Allison Meadows (BA, Art History, 2008, Truman State University) recently received an MS degree in Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography from Oxford University in the U.K. and sent us this picture. Congratulations, Allison!
Art History
Art History Majors to Present Out-of-Classroom Experiences
On Monday, October 26 at 5:30 p.m. in OP2210, four Art History majors will give presentations about their Out-of-Classroom experiences. These experiences are part of the Art History major and students may choose to do anything that takes them out of the classroom and allows them to apply their art historical knowledge in new settings. In the past, students have done internships, learned art-making techniques such as fresco, studied abroad, participated in archaeological digs, and so on. The following students, who completed their Out-of-Classroom Experiences during Summer 2009, will present on Monday:
Ruby Jenkins, study abroad in Florence
Valerie Lazalier, study abroad in Rome
Samantha Lyons, study abroad in France
Cecilia Muruato, study abroad in Rome
The presentations will be followed by an informal reception including snacks and are organized by the Art History Society (the club for students interested in Art History).
Alumnus Dr. Ryan Gregg to speak about Florentine Renaissance art
Dr. Ryan Gregg, who graduated from the Art Department (Art History) in 1999, will return to campus in mid-October. Since graduating from Truman, Dr. Gregg has worked at the Art Institute of Chicago, earned a master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and received his Ph.D. in Italian Renaissance Art History from The Johns Hopkins University. He currently teaches Art History at Webster University in St. Louis.
During his visit, Dr. Gregg will meet with Art History and other students as well as with the student club Art History Society. In addition, he will give a public lecture about his research. Information about that talk follows:
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False Advertising in the Renaissance: Fabricating Military Architecture in Images of Siege Warfare
It was common practice in the Renaissance to include a bird's-eye view of a city in images of warfare. Such images normally offered a recognizable portrait of the city. Occasionally, however, artists would alter or embellish a city's fortifications for propagandistic purposes. This paper, after first explaining how such city views were made, will discuss an example by the Florentine artist Giorgio Vasari of such fabrication, found in his painting in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence celebrating Europe's 1532 defense of Vienna against the Islamic Ottoman Empire—a battle that never actually occurred.
Monday, October 19, 2009
6:00 p.m.
OP2210
Free and open to the public.
This event is generously sponsored by the University Art Gallery.
Jill Weinreich to speak and answer questions about living in Venice and working with the Venice Biennale
Jill Weinreich has lived and worked in Venice for thirteen years, working most recently as on-site logistics coordinator and project manager for the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale (biennial international contemporary art exhibition held in Venice, Italy). At the Biennale in 2003 Ms. Weinreich worked with the Fred Wilson exhibition and this past year, 2009, with the Bruce Nauman exhibition ("Topological Gardens") which won the Lion d’Oro award for Best National Participation. Jill will give a brief informal presentation about living in Venice as well as about her experiences working with artists and exhibitions in Venice. To be followed by Q&A. Ms. Weinreich holds a BA in Arts and Humanities from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MA in Arts Administration from New York University.
For more information about the Venice Biennale, see for example: http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/index.html
For more information about the Bruce Nauman exhibition "Topological Gardens" see for example: http://www.naumaninvenice.org/
There are also You Tube and other clips with video footage of the exhibition so happy surfing! Hope to see you there!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ophelia Parrish, Room 2210
Truman State University
6:00 p.m.
Free and open to public. This event sponsored by the Truman State University Art Gallery (special thanks to Prof. Aaron Fine).
Survey II students explore Renaissance manuscripts
(The picture above was taken during last year's visit to Special Collections with director of Special Collections Elaine Doak)
Students in Survey II (ART223 Art in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the Present Day) spent this morning's class time exploring Truman State University's Renaissance manuscript holdings. Students paged through and studied French, Spanish, Italian, and Latin manuscripts dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and including the University's beautiful late fifteenth-century book of hours. This semester's visit also featured manuscripts on loan to the University from The Remnant Trust (on view in the west display corridor until November 6, 2009), including a mid-fifteenth-century Latin manuscript with beautiful illuminated initials. The visit connected with class study of Renaissance art history and students' research work with primary sources.
(Page spread from the Book of Hours (France, late fifteenth century) showing the Adoration of the Magi on the left page)
Special Collections is on the third floor of Pickler Memorial Library (PML303) and is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. so go see these manuscripts yourself! http://library.truman.edu/departments/specialcollections.asp