This talk will reflect on the central theme of the 'Urban Sensorium' collaboration between the universities of Vienna and Chicago. Beginning with a historiographical survey, it will trace the evolution of the histories of the senses, the body, the emotions and material culture through the aftermath of the cultural turn, noting a shared belief in the unsymbolisable and a new interest in embodied forms of cognition.
From the 17th through 20th centuries, the woodblock print medium played a pivotal role in connecting kabuki actors and fans and engendering play between actor and role, vision and voice, and between the stage and the imagination. This intimate symposium seeks to bring together experts from theater, literature, and art history in order to study the collection and contribute their own insights on the relation between page and stage in the case of kabuki.
Congratulations to Chloé M. Pelletier (PhD ’21), who has been appointed the Curator of European Art (before 1800) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
As a specialist of European art, Chloe will be responsible for an extensive collection of paintings, works on paper, and sculptures dating from the Middle Ages to the 18th century, including masterpieces of French and Italian art, an impressive body of religious objects, and a distinguished collection of paintings from the Dutch and Flemish Golden Age.
Congratulations to Tom Mitchell, whose catalogue for his exhibition at the Overseas Contemporary Art Terminal in Beijing, has been named the Book of History of Photography of the Year! Hosted by one of the most influential photography magazines in China, Chinese Photography (《中国摄影》杂志), Mitchell's book was nominated by his publisher alongside 372 other books in the 6th Photography Books in China competition (第6届中国摄影图书榜).
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2022-23 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, May 11 at 6:00pm CT in CWAC 157 with a Q&A session and reception to follow.
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2022-23 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, April 13 in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow.
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2022-23 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, March 2 at 5pm with a Q&A session and reception to follow. This event will take place in CWAC 157 with a simultaneous live stream over zoom.