Seeking to understand the rich artistic cultures of the Mexica (Aztec) civilization in Tenochtitlán, Dr. Amy Buono’s Art History class ––The Arts of Tenochtitlán-Mexico City (AH 323) –– embarked on a semester-long journey through the Florentine Codex, a Nahua manuscript that records Indigenous history and knowledge of sixteenth-century central Mexico. Researched for decades by Spanish
A successful career in the non-profit sector has garnered Natalie Reider (‘06 BA Art History) a 40 Under 40 award by the Irvine Chamber of Commerce. She has spent the past eight years working at Jamboree Housing Corporation, where she has worked her way up to Senior Vice President of Community Operations. The award recognizes
The Escalette Collection of Art is looking back at some of the fantastic work students created in the Fall 2022 semester based on artwork in the collection. Displaying artwork throughout Chapman’s campus allows students to engage with the collection, whether in their classes or just walking by. By bringing their unique backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to
We know having a major is “majorly” important, but what about a minor? How valuable is a minor? What can declaring a minor do for you? According to a U.S.A. News report, “A college major carries considerable weight in higher education, shaping career paths and lives as students pursue work within a particular discipline. Undergraduate
Chapman University and the Space & Society Collective Program are hosting Dr. Alice Gorman in a lecture titled, The Space Traveler’s Guide to the Archaeology of the Solar System, on Thursday, October 12 at 7 p.m. in the Center for American War Letters, Leatherby Library B03. About the Speaker: Alice Gorman is an Australian archaeologist,
The Art Department is excited to be hosting keynote speaker Heather Badamo on Friday, April 7, 2017 as part of the Art History Symposium. Heather Badamo is a professor at UCSB and specializes in the air of Byzantium and the East Christian world. Her research focuses on the intersections of Christian and Islamic visual culture,
The Art Department is hosting a Visual Thinker Lecture Series on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 7 p.m. with Professor of Art History and Architecture at University of California, Santa Barbara, Jeanette Favrot Peterson. Professor Peterson will speak on … The symbolic and racial implications of darkness: Guadalupe from Spain to the Americas. About
In January, adjunct Professor of Art History, Ed Fosmire will visit sites in India as he investigates the confluence of East and West on the visual arts on a research trip. Although primarily the result of several centuries of British control, India also had significant contact with (and colonization by) the Dutch,
In my first blog post, I described some of the reasons why Cástulo was an important place in antiquity. Now I want to explain what made me want to come here and start a collaboration (future posts will discuss what life is like on an excavation and some of the special experiences I’ve had since
Today, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, marks two weeks since my arrival in the city of Linares (in the province of Jaén, Spain) and starting to work alongside members of the FORVM MMX team at the site of ancient Cástulo. I first came to Cástulo two years ago when I was working on my