Art history is a small yet significant department here at Emory, and its professors possess a rich and diverse array of expertise that is impressive in its own right. However, it is the student engagement with the rich knowledge base available in the art history department that brings the professors’ expertise to life. The conversations, [...]
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While professors use lectures to demonstrate their expertise to students, they often convey their true virtuosity in creative projects, groundbreaking research, papers and studies outside of the classroom. Visual arts professor Dana Haugaard is no exception. Haugaard is a practicing artist who regularly exhibits his work nationally and locally, and I was lucky to attend [...]
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The world’s largest art museum is sure to set a precedent, and that is exactly what the Louvre has done. On March 26, the Louvre announced that they have placed all 480,000 plus pieces of their collection on an online platform, allowing anybody with internet access to view any artworks from the museum’s eight collections. [...]
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Among the sins of the art world, few are as awful as intentional exclusion and marginalization of minorities. For centuries, both the medium of textiles and the narratives of people of color have been systematically excluded from the top-tier of the art historical canon, which has largely been dominated by oil paintings and classical sculpture [...]
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The capacity that words have to move the soul is extraordinary. Something as simple as a few letters put together can cause a stir of emotion in the listener, an understanding between people and an acknowledgment of our own existence. Words can claim space and tear it apart. Words can create peace and start wars. [...]
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