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Cleveland Symposium: Visualizing Sound & Silence in Art & Architecture

September 5, 2019

Visualizing Sound & Silence in Art & Architecture 45th Annual Cleveland Symposium Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio Friday, October 25, 2019 When we examine visual images, we often concentrate solely on the sense of sight. In contrast, art and architecture, whether employing musical, ritual, or acoustic...

“Beast or Monster? Animals in the Medieval World”

June 19, 2019

Save the Date! Dr. Elizabeth Morrison Wednesday, August 14, 6:00 p.m. Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art Explore animals both real and imaginary in the Middle Ages with Elizabeth Morrison, senior curator of the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Although Europeans in the medieval era were familiar with domesticated...

Erin Benay Promoted to Associate Professor

June 17, 2019

Congratulations to Erin Benay who was promoted to Associate Professor effective July 1! Professor Benay, an expert in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, explores the ways in which early modern objects are manufactured, how they move through space and time, and in what ways they contribute to the production...

Medieval Abstraction in Cleveland and Princeton

June 5, 2019

This academic year concludes with a pair of successful events, held in Cleveland and at Princeton. On May 13, Professors Elina Gertsman and Vincent Debiais led a graduate student workshop on issues of studying medieval abstract art. Participants included Aimee Caya, Angelica Verduci, Nikki DeLuca, Reed O'Mara, Alex Kaczenski,...

Primary Source Reveals All: Attributing Astrid

May 9, 2019

By Kate Hublou When the CMA’s textile conservator, Robin Hanson, unrolled a warm-toned textile with leaves, I was immediately intrigued. While I had been looking at other Swedish modern textiles for some time, I was struck by how different this design looked. The textile features a subdued color palette of...

Lauen Lovings-Gomez wins the Gunther Stamm Prize

April 28, 2019

Lauren Lovings-Gomez won the 2019 Gunther Stamm Prize for her paper “Antiquity, Exoticism, and Nature in Gold Lotus and Dragonfly Comb with Cyprian Glass Fragment,” presented at the 36th Annual Graduate Student Symposium hosted by the Department of Art History at Florida State University. There are plans to include her article in the next volume...

Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

April 28, 2019

Professor Elina Gertsman's exceptional mentoring has been acknowledged very publicly by Provost Vinson! Dr. Gertsman is the recipient of the 2019 John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. The John S. Diekhoff Mentoring Award is presented to two full-time faculty members who make exemplary contributions to the...

William Harper Lecture

April 14, 2019

World-renown artist William Harper gave a fascinating lecture on campus, on April 8, 2019, to a packed crowd. He explained some of the vast array of global sources that he uses for inspiration for his work, and discussed aspects of his working practice. Professor Henry Adams gave a scintillating...

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

April 14, 2019

We are proud that 2017 alumna Meghann McMahon will be attending the Graduate School of Architecture at the University of Virginia this coming fall. Meghann graduated with a double major in Civil Engineering and Pre-Architecture. What is particularly notable about this is that the programs are in two different...

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

April 5, 2019

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park is a finalist for the John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching. Congratulations to Professor Park — what an honor to receive this nomination during one’s first year in the department!

Friends of Art Graduate Awards Announced

April 6, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Friends of Art graduate awards! Dominique (Nikki) DeLuca: Best Overall Performance by a PhD Student Nikki, who completed her MA in the department as well, is working on her dissertation under the guidance of Prof. Elina Gertsman. Nikki's nominator stressed her strong work ethic...

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

March 31, 2019

Lauryn Smith, a third-year doctoral student in early modern Dutch and Flemish art, is one of fifteen emerging professionals who were selected to participate in the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History (RKD) Summer School Program, “Northern Renaissance Art: Collections, Research, and Recent Developments.” Lauryn was awarded a...

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“Beast or Monster? Animals in the Medieval World”

Erin Benay Promoted to Associate Professor

Medieval Abstraction in Cleveland and Princeton

Primary Source Reveals All: Attributing Astrid

Lauen Lovings-Gomez wins the Gunther Stamm Prize

Professor Gertsman Wins the Diekhoff Mentoring Award

William Harper Lecture

Civil Engineering/Pre-Architecture Graduate heads to graduate architecture program

Assistant Professor Eunyoung Park

Friends of Art Graduate Awards Announced

Lauryn Smith Selected for the Rijksmuseum and Netherlands Institute of Art History Summer School Program

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