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
11th Annual Art History Graduate Student Symposium Organized by the Rutgers University Art History Graduate Student Organization (AHGSO) April 22nd & April 23rd, 2021 via Zoom Registration: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqceusrTgoHdF9A44e_pvBbfbPoUnbIcFG Keynote Speakers: April 22, 2021: Dr. Cheryl Finley, Cornell University April 23, 2021: Dr. Deborah Willis, New York University “Memory is always transitory, notoriously unreliable, … Read More