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
Elizabeth Dastin ( Art History ) will be giving a lecture titled, A Tender Assault on the Home and Streets: 1960s Post-War Photography, on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at 10:30 a.m.at Coastline Community College, Room 104, 1515 Monrovia Ave, Newport Beach . ABOUT THE LECTURE: Filled with assassinations, political upheaval and cultural revolutions, the 1960s
Assistant Art History Professor Justin Walsh has been invited to participate in a public program as part of the exhibition Timing is Everything at the University Art Gallery at UC San Diego, from October 3 through December 6, 2013. Over the course of eight weeks, an exhibition of moving image installations by four artists
Professor of Art History, Dr. Wendy Salmond will be a guest lecturer on Sunday, August 11, 2013 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.. Dr. Salmond will describe the intimate link between imperial display, cuisine, and the variety of dishes in which food is served in a lecture titled, “The
On Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana , Art History Professor Dr. Wendy Salmond will be a guest scholar for “The Tsar’s Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Decorative Art Under the Romanovs” and she will explore Russian porcelain’s rich history as a princely art, a potent bearer of political, diplomatic,
Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences and The Department of Art present sculptor Matthias Merkel Hess as part of the Spring 2013 Visual Art Thinkers Series on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Moulton Center, 213. About Matthias Merkel Hess: Sculptor, maker, manufacturer and merchandiser, Matthias Merkel Hess uses his work to
Chapman University Undergraduate Art History presents the 3rd Undergraduate Art History Symposium, on Friday, April 26, 2013 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. in Kennedy Hall, 147. The Symposium will include an introduction and welcome by Dr. Wendy Salmond , Chapman art professor and Dean of Wilkinson College, Patrick Fuery. At 12:30 p.m.
Dr Wendy Salmond, Professor of Art History, was a keynote speaker at the conference “The Spiritual in Russian Art” held at Pembroke College, Cambridge University in September 2012. Inspired by the centenary of Vasilii Kandinskii’s seminal text, Über das Geistige in der Kunst (On the Spiritual in Art, 1910-12), the conference brought together scholars from
If you’re interested in Art History, read this intriguing article in the Washington Post that portrays the relevance between humanities and education. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-art-history-majors-power-the-us-economy/2012/01/06/gIQAUv36hP_blog.html