Past Events
2014 SENIOR THESIS EXHIBITION
Fox Gallery
Claudia Cohen Hall
University of Pennsylvania
The Visual Studies Class of 2014 Senior Thesis Exhibition will open 6:30PM on May 2, 2014 in the Fox Gallery of Claudia Cohen Hall.
MANET: THEN AND NOW
ICA Philadelphia
36th and Sansom
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Aprill 11, 2014 | 9AM—7PM | Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia MANET: THEN AND NOW@ Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Hailing from the origins of modern art and capitalist culture in the mid-nineteenth century, Édouard Manet (1832 – 1883) has emerged in the…
On the Wings of Eagle and Raven: Tlingit and Haida Traditions
The Tlingit and Haida are indigenous of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, currently in both the United States and Canada. Their main territories are the Alaska panhandle (Tlingit) and Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the British Columbia coast. Little is known about…
Penn Art and Culture Panel
Institute of Contemporary Art | 36th Street and Sansom Street
3PM–5PM | Institute of Contemporary Art | 36th Street and Sansom Street A panel discussion featuring Penn's arts leaders, followed by a reception, resource fair, and student led tour of the ICA. Panelists include Al Filreis, Faculty Director of Kelly Writers House; Amy Sadao…
Quaker Days Open House
Jaffe History of Art Building
3405 Woodland Walk
University of Pennsylvania
Open House for admitted students interested in Art History or Visual Studies: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 from 1:30 to 2:45 in the Jaffe Building The Visual Studies Program and the Department of the History of Art will host a joint open-house during Quaker days. Please join us on…
Matt Neff: Second Sight + Terry Adkins & The Common Press: 7th Ward
Gallery Talk and Opening Reception
Print Center
Gallery Talk: 5:30pm; Opening Reception: 6:00-8:00pm Exhibition runs April 4 – June 7, 2014 http://www.printcenter.org/
Shifting Perceptions of Life
Meyerson Hall, Room B3
Wednesday, March 5th at 6PM | PennDesign - Meyerson Hall (Room B3) | 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia PA 19104
The Architecture of Oblivion:
Andrea Pozzo’s Sant’ Ignazio Fantasy
3401 Walnut Street. A Wing.
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, Room 470
The quadratura paintings in Rome produced in the 17th century by the Jesuit friar, Andrea Pozzo, have been among the most discussed in the modern discourse on perspective, and for good reason. Pozzo produced works of great scale and magnitude and then wrote about his methods in a…
The Hand That Knows:
Epistemology and Picturing in Early Modern Anatomy
Annenberg School, Room 110
First printed in 1543, Andreas Vesalius’s De humani corporis fabrica challenged centuries of assumptions about human anatomy. One reason that the book was so persuasive to generations of physicians and anatomist was that the beautiful, folio-sized plates depicting the dissected…
Visual Studies Lecture Series 2012-2013
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