:15
Sinéad Vilbar, Curator of Japanese Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
Rinpa is a style of Japanese art focused on abstracted natural motifs, often made with mineral
and metallic pigments as well as ink. Classical literature features in some Rinpa works.
Coined in the early 1900s, Rinpa means “Rin School,”...
Professor Bolman will be presenting a lecture hosted by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens!
The remarkable Red Monastery Church, located in the Egyptian desert, surprises us. It is not in a city, or even near one. What is it doing, in its isolated environment? The church is...
Prof. Benay has been awarded a generous Faculty Research Grant from the Baker Nord Center for her innovative work with area non-profit Edwin's Institute! Edwin's provides the recently incarcerated with job training in the culinary arts. During her sabbatical next semester, Prof. Benay will work with students at Edwin's...
Here is a sneak peek at Prof. Gertsman’s new book, Abstraction in Medieval Art, coming out this January! Read more about the book here. Prof. Gertsman professes undying gratitude to Reed O’Mara and Russell David Green for their copy editing help!
Ever wondered what an art history degree can do for you? For society? Join us this Friday, October 23 at 12:00 pm for an informal meet and greet with the faculty in the art history department!
After the meet and greet, Greg Peckham, the Director of LAND Studio, will be...