https://youtu.be/ykHfYjwmwGE If someone gave you an item from the past and asked you to identify where it came from and how it was used, where would you start? This is the challenge students took on in the courses Art of the Americas and Art of Mesoamerica. Dr. Billie Follensbee assigned objects to each student, charging them to use careful research, contextualization and … [Read more...] about Macaylah: researcher, decoder
Five art history and museum studies students and alumni presented their research and conservation of art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas in a poster session at the Missouri Archaeology Society’s 2016 annual spring meeting. The Missouri Archaeology Society annual meeting includes posters, presentations, and exhibits from throughout Missouri and neighboring … [Read more...] about Brick City Gallery displays students’ poster session from Missouri Archaeology Society conference
Three Missouri State art history students have been chosen to present research at the 11th Annual Art History Symposium. The event will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on April 7 at the Springfield Art Museum. Who will present at the symposium The MSU students include: Paige Whitcomb, "Analyzing the Melun Diptych: An Examination of Jean Fouquet's Style" Amanda Horned, "The … [Read more...] about Art history students present research at annual symposium
There are two art and design department exhibitions currently at the Meyer Library: the Study Away Art and Respecting and Preserving Art and Artifacts exhibitions. Study Away Art Exhibition This exhibit, on display until Nov. 6, features the art students have made during study away programs to Florence, Italy, and New Mexico during the summer of 2016. Photography and drawing … [Read more...] about Library featuring artifacts, work from study away trips
“Ancient Mesoamerica,” the premier scholarly journal in the Mesoamerican art history and archeology fields, has published the co-authored paper of art history professor Dr. Billie Follensbee and Loyola University anthropology professor Dr. Philip Arnold. The paper, titled “Early Formative Anthropomorphic Figurines from La Joya, Southern Veracruz, Mexico,” is Follensbee’s … [Read more...] about Books, publications on tap for art history professor