Informational Images and the Legacy of Humanism Interdisciplinary Workshop Visual Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, Jaffe History of Art Building, Room 113 February 23, 2019 After a long period of neglect, scholarship on what have been variously called informational…

Film Screening of the Julio Ramos Film (2017) followed by a conversation with Anna-Indych López

Visual Studies seniors present their senior projects mid-way through the year before other students, faculty and their advisors. Time Slot Student (Adviser/Adviser) 10-10:30 James Kelemen (Tim Corrigan, Ian Verstegen) 10:30-11 Sarah Thomas (Gabe Martinez, Rachel Stonecipher) 11…

Although historians of art and science have largely overlooked the eye surgeon Georg Bartisch’s Ophthalmodouleia, das ist Augendienst (Ophthalmodouleia, that is, the treatment of the eyes,1583), the work’s elaborate woodcuts as well as its author’s exceptional involvement in…

Join representatives from the College (Tanya Jung), History of Art (Gwendolyn Shaw), Fine Arts (Matt Neff) and Visual Studies (Ian Verstegen) for dinner. Learn more about each major in the relaxed environment of the rooftop lounge of Rodin House.

Join Visual Studies faculty and students for the beginning of the year reception.

Visual Studies Final Presentations Visual Studies seniors present their projects against the backdrop of the senior exhibition. 10-10:30 Natalie Larkin-Gilmore (advisors: Anna Neighbor and Karen Detlefsen) 10:30-11 Jalen Hutchinson (advisors: James Howzell and Ian Verstegen) 11…

In this talk, 2000 Nobel Laureate Dr. Kandel explores his career in brain science and its connection to art through the lens of autobiography; he also reflects on how Jewishness has shaped his life as a scientist and a thinker. His recent book Reductionism in Art and Brain…