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Tag: Art History

Kyunghee Pyun giving a lecture in front of presentation screens

Kyunghee Pyun Presents at Symposium on Taiwanese Art

November 5, 2025 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Kyunghee Pyun, professor of History of Art, participated in an international symposium held at the University of Edinburgh in conjunction […]

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This triptych includes, at left, a reproduction of Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Courtesane," which features a Japanese woman wearing a bright multicolor kimono, centered in a mustard yellow rectangle, which is framed by renderings of bamboo, waterlilies, and egrets. The center image of the triptych is a photo of a 1913 kimono-inspired satin, silk, and chiffon evening dress that is black, white, and pink, and is embellished with glass beading. The image at right is a reproduction of the 1843 painting "Tanabata No Take" by Yoshitama Utagawa. It shows a woman in classic geisha dress: black hair in an updo and she wears and flowing patterned kimono.

Yuni Kawamura Presents at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg

May 19, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Professor Yuniya (Yuni) Kawamura, Sociology, was an invited guest speaker at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida […]

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Alex Nagel Named a Mellon Visiting Senior Fellow

September 16, 2024 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Alexander Nagel, chair of Art History and Museum Professions, associate professor of History of Art, has been named a Paul […]

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FIT Authors Talks: Alexander Nagel on ‘Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia’

March 4, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

In his book Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia, Alexander Nagel investigates the use of polychromy in […]

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Alexander Nagel stands against a stone relief

What Were the Colors of Ancient Persia? Alexander Nagel Could Tell You

February 12, 2024 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts

Alexander Nagel, assistant chair of History of Art, co-authored a new public access article on pigment in ancient Iran. “An […]

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The Lesbian Herstory Archives: Dr. Flavia Rando

October 20, 2023 Laura Hatmaker

As part of the Art History and Museum Professions Association (AHMPA) Presents Series, art historian and queer activist, Dr. Flavia […]

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Amy Werbel

For Historian Amy Werbel, Past Is Prologue

October 28, 2022 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, Featured, School of Liberal Arts

Those of us who aren’t historians might imagine that 19th-century efforts to impose morality on America have little to do […]

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Kyunghee Pyun and poster for V&A's Fashion Masculinities exhibition

Kyunghee Pyun’s Research on Dandyism Receives Recognition at Symposium

October 27, 2022 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Liberal Arts, Top Stories

Professor Kyunghee Pyun’s research into hybrid dandyism across history is finding broad recognition in academia and museums around the world. […]

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Keeping the Gods Alive Through Art and Fashion

August 15, 2022 Laura Hatmaker

Fashion designer Omar Buckley and FIT Illustration Professor Karen Santry will discuss how Omar’s fashion line RAMOMAR NY is inspired […]

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Globally Connected @FIT: Looking at, Loving, and Writing About Art, with New York Times Critic Roberta Smith

April 19, 2021 Laura Hatmaker

Globally Connected @FIT and the Virtual Artist Talk Series presents Roberta Smith, the co-chief art critic at The New York […]

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