art history
August 16, 2023
Few people can say they've been part of one of the most highly regarded art displays in the world. But now, eight APP art history students can add the accomplishment to their résumés. Through the class "Issues in 20th/21st Century Art: Plastocene Era: Art, Plastics and…
May 09, 2023
The study of medieval art is flourishing at APP. Among the latest developments: a Microsoft HoloLens Immersive Realms application that allows students to experience medieval treasures as their first owners might have done, and a new medieval student group that hopes to…
February 21, 2023
Erin Benay, associate professor of early modern art and director of undergraduate studies and Deepak Sarma, professor of religious studies and professor of bioethics have been named inaugural Distinguished Scholars in the Public Humanities. Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III made…
September 13, 2022
The 48th Cleveland Symposium will be held Friday, Sept. 16, in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Gartner Auditorium. This year’s theme is “Recentering the Periphery: An Inclusive Future of Art History.” The Cleveland Symposium is a free annual event organized by graduate students in the Department of…
September 06, 2022
Two video exhibits evoking a range of emotions and, in one case, calling on audience participation are on display at Sheila and Eric Samson Pavilion at the Health Education Campus of APP and Cleveland Clinic as part of FRONT International, a citywide triennial…
July 29, 2022
In a recent article published in Gesta, Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II and professor of art history, explored zoocephalic protagonists in the Ambrosian Bible. TItled “Animal Affinities: Monsters and Marvels in the Ambrosian Tanakh,” Gertsman’s…
July 15, 2022
Maggie Popkin, the Robson Junior Professor and associate professor of art history at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a piece titled “Our trip to Antioch,” published by Aeon. Popkin’s article describes how Ancient Romans bought mementos to commemorate their travels and what those early…
May 02, 2022
Major: Art History and Museum Studies Year: Fourth-year Sydney Slacas believes art is the most universal form of self-expression and communication that humans have, and, consequently, that the study and understanding of art are access points to humanity. This belief, combined with a passion for…
April 05, 2022
APP's Art History Club, along with faculty sponsor Erin Benay, will hold a Pop-Up Museum in the Tinkham Veale University Center from Monday, April 11, to Wednesday, April 13. With the theme “Identity and Place," the centerpiece of the museum will be a large world map…
February 18, 2022
The College Art Association of America (CAA) recently named Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II, the winner of its Charles Rufus Morey Book Award for her book The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books (Penn State University Press, 2021). The Charles…