Art History

    December 10, 2024

    Erin Pauwels publishes an essay on contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick

    Author: Jane DeRose Evans

    Pauwels article, "Kay WalkingStick’s Layered Landscapes and Critical Stewardship in American Art History", is featured in a special section of Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art called "American Artists x American Symbols" that considers how artists working with nationalist symbols teach us to think critically and expansively about the history of art in the Americas.   Read More

    November 11, 2024

    From Architecture to Public Art: An Alum's Journey to Philly’s Public Art Director

    Author: Wanda Motley Odom

    Tyler alum Marguerite Anglin's (BSArch '01) path from architecture student to the Public Art Director at Creative Philadelphia, the city’s office for arts and culture, showcases the power of interdisciplinary thinking and the lasting impact of the strong educational foundation that Tyler provides.    Anglin's journey into architecture wasn't a straightforward one. Initially interested in fashion design, she was steered toward more technical fields by her parents. At a summer camp for business and engineering, a counselor introduced Anglin to architecture – a discipline that balanced her creative and analytical sides perfectly.  Diving into Architecture at Tyler At Tyler, Anglin immersed herself in the architecture program.  Read More

    November 8, 2024

    Tyler Art History at the Sixteenth Century Society conference!

    Author: Jane DeRose Evans

    Emma Holter (PhD candidate), Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie (PhD student) and Jackie Strecker (PhD student) recently represented Tyler at the Sixteenth Century Society conference in Toronto! Their paper titles were: Emma P. Holter: “Allegory of Outrage: Girolamo da Treviso and the English Reformation" Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie: “Fantasey and Materiality: Thematizing Kunst in Archduke Ferdinand II's Court Glass Workshop" Jackie Streker: "Monumental Prints, Miniature Cities" Read More

    October 24, 2024

    Graduate Students present at Sixteenth Century Society Conference in Toronto and at Corning Museum of Glass

    Author: Jane DeRose Evans

    Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie (PhD student) will be presenting “Fantasey and Materiality: Thematizing Kunst in Archduke Ferdinand II’s Court Glass Workshop.” Jackie Strecker (PhD student) is giving a presentation, "Monumental Prints, Miniature Cities" Emma Holter (PhD candidate) will also be presenting. Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie also will be presenting at the Corning Museum of Glass’ 62nd Annual Seminar “Objects of Odor: Scent, Medicine, and Decorative Arts in the 16th century Holy Roman Empire Read More

    October 21, 2024

    Dr. Mariola Alvarez to speak at a conference

    Author: Jane DeRose Evans

    The conference, "The Appearance" is hosted by the Americas Society and the Asia Society will be in-person Oct 29 in New York. the conference was organized in collaboration with the current exhibition, "The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean". Dr. Alvarez will be one of the roundtable presenters from 3:30-5:00 at the Asia Society (725 Park Ave) https://www.as-coa.org/events/appearance-conference-presented-americas-s... Read More

    October 18, 2024

    On the Block: 5 Questions for Byron Wolfe

    Author: Wanda Motley Odom

    Professor Byron Wolfe is an accomplished photographer whose work is widely published and exhibited, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the current chair of the Art Department at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.He is passionate about collaborative research projects that investigate topics that span the visual arts, humanities and natural sciences, and uses photography and other visualization tools to tell stories that reflect upon broader notions of culture and the constructions of landscape, perception and time. Read More

    October 11, 2024

    Remembering Gerda Panofsky-Soergel

    Author: Wanda Motley Odom

    Tyler Professor Emerita Gerda Panofsky-Soergel was a pixie of a woman with a prodigious intellect that earned her widespread recognition as one of the 20th century scholars who helped define the study of Italian art of the 15th to 17th centuries.Beloved by her students and colleagues alike, she was slight and wiry, with a soft voice—all of which belied her muscled, driven, and courageous scholarship in art history. Her students remember her as dedicated, humble, energetic, and robust of spirit. Panofsky-Soergel, Professor Emerita in the Art History Department, passed away in September at the age of 95.    Read More

    October 10, 2024

    Graduate Admissions Information - Virtual Open House

    Author: Jane DeRose Evans

    Meet with representatives from our architecture, art education, art history, city and regional planning, design and illustration, landscape architecture and studio art graduate degree programs.Sign up to attend one or more hour-long information sessions via Zoom.Join a general Graduate Application Webinar on Monday, November 4 at 10 a.m. |  register here  For the Art History specific Virtual Open House : Read More

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