African American Public Humanities Initiative (AAPHI) featured | African American Public Humanities Initiative (AAPHI) featured | | https://www.nhalliance.org/training_report | | 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z | | National Humanities Alliance | African American Public Humanities Initiative is a five year, cohort-based program that provides year-round training, tuition and summer stipend support for Ph.D. students in history, English and art history interested in grounding their publicly engaged scholarship in African American contexts. The program’s interdisciplinary training focuses on collections based research, material cultural studies, and digital humanities, with students gaining experience through coursework, internships, and independent projects. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2100 | |
The weird, worrisome mystery behind America's plague of purple streetlights | The weird, worrisome mystery behind America's plague of purple streetlights | | https://www.yahoo.com/news/weird-worrisome-mystery-behind-americas-105500150.html | | 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z | | Yahoo! News | Purple streetlights have been popping up all around the country lately. Why? Sandy Isenstadt, professor of modern architecture history, illuminated curious minds about the phenomenon. Lights, he said, are "a radiant and reflective construct, no longer beholden to the geometric structure and material resolution of the day." | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2078 | |
Is Weird Medieval Guys the Best Account on Twitter? | Is Weird Medieval Guys the Best Account on Twitter? | | https://www.aarome.org/news/features/weird-medieval-guys-best-account-twitter | | 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z | | American Academy in Rome | Denva Gallant, assistant professor of art history, discusses the popularity of social media accounts focused on the Middle Ages. The era is "distant enough to feel weird, enigmatic, and yet we find some of our own behavior and impulses” reflected in its art. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=2063 | |
"A Toppled Statue of George III Illuminates the Ongoing Debate Over America’s Monuments" | "A Toppled Statue of George III Illuminates the Ongoing Debate Over America’s Monuments" | | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-toppled-statue-of-george-iii-epitomizes-the-ongoing-debate-over-americas-monuments-180979463/ | | 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z | | Smithsonian Magazine | In July 1776, colonists destroyed a sculpture of the English king. Wendy Bellion, art conservation, reviewed a new exhibit at the New York Historical Society exploring this iconoclasm’s legacy—and its implications for today. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1812 | |
How the Chase for the Latest ‘Lost’ Caravaggio Has Captivated Europe’s Art World | How the Chase for the Latest ‘Lost’ Caravaggio Has Captivated Europe’s Art World | | https://www.wsj.com/articles/caravaggio-lost-auction-art-world-11633610026?page=1 | | 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z | | Wall Street Journal | “Provenance alone is not going to get you a Caravaggio. It has to pass the technical and visual tests.” David. M. Stone, professor emeritus in art history, on the potential re-emergence of a lost Caravaggio painting. If proven to be authentic, it could be worth upwards of $100 million. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1936 | |
University of Delaware to Undertake an Effort to Examine Its History Regarding Race | University of Delaware to Undertake an Effort to Examine Its History Regarding Race | | https://www.jbhe.com/2021/07/university-of-delaware-to-undertake-an-effort-to-examine-its-history-regarding-race/ | | 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z | | The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | Alison Parker, history, on UD's examination of its history as it relates to both enslaved people and the treatment of Black students. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1853 | |
Buyer Makes a Big Bet His New Caravaggio Is Really by Caravaggio | Buyer Makes a Big Bet His New Caravaggio Is Really by Caravaggio | | https://www.wsj.com/articles/buyer-makes-a-big-bet-his-new-caravaggio-is-really-by-caravaggio-11561503854?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1 | | 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z | | The Wall Street Journal | David Stone, Art History, told the Wall Street Journal that he believes the “Judith and Holofernes" painting found in a Toulouse attic is legitimate. “You can be confident it’s not a copy when the painter changes the directions of the subject’s eyes,” he said.
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Artprice: A Masterpiece by Caravaggio, a Monet, a Bacon and a Small Basquiat to Close Out H1 2019 | Artprice: A Masterpiece by Caravaggio, a Monet, a Bacon and a Small Basquiat to Close Out H1 2019 | | https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/artprice-a-masterpiece-by-caravaggio-a-monet-a-bacon-and-a-small-basquiat-to-close-out-h1-2019-1028274311 | | 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z | | Markets Insider- Business Insider | It's been nearly a half century since a Caravaggio painting hit the auction market and David M. Stone, Art History, weighs in on the authenticity of the so-called Toulouse Caravaggio. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1597 | |
Sandy Isenstadt takes readers on a tour of the dawn of electric lighting | Sandy Isenstadt takes readers on a tour of the dawn of electric lighting | | https://archpaper.com/2019/04/electric-light-an-architectural-history-review/ | | 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z | | The Architect's Newspaper | It's all about "the magic of the switch." A review of a new book by Sandy Isenstadt, Art History, on the advent of electric light and what it meant for the everyday lives of people. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1559 | |
Evolving perceptions of Native art: "Art for a New Understanding" | Evolving perceptions of Native art: "Art for a New Understanding" | | https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/art/evolving-perceptions-of-native-art-art-for-a-new-understanding/article_76c01084-b4bb-5ab9-a08d-29bc273bda60.html | | 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z | | The Santa Fe New Mexican | Article quotes Jessica L. Horton, Art History, who discussed the influences of Yanktonai Dakota artist Oscar Howe. | https://publish.cas.udel.edu/Lists/CASintheMedia/DispForm.aspx?ID=1522 | |