RSA Conference

This past weekend a number of Art History Grads ventured to Montreal for the  Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. A few students and faculty members presented papers at the annual conference including Michelle DiMarzo, Tammy Smithers, Jasmine Cloud, Dr. Barbara McNulty, Dr. Susan Nalezyty, and Dr. Tracy Cooper.

Michelle DiMarzo presenting her paper "Elegant Novelties: A Bergamasque Merchant's Mecenatismo"

Dr. Marcia B. Hall, Cate Wallace, Michelle DiMarzo, Barbara McNulty
Tamara Smithers, Jasmine Cloud, Dr. Tracy Cooper

Susan Sidlauskas Lecture

Enjoying the Sunshine

Art History Grads - Jessica Cooley, Reggie Lynch, Brad Cavallo, Amy Malleck, Kaitlin Dempsey and Robin Craren

Peter M. Lukehart Lecture/pre-reception

“Why Academies?: The Organization and Training of Artists Across Time and Cultures”
Peter M. Lukehart
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tyler School of Art Room B082

Peter Lukehart, Associate Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, shared with students and faculty in the Art History department his thoughts and research on the role of the color grinder and the academic artist. His transcultural history of painting took us from Ming China to Safavid Iran, from Mughal India to Aztec Mexico and to early modern Italy.

Prior to the talk there was a small reception in which students and faculty mingled and were able to speak with Peter Lukehart. There were light refreshments provided by one of the Graduate Art History Seminars whose studies related to the topic of the talk. It was a great chance for students to take a break from studies and have a relaxing snack before the lecture.

The following lecture was very insightful and I'm sure the students of Dr. Cooper's Graduate Seminar Artist's Studio: Creation and Representation especially enjoyed the talk. Dr. Cooper's seminar has been studying and discussing the progression of the artist's studio throughout the history of Renaissance and Baroque art.