art history

The Case Western Reserve University-Cleveland Museum of Art Joint Graduate Program in Art History and Museum Studies will hold its 43rd annual graduate symposium Oct. 27 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the museum’s Recital Hall. Titled “Ars et Scientia: Intersections of Science and the Visual Arts,” the ...

The Department of Art History and Art will host the Julius Fund Lecture in Medieval Art Friday, Sept. 29, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Cleveland Museum of Art Recital Hall. This year's speaker will be Christina Maranci, professor at Tufts University, who will deliver a talk titled “Adventures in A...

Holly Witchey traveled more than 3,200 miles in seconds—and speed wasn’t even the most impressive part of the feat. Standing in the basement of a building on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, the adjunct professor of art history and art suddenly found herself standing in The Courtauld Galle...

Odds are long for any application for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship—only about 7 percent are awarded. Even longer are the odds that two professors from the same department each receive one of the prestigious grants in the same year. Unlikely as it may be, Erin Benay and M...

Entering her 37th (and final) year at Case Western Reserve University, Jenifer Neils—an internationally renowned scholar of ancient Greek and Roman art—has won the 2017 Baker-Nord Center Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Humanities. After the academic year, Neils, the Elsie B. Smith Profes...

Henry Adams catalogues the first-ever retrospective of artist Dexter Davis Dexter Davis spends his days as a guard at the Cleveland Museum of Art, roaming its galleries and protecting prized works, including one of his own. As a Cleveland-based artist of national significance, Davis is the subject ...

Known for his signature eye patch, Dale Chihuly lost sight in his left eye at the height of his career in the 1970’s, losing the depth perception so critical to precise glassblowing. Forcing a pivot in the artist’s process, the injury led to the very kinds of asymmetrical glass forms that have beco...

Thomas Jefferson is the only American architect with the distinction of having two of his projects—the University of Virginia and his home, Monticello—land on the United Nations' list of World Heritage sites. What’s more, he created these projects while also drafting the Declaration of Independence...

Thomas Hart Benton captured early- to mid-20th century America with a style and swagger uniquely his own. Capturing what made the painter tick—and tick-off so many people—has been a career-long pursuit of art historian Henry Adams. In fact, Adams was one of the first scholars to take Benton serious...

The Global Center for Health Innovation and Case Western Reserve University’s Dittrick Medical History Center and Museum announce “Exchanges,” an evening programming series to spark discovery, learning and discussion about the past, present and future of science and medicine. The first program, “It’...