The Art History Department was very well represented at the Renaissance Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting, this year held in Chicago from March 21–23, 2024! We’re very proud of the great Early Modern scholarship of our department members and alumni.

Emma P. Holter (PhD Student), “Bellini in Black and White: Reconsidering the Uffizi Lamentation;"

Jesse Rhian-Yu Sullivan (PhD Candidate), “Ripples on the Surface: Active Dimensionality as a Lens for Understanding Early Renaissance Painting;"

Dr. Tracy E. Cooper (Professor), “The Renaissance Book: Lilian Armstrong and Art History;" Dr. Cooper was also the respondent to the Society for the History of Collecting double-panel “Collecting and Knowledge Production through Travel;”

Dr. Ian Verstegen (PhD ‘02), “Not-so-Temporary Earthen Fortifications;"

Dr. Jasmine R. Cloud (PhD ‘14), “’Painted and framed on the sudden’: Examining the Materials and Lifespan of Roman Festival Ephemera;"

Dr. Anne H. Muraoka (PhD ‘09), “Affective Darkness: The Franciscan Experience and Lombard Art of the Cinquecento;" Dr. Muraoka was also panel co-organizer (with Dr. Peter Weller) of “Franciscans, Humanism, and the Visual Arts;”

Roundtable: “Bringing Students to the Renaissance: Designing a Study Abroad Program in Italy,” with panelists Dr. Jasmine R. Cloud (PhD ‘14), Dr. Tamara Smithers (PhD ‘12), and Dr. Suzanne Willever (PhD ‘20).

Also in attendance were alumnae Dr. Catherine Wallace (PhD '20); Dr. Bethany Farrell Rivello (PhD '21); and Dr. Megan Reddicks Pignataro (PhD '23).

Pictured (L to R): J. Cloud, E. Holter, T. Smithers, T. Cooper, B. Farrell, S. Willever, uncertain (nonTyler)