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One of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean region is the Chasuble of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered by the knights of King Henry II and canonized three years later by decree of the Roman Catholic Church. According to the Cathedral of Fermo, which holds the chasuble, the embroidered blue silk vestment was donated to Fermo by Bishop Presbitero in the twelfth century. But despite its importance, its outstanding preservation, and the presence of Arabic inscriptions, the chasuble has never been the subject of a comprehensive study.
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Three Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships/Lectureships will be offered in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University for a period of two years beginning July 1, 2018. PhD or equivalent required. The degree must have been awarded between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018. Specialization may be in any field of art history. In addition to conducting their own research, Mellon Fellows/Lecturers teach Art Humanities. In the second year, they have the option of teaching an undergraduate seminar in their own field of specialization in lieu of one semester of Art Humanities…
Two Post Doctoral Research Scholarships/Lectureships will be offered by the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University for a period of two years beginning July 1, 2016. Ph.D. or equivalent required. The degree must have been awarded between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2016. Specialization may be in any field of the history of Japanese, Chinese, or Korean art. In addition to conducting their own research, Postdocs teach Art Humanities: Masterpieces of East Asian Art, or Art Humanities: Masterpieces of Western Art. In…
Shigeatsu Shimizu, Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology
清水重敦 京都工芸繊維大学 准教授
Thursday February 11, 2016, 6:00-7:00 p.m. 612 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
Shigeatsu Shimizu is an associate professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, currently at Columbia University as a visiting scholar. He specializes in the theory of architectural restoration in Japan. His book Kenchiku hozon gainen no seisei shi (The Rise of Architectural Preservation in Japan, Chuo Koron Bijutsu Shuppan, 2013) received the Prize of the Architectural Institute…
Through a fundraising effort spearheaded by Matthew P. McKelway, the Takeo and Itsuko Atsumi Professor of Japanese Art History, the Department of Art History and Archaeology will establish the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art and the Mary Griggs Burke Professorship of East Asian Buddhist Art History. Columbia University announced the gift from the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation on February 2, 2016.
The Burke Center will advance the understanding of the art and culture of Japan and its relevance to other fields of inquiry. The Burke Foundation’s…
December 8th, 6 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality.
The talk will be followed by a small reception in the Stronach Center.
Meredith Gamer will be joining the department as Assistant Professor of European Art, 1700-1900. Dr Gamer earned her PhD from Yale with a dissertation on eighteenth-century British art, though her expertise extends to the broader Atlantic and British colonial worlds. She has already co-curated the major exhibition Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain and has worked extensively on the cataloging of Turner drawings at the Tate Britain.
Michael J. Waters will be the department's new Assistant Professor of Renaissance Architectural History.…
Louise Rice, Department of Art History, New York University
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Louise Rice, Department of Art History, New York University
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 pm, Schermerhorn 612
Friday at 4pm in 612 Schermerhorn Hall
In the summer of 2014, Columbia University’s Department of Art History and Archaeology initiated the excavation of the sanctuary of Poseidon in Onchestos (director: Professor Ioannis Mylonopoulos), the seat of the Boeotian Confederacy, under the auspices of the Athens Archaeological Society. The excavation focuses on two large areas (Site A: 0.6 ha; Site B: 1.03 ha) between Thebes and Haliartos. During the first campaign, a geomagnetic survey provided much information on architectural remains still hidden in the ground including the existence of a substantial…