In late sixteenth-century Italy, the rhetorical foundations of sacred visual art were laid out directly by Gabriele Paleotti (1522–1597), the Bishop of Bologna, who wrote in his famous post-Tridentine treatise that images "are supposed to move the hearts of observers to devotion and the true cult of God". Given the long-standing elevation of clarity in … Read More
In the 1830s, Lt. Thomas Bacon recalled the grand celebrations on Christmas Eve given by the Begum Samru, dowager ruler of a small principality in northern India. High mass was followed by nautch (Indian dance), fireworks, and sumptuous feasts for a large number of guests. Bacon was an officer with the East India Company (EIC), and he found it hard to reconcile that the … Read More
Abstract: When Colombian artist Beatriz González brought furniture assemblages associated with the most private spaces of the domestic sphere into the museum, they disrupted spectators’ expectations. In dialogue with a rapidly globalizing art world, they engaged concurrent artistic practices such as assemblages, ready-mades, and installations. They also made visible the porous and mutually reinforcing domains … Read More
Date: Friday, November 05 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm EST. Registration: http://bit.ly/3DtZWQe One of the most enduring and pervasive myths about early modernism is that it was white. This was never true anywhere in Europe, least of all in Germany where Bruno Taut published his famous “Call to Coloured Architecture” in 1919 before leading a … Read More
Cuauhtémoc Medina Designing an Era: Vicente Rojo’s Role in Mexican Culture Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3I4mppE Mexicans from the second half of the 20th century were likely to have found a common element in the identity of the posters, book covers and cultural supplements and magazines they consumed: most of them were likely to have been designed by … Read More
From ISIS to the AfD: Ultraist Rhetoric and Visuality in Orientalist Concurrence Dr. Christiane GruberSeptember 22 from 3:00pm – 4pm ESTVoorhees Hall, room 001, followed by a receptionZoom registration: bit.ly/CGruber When ISIS militants burst onto the scene more than six years ago, journalists and pundits were quick to label the Islamist group a medieval martial movement. … Read More
Ömür Harmanşah: Fieldwork and Creativity in the Landscapes of the Anthropocene: Archaeology, Politics, and Cultural Heritage in The Middle East Wednesday, November 29, 2023 // 4:00 PM EST Zimmerli Art Museum (MPR) // 71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Zoom Registration: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArcO2hrDgpGt2bXRlXxBfSUBC0rPImMVWx Ecological crises and global climate change have become matters of everyday … Read More
Dr. Kelli Wood: "The Athletic Arts in Early Modern Italy" Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 // 4:00 PM EST Vorhees Hall, Room 001 // 71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 … Read More