Lecture on Medieval Sculpture
"The 'Head of a King' and Its Peers in Stone:
Limestone Work in Twelfth-century France"
Janet E. Snyder, Ph.D.
Professor of Art
West Virginia University
Head of a King, mid-12th century, Abbey Church of Saint-Germain-des-Pres (?), limestone, H: 25.1 cm, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Brummer Collection (1966.125)
5 PM
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wired! Laboratory, 2nd floor, Bay 11, Smith Warehouse
(enter through Bay 12)
Professor Snyder’s dissertation examined the representation of textiles and clothing in northern French stone sculpture and, as a participant in the Limestone Sculpture Provenance Project, her subsequent work has addressed the manufacture of this sculpture. Her publications, papers, and lectures emphasize the context for medieval sculpture. She is co-editor of Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist (WVU Press, 2004) and Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Her research has benefited from various grants and awards and she has participated in several NEH Seminars. She has presented papers at the International Congress for Medieval Art, the International Medieval Congress at Leeds, Southeastern College Art Conference, and the Midwest Art History Society. She has been active in AVISTA, Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science and Art, and presently serves on the boards of AVISTA, the Midwest Art History Society, and the Advisory Board of the West Virginia University Press.
Duke Visiting Artist Lecture Series 2011-12
Immersed in Every Sense
Spring 2012
A dynamic, inaugural Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Immersed in Every Sense, is being sponsored by Duke University with eleven artists visiting campus during the 2011-12 academic year.
Organized by the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Immersed in Every Sense will serve multiple audiences by bringing a diverse group of artists who cross many disciplinary boundaries to Duke.
The artists will give public lectures, meet with relevant classes in which they might provide a demonstration involving their artistic practice and/or critique student work, or become involved in programming in related areas of interest. Artists coming to Duke for a longer duration will develop a work on campus and conduct a more detailed, longer workshop with specific classes during their residency. Members of the community can attend various programs and activities to engage with the artists.
The series will augment the curricular offerings of a range of departments and programs through class visits, workshops, critiques, demonstrations, and screenings. In addition to the arts- and media-related disciplines at Duke, other programs in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences will benefit from discussions and engagement with the visiting artists.
This multi-perspective approach to art and media is an essential component of arts education, as well as a liberal arts and humanities education, at Duke. Complementing the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies’ hybrid of art-making practices, the invited artists’ work highlights the fusion between traditional and new media and digital arts.
January 30-February 2, 2012
Pat O’Neill
Experimental film
Artist talk/film screening: Tuesday, January 31, 6 PM, Nasher Museum of Art
February 28-March 1, 2012
Kianga Ford
Asst. Professor of Fine Arts/New Genres, School of Art, Media and Technology, Parsons The New School for Design
Installation, dance, performance, sonic arts
Artist talk: Wednesday, February 29, 6 PM, location to be determined
March 11-17, 2012
Ethan Jackson
Optical installation, photographic media, interactive video
Artist talk: Wednesday, March 14, 6 PM, FHI Garage
Installation at Divinity School
April 3-5, 2012
Art Werger
Chair and Professor of Printmaking, Ohio University
Drawing and printmaking
Artist talk: Wednesday, April 4, 6 PM, location to be determined
April 18-19, 2012
Ann Hamilton
Professor of Art, The Ohio State University
Installation, time-based arts, performance
Artist talk: Wednesday, April 18, 6 PM, Nasher Museum of Art
Immersed in Every Sense is generously supported by the Duke University Council for the Arts Visiting Artist Fund and the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies Visiting Artist Fund.
