Art History Forum

Tenth Annual Georgia Undergraduate Art History Forum

Sponsored by

The Georgia Undergraduate Art History Consortium

The College of Arts and Letters, NGCSU

The Department of Visual Arts, NGCSU

Friday, February 25, 2011

10 am - 4 pm

Stuart Center for Continuing Education

North Georgia College & State University

Dahlonega, GA

Free and open to the public. For directions, go tohttp://www.northgeorgia.edu/directions/ ; campus map : http://www.northgeorgia.edu/CampusMap/

Participating Institutions in 2011:

Agnes Scott College - Armstrong Atlantic State University - Emory University - Georgia State University -

LaGrange College - North Georgia College & State University - University of Georgia -

University of West Georgia - Valdosta State University - Wesleyan College

10-10:30 Registration and Refreshments (registration continues)

10:30-12:30 Sessions IA and Session IB

12:30-1:45 Lunch at the Activity Room

1:45-4 Sessions IIA, IIB, and IIC

10:30-1 2:30 Session IA Room 215

Chair: Dr. Dorothy Joiner, LaGrange College

Alyssa Penrod – Japanese Tea Ceremony – LaGrange College

Patrick Kenna – Doryphorus – LaGrange College

Elizabeth Golden – Petra: The Nabateans and Their Contact with Rome and Egypt, as seen in Rock-Cut Tombs –Wesleyan College

Sunday Richie – The Significance of the Ribbed Vaulting System of Durham Cathedral –University of West Georgia

Hannah Lucas – The Effects of Christian Church Reform and Medieval-Revival Architecture –University of West Georgia

10:30-12:30 Session IB Room 216

Chair: Dr. Katherine Smith, Agnes Scott College

Katie Clenney – Pipilotti Rist: Digital Media – Wesleyan College

Jillian Loeffler – David Hockney: Photocollage – North Georgia College & State University

L. Blake Lane – Analyzing Dancing Nana, by Niki de Saint Phalle – Valdosta State University

Kathryn Schroeder – Changing Shoes, Eluding Constraints: Zhang’s Three Generations Series –LaGrange College

Meghan Ryan – Arresting Texts: Jenny Holzer’s transformation of public space through text-based media – Agnes Scott College

1:45-4 Session IIA Room 215

Chair: Dr. Libby Bailey, Wesleyan College

Hannah Rawcliffe – The Ruins of Eldena: Personal and Political Elements – Wesleyan College

Emma Kearney – Spinning a Tale: Familial Editing and Influence in the Life of Pope Urban VIII Tapestry Cycle – Agnes Scott College

Rebecca Pedersen – Bernini, Ovid, and the Art of Reading – Emory University

Angela Edwards – Legacy of Emma Hamilton to Neoclassicism – Armstrong Atlantic State University

Ashley Williams – Penetrating the Veil: Jean-Léon Gérome’s Harem Paintings and “erotic imperialism” – Agnes Scott College

1:45-4 Session IIB Room 216

Chair: Dr. Rita Tekippe, University of West Georgia

Gretchen Lawhorn – Addressing Identity and Authenticity: An Examination of Yinka Shonibare – Georgia State University

Abigail Upshaw – Strike a Pose: Thoughts on the Grande Odalisque and Jessie Mann as Model –University of Georgia

Jessica Locklar – Nubile Discovery in Edvard Munch’s Oeuvre – North Georgia College & State University

Erin Barfield – The Imagery of Balthus: Rationales of Controversy in Fine Art – Valdosta State University

Jennifer Raines – Julie Speed: Contemporary Painter and Surrealist – Armstrong Atlantic State University

1:45-4 Session IIC Room 217

Chair: Dr. Deborah Jamieson, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Caitlin Ryan – Creating the Ideal: Aleksandr Rodchenko’s Vision of the Soviet Artist – Emory University

Alexandra Morrison – Matisse’s Variation on a Still Life by de Heem (1915-1916): Maintaining artistic order during the rise of Cubism – Emory University

Nathan Skinner – The Development of Joaquín Torres-García’s Universal Constructivism – North Georgia College & State University

Marie Elizabeth Ellis – An Examination of the “Pur Classique” Tradition: Blurring the Lines Between Artistic Genres in Eugène Delacroix’s July 28, 1830 – Georgia State University

Avery Bartlett –A lithographic insight into the Mexican Revolution – North Georgia College & State University