Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art
Friday, February 21, 10am – 4:30pm
Amedeo Modigliani. Pink Nude—Caryatid (detail), c. 1914–15. The Barnes Foundation, BF292. Public Domain.
Free; registration required.
About the Event
This symposium, now in its 29th year, brings together graduate students from nine mid-Atlantic colleges and universities to present current research in the field of art history. Each session includes presentations followed by a moderated discussion.
The keynote lecture, “Islamic Images of the Prophet Muhammad Today: Pietistic Superscripts, Motions to Dismiss, and Mocking @IslamistAgendas” by Christiane Gruber, takes place Thursday, February 20, at 6:30 pm.
Schedule
Session One: Gendered Bodies
10 – 11:40am
Moderated by Martha Lucy, deputy director for research, interpretation and education, Barnes Foundation
Caryatids and Courtesans: Women’s Artistic Labor at Delphi
Ella Gonzalez, Johns Hopkins University
Ghost in the Garden: Interruption, Opacity, and the Otherwise in Ja’Tovia Gary’s The Giverny Suite
Hilde Nelson, Bryn Mawr College
Arrivals and Departures: Ebony G. Patterson’s Excessive and Otherwise Bodies
Nicole Emser, Temple University
Session Two: Medieval/Early Modern Texts, Botany, and the Environment
1 – 3:05pm
Moderated by Christiane Gruber, professor of Islamic art, University of Michigan
Antler Chronologies: On Moose, Land Management, and Cyclical Time in the European Middle Ages
Robyn A. Barrow, University of Pennsylvania
Between Meadows and Margins: Flemish Strewn-Flower Borders and Wildflower Collection in Late Medieval France and the South Netherlands
Isabella Weiss, Rutgers University
The Cardinal’s Coral Tree: A New-World Botanical Curiosity in Barberini Rome
Clio Rom, The Pennsylvania State University
Reusing Sacred Texts: The Lives and Afterlives of Medieval Liturgical Books
Silvia Gianolio, Princeton University
Session Three: Modern Art and Identities
3:20 – 4:30pm
Moderated by Alison Boyd, director of research and interpretation, Barnes Foundation
Hsiao Chin: Being Modern, Being Chinese, Being Nomadic
Filippo Grassi, University of Maryland
Drawing the Circle: Lakȟóta Aesthetics of Generosity in Arthur Amiotte’s Collaborative Wall Hangings
Julia Hamer-Light, University of Delaware
Go Further
Daily Gallery Talks
Every day, our gallery specialists offer talks about the Barnes collection. Learn more about our history, founder, and collection.
Lecture: Martha Lucy on Renoir’s Luncheon
This talk, part of our Impressionism at the Barnes lecture series, reveals how this work approaches intimacy in a groundbreaking way.
In Focus Gallery Talk: Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
An in-depth discussion about Tamika sur une chaise longue with Emma Nell Jacobs. Free with admission; Roberts Gallery