Department of Art History

Modern Architecture 近代建筑 in China and its Contemporary Legacy: Learning from a Historical Survey 普查(1987-1991)

Zhiyan Yang, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History

Landscape of Words: Stone Inscriptions in Romance on Mt. Lushan (1980)

Professor Paola Iovene, Associate Professor in Chinese Literature, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Riverscape Wrapped Around Porcelain: A Historical Study of 18th-Century Chinese Export Porcelains in the AIC Collection

Xi Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate, Art History

Meet at 30 W Monroe Street at 11:30am for a public walking tour with Marin Sullivan. Symposium begins at 2:00pm at the Neubauer Collegium (5701 S Woodlawn Avenue); speakers at this symposium include Lisa Corrin (Ellen Philips Katz Director of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University), Richard Neer (William B.

On 30-31 May, art historian and art photographer Dr. Genevra Kornbluth will host a two-day photography workshop in collaboration with the Department of Art History, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smart Museum. Taking good pictures of objects often poses a challenge, especially so in museums and galleries: who does not frequently struggle with the reflective glass of vitrines, high-powered spot lights, or the physical properties (surface, size, shape) of the artifacts themselves?

Andrei Pop, Associate Professor, Department of Art History

"The Doubling Problem: or, How Photography Upended Perspective in Painting"

Seth Estrin, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History

"Songs to Match Stones: Sirens on the Edge of the Classical Attic Funerary Monument"

14 February: Special Event - College Art Association Practice Panel

Zhenru Zhou, PhD student, Department of Art History

“The Built Environment at the Mogao Grottoes in Tenth-Century Dunhuang, China"

Kris Driggers, PhD candidate, Department of Art History

"The Codex Durán: Paste-Over Paintings: Rethinking Image as Evidence"