The department of Art History at the University of Delaware is pleased to
announce its biennial Delaware Symposium on American Art.
TRADITION AND INNOVATION IN AMERICAN ART: PAPERS IN HONOR OF WAYNE CRAVEN
ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY.
Friday, March 26, 1999
John M. Clayton Hall
University of Delaware
Throughout his long and illustrious career, Professor Craven has set an
example of keen vision and exacting standards as a scholar. This
symposium, in honor of a pioneer of American art history, is an
opportunity to demonstrate the traditions of excellence and innovation
that continue in the work of his former students. Seven of these students,
all graduates of the University of Delaware's doctoral program in art
history, will present papers based on their most current research and
engage in a discussion on new directions in the study of American art. The
subjects of their papers range from the colonial period to the
mid-twentieth century from painting to sculpture to the graphic arts.
Organized by the Department of Art History of the University of Delaware,
the Delaware Symposium on American Art is the oldest permanent forum for
the presentation of new research in the history of the art of the United
States. Since its establishment in 1972, the Delaware Symposium has
provided a meeting place for professors, students, museum professionals,
collectors, dealers and interested members of the public. The day's
schedule is
arranged to encourage informal exchange among speakers and all who attend.
Schedule of events:
8:30 - Registration
9:00 - Welcome - David P. Roselle, President, University of Delaware
9:10 - Introduction - Ann Gibson, Chair , Department of Art History
9:30 - Nancy Anderson, Associate Curator of American and British
Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Tales told by Paintings:Lost Works by Albert Bierstadt and Thomas
Moran
10:15 - H. Nichols Clark, Eleanor McDonald Storza Chair of Education,
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Houdon it? Sculptural Transformations of George Washington from the
Eighteenth Century to the Present
11:00 - Break
11:15 - Gail Husch, Associate Professor, Goucher College, Towson, MD
For the Time is at Hand: The Apocalyptic Imagination in American Art
12:00 - Luncheon
1:30 - Franklin Kelly, Curator of American and British Paintings,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and Associate Professor of Art
History, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Rewritten in the Sky: Further Thoughts on Frederic Edwin Church's
Twilight in the Wilderness
2:15 - Joan Marter, Professor of Art History and Director of
Certificate Program in Museum Studies, Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Progress and Perils of Technology: Sculptural Themes of the 1940s
3:00 - Break
3:15 - Susan Rather, Associate Professor of Art History and Graduate
Adviser, The University of Texas at Austin
Mirrored Lives: Williams, West, and the Historical Fashioning of the
American Artist
4:00 - Discussion Panel moderated by Roberta Tarbell, Professor of Art
History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, NJ
5:00 - Concluding Remarks
Registration Fee - General Admission $40.00, Student Admission $20.00
The cost of symposium attendance includes registration, parking, morning
and afternoon refreshments, and a luncheon.
Registration Deadline: March 10, 1999
$5.00 additional late fee thereafter
Fees will not be refunded after March 10, 1999
For additional program information, including speaker abstracts, please
visit our web site at
http://seurat.art.udel.edu/Events/sym99/ahsym99.html
You may also call the Department of Art History at 302-831-8415, or send
e-mail to [log in to unmask]
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Stephen M. Wagner
Department of Art History
University of Delaware
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