newsletter VolumeS, Number 1 Spring 1983 1984 annual meeting: call for art history papers

The 1984 annual meeting-will be held in Toronto, Thursday, Febru­ practices in the various mediums and specific requirements of individ, ary 23 through Saturday, February 25. Art history sessions have been ual or institutional commissions. Your thesis should be exemplified by planned by Robert P. Welsh, University of Toronto. Listed below are a particular monument or groups of monuments that reflect a pattern the topics he has selected. Except where earlier deadlines are indi­ bearing on style and meaning in the development of monumental art. cated, those wishing to participate in any session must submit abstracts Papers should be limited to 20 minutes. to the chair(s) of that session by October I, 1983. Art and the State in the Early Renaissance. Debra Pincus, Dept. Fine Arts, Universitycif British Columbia, 6333 Memorial Road, Van­ Reminders: (1) No one may participate in more than one art history couver, B.C. Canada. V6T lW5. session. (2) Participation in sessions in two successive years, while not The session is open to papers that deal with the making and use of prohibited, is discouraged. (3) Abstracts may be submitted to more images as part of the developing state consciousness of the early Ren­ than one specific topic session provided that the respective chairs are informed of the multiple submission. (4) No abstract may be submit­ aissance- art in its role of assisting the self-definition and self-promo­ ted for a paper that has previously been published or that has previous­ tion that accompanies the establishment of the modern state in the ly been presented at another scholarly conference. (5) A brief curric­ course of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Papers may focus on ulum vitae, as well as home and office telephone numbers, should be painting, sculpture, architecture, architectural complexes, or projects (even if unrealized) from roughly 1350 through the early sixteenth cen­ included with your abstract. (6) There will be a widespread effort to tury, either inside or outside Italy. include discussion in the sessions. (7) A II papers must be submttted in finalform to chairs byJanuary 10. In addition to insuring the quality Traditions and Transformations in Northern European Por­ and designated length of papers, this will penuit their circulation to traiture. David R. Smith, Dept Arts, University of New Hampshire, discussants, when appropriate. Durham, N.H. 03824. Renaissance portrait masters established long-lived conventions of Abstracts: Art History papers must be proposed in the fonn of a fonn and characterization that are often as much social as artistic and one-page abstract. Submit clean copy in original, typed on one, single­ that embody implicit understandings of the individual and his roles. spaced, 8Y.! xlI inch page, on bond paper. Do not fold, spindle, muti­ This session will examine Northern European portraiture of the fif­ late, or stain with coffee. Leave Y.! inch margin at top; no less than 1 teenth through the eighteenth centuries in light of these traditions of inch at the left, and % inch margins at the bottom and right. Type ses­ fonn and meaning, as well as the transformations wrought upon them sion title, chairperson, and his or her institution in the upper right cor­ by changing social ideals and new perceptions of the self. ner. Type title of your paper, your name, and your institutional affilia­ tion in the upper left comer. For confirmation that your abstract has Interpreting Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century European been received, enclose a stamped, self- addressed postcard. Proposals Prints and Drawings, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Dept. Art and for papers not conforming to the above specifications and those re­ Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544. ceived after October 1 cannot be considered. (Note: For sessions hav­ Papers are invited on any aspect of prints and drawings produced in ing co-chairs, abstracts should be sent to each chairperson.) any area of Europe. Preference will be given, however, to those offer­ ing new interpretative approaches. Greek and Roman Sculpture. Richard Brilliant, Dept. Art History Teaching in Academies, from the Renaissance to the Twentieth and Archaeology, 815 Schennerhorn Hall, Columbia University, New Century_ Carl Goldstein, Dept. Art, University of North Carolina at York, N.Y. 10027. Papers are limited to 25 minutes. Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C. 27412. This session will examine the methods taught in academies, particu­ Late Antique, Early Christian, and Early Medieval Narrative larly as these methods may be recognized as underlying compositions Cycles: The Surviving Evidence East and West. Margaret E. Frazer. developed for competitions and diploma works. Preference will be Curator, Dept. Medieval Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, N.Y. 10028 given to papers that are specific in relating practices to precepts. Papers are solicited that examine the nature of narrative cycles in The Iconology of Ruins_ Robert Enggass, University of Georgia, the West and in Byzantium from the fourth to the tenth century AD Athens. Address abstracts to 340 West Lake Drive, Athens, Ga. 30606. based on existing pictorial and literary evidence. Emphasis should be Papers are invited that deal with Renaissance, Baroque, or Neo­ placed on the nature and purpose of these cycles and on what they may classical art (paintings, drawings, prints, landscaped gardens) that have contributed to later Medieval episodic illustration. include real or imaginary classical ruins. Such works of art are to be considered as a reflection of some (preferably one) specific aspect of The Monumental Program: Patrons and Practice (1000-1400 cultural or intellectual history. A.D.). Thomas Lyman, Art History Dept .. Emory University, Atlan­ ta, Ga. 30322. Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Painting in France and Papers are welcome for consideration that treat lhe relationship Italy. Donald Posner, Institute of Fine Arts, N. Y. U. Address abstracts between artistic production and official or private patronage in the to P.O. Box 16, Rocky Hill, N.J. 08553. planning, design, or construction of monumental programs from the A general session, but preference will be given to papers on major "First Romanesque" to the "Late Gothic" in Europe. Preference will monuments, artists, or themes. be given to papers addressing the interaction between established shop Continued on p. 2, col. 1 /1984 annual meeting: call for art history papers 1983 annual meeting, Philadelphia

Color in Art: Ancient to Contemporary. Marcia B. Hall, Tyler tion of modernist art in North America, in the period from Fauvism Neither rain nor sleet nor snow, . nor any­ innovative "Changing My Mind" session, held School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122 and through Abstract Expressionism and from the Stieglitz dispensation thing else that this Year of the Angry Sky Gods Saturday afternoon as an art historical grand Charles Parkhurst, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, through the activities of The Art of This Century Gallery, The focus could inflict. ' . kept more than 4,500 of us finale, was both a crowd puller and a crowd Mass. 01267. will be on patronage and cultural history rather than individual or from attending this year's Annual Meeting in pleaser, and that several of the monographic sessions (Eakins, Van Eyck, and the discussion This session is designed to explore possible approaches to the prob­ group styles, their analysis and development. The role of influential Philadelphia. It was our first meeting in the lem of color: stylistic, iconographical, technical, scientific, theoretic, individuals, institutions, programs, and ideology that introduced, and City of Brotherly Love since 1964, and of the disputed attribution of the Sienese historic doctrines, and other. A wide range of material is also sought, encouraged public assimilation of, radical modern art forms in our (weather notwithstanding), the city did every­ fresco) drew crowds far in excess of the limited from ancient to contemporary art. Papers that demonstrate a particu­ century, through World War II, is emphasized, thing possible to make us feel welcome, space assigned to them. (About which apolo­ larly interesting methodology will be given preference. Abstracts wanted, and brotherly (and sisterly) loved. gies to all involved; meeting rooms at the should be submitted so as to be received by September 15. Canadian Art and Architecture. Dennis Reid, Art Gallery of On­ Receptions~ at the Pennsylvania Academy Franklin Plaza were more limited and less tario, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Canada, M5T lG4; and of Art and commercial art galleries on Wed­ flexible than usuaL) Italian Art of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Mari­ Pierre du Prey, Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1440 Ste, Cather­ nesdayevening, at the University of Pennsyl­ The split hotels (sessions at the Franklin Plaza, placement at the Philadelphia Centre) anne W. Martin, Dept. Fine Arts, Boston College, 885 Centre Street, ine Street West, 2nd floor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G lR8. vania on Thursday evening, and at the Phila­ received mixed reviews, with the majority Newton, Mass. 02159. Papers may be read in either English or French, but abstracts sub­ delphia Museum on Friday evening~w.ere tending to favor all of us together at one hotel mitted in French should be accompanied by an English translation. particularly gracious, and more than one Im­ whenever possible. (We agree absolutely, but Manet, Degas, Impressionism: New Approaches. Joel Isaacson, Deadline for submissions is September 15. pressed visitor was heard to exclaim before issue advance warning that given the size of Dept. Art History, Tappan Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, more than one splendid artwork, "Oh, my our attendance and our demands for meeting Mich. 48109. Theories of Proportion in Architecture: Comparative Studies_ gosh, I didn't know they had this herel" room space, it is no longer always possible.) A session devoted to new research on the work ofManet, Degas, and Renata Holod, Dept. History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, Phil­ Convocation, held on Friday evening at the Placement went relatively smoothly, al­ the French Impressionists. It is hoped that papers will focus on specific adelphia, Pa. 19174, Philadelphia Museum of Art, was one of the though the two-hotel number was hard on works or on themes that can be demonstrated through close visual In various pre-modern cultures throughout the centuries architects nicest ever, owing, in large measure, to the Irving Lavin, Institute for Advanced Study candidates ~ particularly artists lugging large analysis. With a bias towards the value of a lively demonstration of have employed proportional systems both for practical and icono­ fact that most of the award recipients (see portfolios ~who had to shuttle back and forth points through active recourse to slides on the screen, preference will page 6) were there to accept their awards in graphic purposes: Classical Greek, Byzantine, Islamic, Gothic, Ren­ between the two hotels for interviews. The be given to papers that would stress visual or formal analysis and inter­ aissance, Hindu. Papers are to present recent research in any of these person, The Convocation Address, in whi~h shuttling, for the most part, was accom­ listed for the first time in the Annual pretation, but by no means need proposals be limited to that vein of in­ areas, with a view towards defining commonalities and, in synchronic Irving Lavin considered "The Art of Art HIS­ plished without benefit of our promised Free Meeting.) vestigation. The hope is that new approaches to, or new ideas on how cases (such as Timurid Iran and Renaissance Italy), to look for possible tory," was broadcast to overflow crowds over Shuttle Bus: a one-day trial run through Phil­ Exhibits get better and bigger. This to approach, formal, thematic, and contextual problems within the closed-circuit television. links (such as movement of architects, circulation of treatises, Zeit­ adelphia traffic proved that almost anyone year there were 106 exhibitors, who, with work of these artists will be forthcoming. High quality slides should be geist). It would also be of interest to establish whether such systems in­ Obviously, no one person can have an over­ sharing, filled 91 booths. There were the could ~ and did·-get there faster by walking. a primary consideration. deed affected the aesthetic experience of architecture. all impression of sessions, especially if that usual twenty-odd alumni reunions. one person is more concerned with whether 1,083 candidates registered at the Placement Bureau; there were a total of 442 jobs avail­ I honestly can't believe it's time to start Reassessments and New Discoveries in Victorian Art. Susan P. the projectors are working than with what the New Field Methodologies Suggested by the Experience of Art in able (271 in theJanuary Positions Listing: 171 thinking about Toronto! R.R.W. II Casteras, Yale Center for British Art, 2120 Yale Station, 1080 Chapel Its Oriental Context. Louise Allison Cort, Freer Gallery of Art, speakers are saying. All I can say is that the Street, New Haven, Conn. 06520. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560; and Michael Mei­ In anticipation of the March 7 ~ May 27, 1984 exhibition of the Pre­ ster, DepL History of Art, G-29 Fine Arts Bldg. CJ, University of Penn­ Raphaelite Brotherhood at the Tate Gallery and in recognition of sylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. shows by artist members other exhibitions devoted to Victorian art during the past few years, The history of art outside the European context has borrowed many this session will examine the new developments in this field in both methodologies from the discipline of art history as practiced in western Howardena Pindell. A.I.R. Gallery, Febru­ North American and English scholarship, including a focus on Judith Godwin_ Phoenix II West Gallery, countries, The problems and opportunities of oriental field-work, A listing oj solo exh£bitions by artists who are ary l~ 19, "Memory Series: Japan," recent "rediscovered" artists or works of art. Papers are invited that consider Washington, D.C., March 29~April 23. however, often suggest new approaches, extending western techniques members oj the GAA. Those sending inJor­ work on canvas and on paper. paintings, sculptures, drawings, or themes related to this subject, but growing from the particular facets ofthe society studied, Method­ mationJor listing should include name oj ~rt: Paintings and drawings. especially those which suggest, reflect, or analyze recent changes in at­ ologies that grow out of the opportunities of such field-experience ist, gallery or museum, city, dates oj exhlbl­ Jacqueline Gourevitch. Center for the Arts, Brent Edward Pulsipher. Blanden Memo­ titude and approach to this hitherto neglected aspect of art history, often represent indigenous paradigms enriched by western percep­ tion, and medium. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn" rial Art Gallery, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, February tions. Papers are requested that exemplify new methodologies devel­ January 26 - March 25. Paintings/ drawings. 27 ~ March 27. Drawings, paintings, prints. Benny Andrews_ Glass Gallery, N .Y.C., Feb­ Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Painting oped from such field·experience. Juliet Rago. Cudahy Library, Loyola Uni· ruary 5~March 3. "25 Years of Drawings." Sidney Guberman. The Art Museum, in Northern Europe and North America. Louis Hawes, Dept. Fine versity of Chicago, March 1 ~31. "The En­ Robert Berlind. Tomasulo Gallery, Union Princeton University, N.J., May 31 ~ June 18. Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. 47405. Secular and Sacred in Islamic Art. Erica Cruikshank Dodd, Dept. glish Landscape," drawings and watercolors. This session invites papers on significant works by significant land­ History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, County College, Cranford, N.J., February Sculpture maquettes and works on paper. scape painters of Northern Europe and North America from the Lebanon_ 4~ 28. Paintings. Beth Shadur. Lake Forest College, Sonnen­ Roger Howrigan. University Club Gallery, schein Gallery, Lake Forest, Ill., March 15·­ romantic era through the early twentieth century. The use of the terms "secular" and "sacred" in Islamic art implies a Gloria DeFilipps Brush. The Silver Image San Francisco, January 1983. Watercolors, separation between God and his handiwork. This kind of separation Gallery, Seattle, January 13 ~ February 13, April 9. Quincy College, Quincy, Ill., Sep­ tember. WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, Realism in Twentieth-Century European and North American may not be admissable for Islam, If these terms are not to be used, an Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minne­ Joy Jacobs. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, November. Paintings and drawings. Art. Ida Katherine Rigby, Dept. Art, San Diego State University, San alternative approach is needed. Papers are invited that will contribute sota-Duluth, February 6~27. Recent hand January 22~February 27, Mixed media Diego, Calif. 92182. ideas to this problem and will be selected on the basis of their relevance colored photographs. paintings on paper. Diana Shaffer. J.M. Moudy Building, Texas Diane Burko. Marian Locks Gallery, Phila­ The session will investigate the diversity of styles and impulses to the discussion. The session will consist of four papers of twenty Ellen Lanyon. Susan Caldwell, Inc., March Christian University, Fort Worth, March minutes each, followed by discussion, and they will be selected on the delphia, February 1 ~28. "Pennsylvania behind and functions of realism in twentieth-century western art. Sub­ 5~26. N.A.M.K Gallery, Chicago, May 21 ~ApriI15. "Eurhythmy: A Sculptural In­ basis of abstracts submitted before September 15. Completed texts Waterways Project," paintings. jects could range from social commentary in prints, to social realism, 13~ June 30. Screen works, artist's book, and stallation." Wichita Falls Art Association, photography, illustration, photo-realism, and precisionism, to the should be circulated ahead of time (mail between Lebanon and the Bernie Carreno. Ruth Volid Gallery, Chi­ other works. Tex, , October 2·-November 4. "vyorks on treatment and meaning of landscape imagery in American and Cana­ U,S. takes 10-14 days). cago, March 18~April 30. "Sky Lines," Paper." dian art. On the basis of abstracts submitted by September 1, five­ sculpture. Judy Loeb. Eastern Michigan University, June Silverberg. Bowery Gallery, N.Y.C., page elaborations will be requested, due October 1. Papers will be Open Session I and II. Richard E. Spear, Dept. Art History, Ober­ Constantine Christofides. University of Ypsilanti, January 17 ~February 11. "Hya­ March 25 ~ April 13. Paintings. chosen from among the latter. lin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074; and Thalia Gouma-Peterson, 394 Washington, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, cinths to Feed Thy Soul," paintings. Edgemeer Place, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. March 4~ApriI2. "Twelve Years/Sixty Pic­ Gerald A. Matlick_ Owensboro Museum of Vivienne Thaul Wechter. Kourous Gallery, The purpose of the open sessions is to accommodate papers on topics Responses to Modernist Art, 1900-1946: The Role of Public and tures," photography. Fine Arts, Ky., January 16~February 6. N.Y.C., January 8 -22. Saint Peter's Private Institutions, Patrons, Critics, Publications, and Artists in not appropriate to other sessions in the meeting program. Abstracts Robert Cronin. Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer Watercolors and prints_ Church, N.Y.C., January 14~Aprill0. Re­ Establishing Radical Twentieth-Century Art Forms and Art may be submitted for the open sessions only if they are not appropriate Gallery, N.Y.C., November 30··-December cent paintings. Theory in North America. Sam Hunter, Dept. Art and Archaeology, for another scheduled session. Tn no event should the same paper be 31,1982. Recent sculpture. Michael S. Oruch. Three Illinois Center, Dale Zheutlin. Departure Gallery, N.Y.C., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J, 08544. submitted to a specific topic session and an open session. Opportunity Chicago, January 7 ~ February 28. Recent Sidney Geist. Ingber Gallery, February 22- February 2 ~ 28. Ceramic constructions. II Papers are invited on the reception. criticism, and institutionaliza- for discussion will be provided as appropriate. II March 12, Recent sculptures. paintings. 3 2 CAA newsletter Spring 1983 I announcements grants and awards

Art Journal:Art and Science Issue Historians of Netherlandish Art Studies in Medievalism son, art historian-curator, Oberlin, Ohio; has been named the outstanding book of 1982 Papers are invited for a special issue of the Art This new organization, formed at the past This publication invites submissions for the Stella Kramrisch, art historian-curator, in humanities in the Annual Professional and Journal devoted to Art and Science, currently CAA Annual Meeting, is concerned with following issues: Medievalism in Germany Philadelphia; Lenore Tawney, fiber artist, Scholarly Book Awards sponsored by the As­ planned for fall, 1984. Articles should be con­ communication and collaboration among (editor, Kenneth Northcott, Dept. of Ger­ New York City; and Peco1ia Warner, quilt­ sociation of American Publishers. Honorable cerned with the influence of great moments in historians of northern European art. Those manic Languages and Literatures, University maker, Yazoo City, Miss. In conjunction with Mention was awarded to Thomas Eakins, by the history of science on artists and art, either with similar interests are invited to join. Two of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 60637), deadline: 1 these awards, works by the honorees were fea­ Lloyd Goodrich, published by Harvard Uni­ historical or contemporary, Also, vice-versa; newsletters and a membership directory will July; Medievalism and Religion (editor, Peter tured in the WCA Honor Awards Exhibition versity Press. AAP's 1982 award for Excel­ the influence of great moments in art on the be distributed annually; initial dues are $10. Williams, Dept. of Religion, Miami Universi­ held February l8-March 27 at Philadel­ lence in Design and Production, Journals, history of science. Artists as well as art histor­ For further information: Carol Purtle (presi­ ty, Oxford, Ohio 45056), deadline: 1 Septem­ phia's Port of History Museum. The two art Looseleaf and other Media went to Via 5: The ians are invited to submit. Please send ab­ dent), Dept. of Art, Memphis State Universi· ber; Medievalism in Art (editor, John Zukow­ historian-curators were represented by their Journal oj the Graduate School of Fine Arts, stracts to guest editor Samuel Y. Edgerton, ty, Memphis, Tenn. 38152 or KahrenHeller­ sky, Associate Curator in Charge, Dept. of publications. University of Pennsylvania. edited by Dar! Jr., Williams College-Clark Art Institute stedt (secretary-treasurer), Frick Fine Arts Architecture, Art Institute of Chicago, Chi­ Rastorfer and Deborah Allen, published by Graduate Program in the History of Art, Box The MIT Press. Bldg., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, cago, Ill. 60603), deadline: 1 November. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS 8, Williamstown, Mass. 01267, by October 1, ARLIS, the Art Libraries Society of North Pa. 15260. Medievalism has been defined as "any aspect For university lecturing and advance research 1983. America, presented its Wittenborn Award of the post-medieval idea and study of the abroad 1982-83, awards in art and art history this year to not one, but three publications of Middle Ages, and the influence, both popular were made to: Nubar P. Alexanian: Lectur­ the Archives of American Art (Smithsonian Yes, Virginia, There Still Are NEH and scholarly, of this study on Western society ing and research in photography, National Institution). The award, which was for excel­ Fellowships ... Fulbright Senior Scholarships after 1500." Association of Photographers, Peru; Esin lence in production and content of reference Confirmed reports have it that there has been Fulbright awards for university teaching and Atil, Freer Gallery: Research in Ottoman art, books published between 1977 and 1981, a sudden (though hardly inexplicable) drop postdoctoral research are offered for periods The Sixteenth Century Journal Topkapi Museum, Ankara, Turkey; William went to the Smithsonian Press for Arts in in the number of fellowship applications of two to ten months in more than 100 coun­ This journal invites papers on the visual arts R_ Biers, Univ. Missouri, Columbia: Re­ received by the National Endowment for the tries. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and that treat an interdisciplinary subject dating search in archaeology, Univ. Evora, Portugal; America, a Bibliography; G.K. Hall for Ar­ chives of American Art, Collection ofExhibi­ Humanities and by its sister agency, the Na­ must have had college or university teaching between 1500 and 1600, Manuscripts should Carol A. Christensen, National Gallery of tion Catalogues; and Scholarly Resources for tional Endowment for the Arts, which has left experience and! or a Ph,D. or the equivalent. be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Art: Research in painting restoration, Staat Archives ofA merican Art, Card Catalogue of certain pundits pondering whether, indeed, For applications and additional details on Manual of Style, 12th edition, typed double­ Museen Preussischer Kultur, Berlin; Rich­ the Collection. • these programs should not be cut further. Far awards: check your institution's Office of the spaced on one side only, and submitted in two Irene Winter, University of Pennsylvania ard M. Cooler, Northern Illinois Univ.: Lec­ be it from us to urge upon anyone the grind of Graduate Dean, Office of the Chief Academ­ copies. Illustrations may be submitted provi­ Photo: Maryalice Yakutchik turing in art history, Univ. Sains Malaysia; grant application simply to make a political ic Officer, etc., or write, specifying the coun­ sionally in photocopy, but originals should be -Alan C. MacTaggart, Lander College; Art­ lannouncements MAC ARTHUR PRIZE FELLOWSHIP point. Rather, we simply wish to remind our try and field of interest, to: Council for Inter­ sent upon acceptance of the manuscript. A ist-in-residence (painting), Univ. of Sofia, self-addressed envelope with sufficient post­ Well, we finally made it! The first art readers that these fellowships, though hardly national Exchange of Scholars, 11 Dupont Bulgaria; Komelia Hongja Okim, Mont­ The Arts and Public Policy age should accompany the submission for historian to win one of the much-coveted John the most prominent national priority, do still Circle, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036. gomery College: Lecturing in metalsmithing, The Policy Studies Review will devote its return of manuscript and illustrations. Send D. and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation exist. The National Endowment for the Hu­ Application deadlines: 15 June for American Hong Ik College, Seoul, Rep. Korea; Warren Spring 1984 issue to the subject of The Arts manities is offering 120-130 fellowships in Republics, Australia, and New Zealand; 15 to the Editor, SCJ, Concordia College, Ham­ "genius" awards is Irene Winter, Associate Sanderson, Concordia Univ., Montreal: Lec­ Professor of Art History at the University of and Public Policy. Papers submitted may also each of the following programs for 1984-85: September for Africa, Asia, Europe, and the line and Marshall Avenues, St. Paul, Minn, turing in art history, Univ. Trier, W. Ger­ Pennsylvania. Her field: art and archaeology be reviewed for inclusion in a booklength ver­ Fellowshtps for Independent Study and Re­ Middle East. 55104. many; Juergen Schulz, Brown Univ.: of the Ancient Near East and Egypt. Her sion in a Policy Studies Organization book se­ search are for younger and senior scholars, Research in art and art history, Univ. of Advanced Research in India prize: an unencumbered .$212,000 over the ries. Two parallel themes will be used for teachers, and others who can make signifi­ Venice, Italy; Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, artist Twelve long-term (six to ten months) and selection of manuscripts: "Improvement of cant contributions to knowledge, usually in next five years, to do with as she will. Her (textiles): Research in Indian resist-dyed tex­ nine short-term (two to three months) re­ comments, in response to our note of congrat­ Public Policy for the Arts" and "Improve­ the form of scholarly publication. Fellowships Kress/Trinity College Fellowship tiles, National lnst. Design, Ahmedabad; search awards, without restriction as to field, ulation: "This MacArthur business literally ment of the Arts," Papers should include for College Teachers are for those who teach The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, in associa­ Jan Zach, emeritus, Univ. Oregon, Eugene: fell from the sky; it is quite extraordinary, and specific recommendations for improvements undergraduates, particularly in institutions tion with Trinity College of the University of are offered for 1984-85 by the Indo-U,S. Sub­ Lecturing in visual art, Banaras Hindu Univ, commission on Education and Culture, Ap­ opens up unthought-of possibilities for the of the arts through public policy, There is no that do not have Ph,D. programs. Proposals Dublin, is offering a three-year post-doctoral India. plicants must be U.S. citizens at the post-doc­ next few years. According to their notice, I hidden bias towards "more" or "less" public may be directed either towards scholarly pub­ fellowship to begin in October 1983 for re­ toral or equivalent professional leveL Those am the first art historian to receive such an policy - only towards better policy. The scope lication or towards course content and teach­ search in Japanese, Southeast Asian, Budd­ with limited or no experience in India are award - a rather daunting prospect when so For university lecturing and advance re­ embraces all levels of government, but .~ ing. Both fellowships are for periods of six to hist, or Islamic art at the Chester Beatty especially encouraged to apply. Fellowships many of my colleagues have contributed so search in the United States 1982-83, awards restricted to the United States. Interdiscipli­ twelve months, with stipends ranging up to Library in Dublin. Interested candidates include $1,200-$1,500 per month, an allow­ in art and art history were made to visiting nary studies are encouraged. Manuscripts, $25,000. Application guidelines and materi­ should contact the SHKF, 221 West 57th profoundly to my own work. Practically, this ance for books and local travel, and interna­ scholars: Michel M. Frizot, Univ. Dijon, along with an abstract of 100-150 words, als are available from Division of Fellowships Street, New York City 10019. money will be used to buy "time," as salary tional travel expenses, plus special dependent France: Research in history of photography, should be submitted in triplicate to Robert and Seminars, Room 316, NEH, Washing­ replacement spread over several years, to allowances for long-term fellows. Further in­ enable me to take leave and write more than a various U.S. institutions; Nicoletta Misler, M. Krone, Dept. of Systems Management, ton, D.C, 20506. Deadline: I June, formation from Council for International Ex­ normal full-time teaching load would permit. Oriental Univ. Inst., Naples, Italy: Research University of Southern Calif., Los Angeles, POST SCRIPT: Essays in Film and the change of Scholars, Attn: Indo-American In terms of scholarship, I already feel that this in the work and theory of the Russian painter, Calif. 90089. Deadline: 1 September. International Congress Travel Funds Humanities Fellowship Program, 11 Dupont Circle, Suite award is in a way a mandate to take intellec­ P.N. Filonov, Univ. Texas at Austin; Sam J. The CAA has set aside a reserve for travel Papers are invited for a special issue to cover 300, Washington, D.C. 20036. (202) tual risks to tackle some of the harder prob­ Ntiro, Univ. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Re­ Antiquarian Society Fellowships funds for speakers at the 1983 International film in the modernist movement and film's 833-4985. Application deadline: 1 July. lems in myfield. I find the prospect very excit­ search in Makonde sculpture, Univ. Wiscon­ The American Antiquarian Society will Congress in Vienna. All speakers who applied relationship to modernist literature and fine ing; and as you say, Whoopee!" sin-Madison; Jean J. Passera, artist, Paris: award a number of short- and long-term for an ACLS travel grant to attend the Con­ arts. Essays may take a broad overview of the Museum Studies Journal Research in American Art, Maryland Inst., Visiting Research Fellowships during the year gress and who were not awarded such a grant subject or may focus on individual films, The inaugural issue of this journal, featuring WCA HONOR AWARDS College of Art; Anne Prache, Univ. Paris: June 1, 1983-May 31, 1984. It is expected will automatically be considered to receive a directors, or works of art. Possible approaches articles on museum history and research, ap­ The Fifth Annual Women's Caucus for Art Lecture on history of medieval city of Reims that recipients will make use of the Society's grant from the CAA: your ACLS travel grant include definition of modernism, modernist peared in February. Manuscripts are being Honor Awards, intended to celebrate, docu­ and high Gothic art, Univ, Pennsylvania; resources in early American history and cul­ application will serve as your application for a critical theory, conservative and left-wing accepted now for publication in the issues ment, and communicate the professional Matthias Winner, Bibliotheca Hertziana, ture. For full details: John B. Hench, Asst. CAA grant. All speakers who did not apply modernist movements, the avant-garde, alog­ projected for fall 1983 and spring 1984. Arti­ achievements of talented women in the visual Max-Planck Inst. (Rome), W, Germany: Re­ Director for Research and Publication, AAS, for an ACLS travel grant for whatever reason ical and self-reflexive structures, art as ritual, cles are refereed by a national board of recog­ arts, were presented on February 17 during search in history of An, Inst. for Advanced 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass. 01609. (the usual one being that the chair of your ses­ modernists and their audiences, etc. Two nized museum specialists. For further infor­ the WCA National Conference in Philadel­ Study, Princeton. (617) 752-5813 or (617) 755-5221. The Socie­ sion did not inform you in time that your copies of manuscripts of no more than sixteen mation, including "Guidelines for Authors," phia. This year's recipients (ranging in age ty also offers scholars who hold sabbaticals or paper was accepted) should immediately typed pages, accompanied by SASE, should write to: MSJ, Center for Museum Studies, from 65 to 87 years) are Edna Andrade, PUBLICATIONS AWARDS fellowships from other grant-making agencies write or call the CAA office for a CAA grant be sent to guest editor: Robert P. Kolker, 9478 John F. Kennedy University, 1717 17th Street, painter, Philadelphia; Dorothy Dehner, A mer£can Women A rtists: From Early Indian the opportunity to spend at least four weeks application. Deadline for receipt of CAA ap­ Greco Garth, Columbia, Md, 21045. Dead­ San Francisco, CA 94103. sculptor, New York City; Lotte Jacobi, Times to the Present, by Charlotte Streifer research in its collections (without stipend). plications: 23 May. line: 15 August. Continued on p. 5, col. 3 photographer, Deering, N.H.; Ellen John- Rubinstein, published by G.K. Hall & Co., For information, same as above. • I CAA newsletter Spring 1983 5 CAA awards Icaa awards

Awards for excellence in scholarship, teach­ Princeton University and Special Consultant always with sensitivity to the scale of the orig­ to demonstrate how David's painting became ing, and criticism were presented at the Con­ for Far Eastern Affairs, The Metropolitan inaL In addition to an essay on developments a widely understood icon of liberal thought. vocation ceremonies of the 7Ist Annual Meet­ Museum of Art; Kwang-chih Chang, Profess­ in print technique by Ackley, the catalogue Tightly and intelligently argued, this article ing of the College Art Association of America, or of Anthropology, Harvard University; also contains an informative and fascinating provides a clear and convincing analysis of held on Friday evening, February 18, in the Robert L. Thorp, Assistant Professor, De­ essay on the collecting and connoisseurship of how the meaning of a key neo-classical paint­ Van Pelt Auditorium of the Philadelphia Mu­ partment of Art and Archaeology, Princeton prints in Northern Europe during the 17th ing evolved in the years following its original seum of Art. University. Catalogue by Robert W. Bagley, century by William W. Robinson. The book is conception and execution. The Distinguished Teaching of Art History Research Assistant, Department of Fine Arts, a model of its kind, one we hope will inspire Committee: Alan Shestak, Chair; Peter Award was presented to Oleg Grabar, Aga Harvard University; Jenny F. So, Research similarly serious explorations of printmaking Humfrey; Anne Markham Schulz Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Archi­ Assistant, Department of Fine Arts, Harvard in other European countries in the future. Committee: Ann Sutherland Harris, tecture at Harvard University. The Distin­ University; Maxwell K. Hearn, Assistant Cur­ The Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize for 1982 guished Teaching of Art Award went to ator, Department of Far Eastern Art, The Chair; Tom Leavitt; Patrick de Winter In her article, Eve Twose Kliman reconsiders Elmer Bischoff, Professor of Fine Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. the view commonly held till now that images University of California, Berkeley. The The committee regrets the delay in this The Frank Jewett Mather Award of wild animals in Delacroix's work were rep­ Charles Rufus Morey Book Award was given award of the Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Prize for Since the demise of formalism, art critics have resentative of evil and hostile Nature, anti­ Museum Scholarship for this impressive and for Art the Ape afNature: Studies in Honor of been under particular stress to find a new type thetical to man. By exploring the broader H. W. janson, co-edited by Lucy Freeman fundamental contribution to the field of of criticism that would fit the rapidly chang­ context of scientific theories of the time, such Sandler, New York University, and Moshe Photo: MimiJacobs Chinese art and archaeology. The catalogue ing and pluralistic nature of contemporary as comparative anatomy and physiognomy, Barash, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. is ambitious in scope and exacting in detail art. in which Delacroix took a strong interest, she Two Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Awards for Muse­ and takes its place as an essential and fertile Suddenly, in the midst of the search, there concludes, instead, that lions and tigers were Oleg Grabar, Fogg Art Museum ... um Scholarship were presented. For 1980, the work for scholars. With the exhibition for appeared a mighty presence-- a man with un­ intended as metaphors, structural and moral, award went to the authors of Great Bronze which it was written, the catalogue has raised believable energy, passion, conviction, and for man. We are thus provided not only with Age of China, the catalogue of an exhibition the general awareness and appreciation of an erudite approach which he brought from valuable insights into Delacroix's Weltan­ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For institutions by your students, is due to your He has already received many honors and this historically important and aesthetically another discipline-philosophy- where he schauung, but also with a better understand­ 1981, the award was presented to Clifford persuasive demonstration of the riches, awards, and his paintings are included in splendid material. Issue will certainly be was already a scholar. His dialectical criticism ing of a crucial issue in Romantic art and taken with many of the findings and conclu­ Ackley, for Printmaking in the Age of Rem­ rewards, and challenges that await scholar­ museums and collections across the country. was less absolute, more open, and seemed theory, the relationship between man and sions of the team of authors; a measure of the brandt, the catalogue of an exhibition at the ship in the field. As he has brought honor to our profession, particularly suited to postmodernist art. nature. issues in question, and it is to the credit of the Museum afFine Arts, Boston. The FrankJew­ Generous with time, ideas, and your per­ we name him the Distinguished Teacher of The sheer quantity of his writing is stun­ catalogue that it includes a Summary of Com­ ett Mather Award for distinction in art criti­ sonal notes and library, possessed by a seem­ Art for the year 1983 - Elmer Bischoff. ning. Not a month has gone by that articles, ments on the Catalogue from the Committee Jeffrey Muller's article reveals how Ruben's cism went to Donald Kuspit, professor of ing limitless and continuing interest, con­ Committee: Sandy Wonnfeld, Chair;Joan reviews, or catalogue essays have not ap­ for the Preparation of Exhibitions of Archae­ art is studied as well as spontaneous, and is Art, S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook. cern, and compassion for the personal welfare Brown; Grace Hartigan peared. While the choice of this critic is in The Arthur Kingsley Porter Prize for the of your students, you have attracted and pre­ ological Relics, People's Republic of China. part for an earlier body of work, it is in 1981- deeply informed throughout by theory. Tak­ ing the artist's treatise on the imitation of best article in The Art Bulletin by a scholar at pared some of the most original minds in the We commend and congratulate the organiz­ 82 that he has reached a high point with his The Charles Rufus Morey Book Award ancient statuary, along with statements found the beginning of his or her scholarly career field. You have expected the best from your ers of the exhibition and the authors of the special understanding of the New (and old) The Morey Prize Committee, this past year was also awarded for two years. For an article students and, with enthusiasm, have given catalogue. Expressionism and with his Lucas Samaras in letters and other literary fragments, he composed of Carol Lewine, Richard Shiff, appearing during 1981, the prize was given to them yours. Committee: Henry Hopkins, Chair; Fred­ catalogue essay which reveals his remarkable pieces together a broad theory of imitation and Richard Turner, has travelled the high­ Nina Athanassoglou, University of Dela­ The College Art Association is pleased to erick Cummings; Alan Rosenbaum ability to confront the artist directly and snap that has roots in classical philosophy and rhe­ ways and byways of publishing in 1981. Along ware, Newark, for "Under the Sign of Leoni­ present you, OlegGrabar, on the 18th of Feb­ back to an empirical kind of writing. toric, and is reflected in the artist's copies the way we have encountered high quality das: The Political and Ideological Fortune of ruary 1983, its seventh annual award for Dis­ However, it is perhaps more for his spirit of after old masters, in his art collection, in the and variety, ranging from traditional and The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Museum Scholar­ paintings on the facade of his studio, and even David's Leonidas at Thermopylae under the tinguished Teaching of Art History. commitment to the field, his unremitting carefully crafted works to boldly imaginative ship Award for 1981 Restoration." For an article appearing in Committee: Henry Millon, Chair; Walter search, that we have chosen to honor Donald in his bold alterations of the old master draw­ and controversial ones. Yet at journey's end, Clifford Ackley's catalogue, Pr":ntmaking in 1982, the prize was split between Eve Twose Cahn; Martha Kingsbury Kuspit. In the very process which his method­ ings in his possession. By giving Rubens an we remember no one book by an individual the Age ofRembrandt, written for the Boston Kliman, University of Waterloo, for "Dela­ ology dictates, we are made aware of a strug­ articulate voice, Muller establishes a broad author that soars above the rest, none that Museum of Fine Arts, is both an exemplary croix's Lions and Tigers: A Link between gle of the mind to surround and infiltrate the theoretical basis for baroque art. clearly commands the prize. exhibition catalogue and a permanent contri­ Man and Nature" and Jeffrey M. Muller, The Distinguished Teaching of Art Award truth as he sees it, which lends art criticism a Committee: Nina Athanassoglou, Chair; We wish to recognize this ending for what bution to the scholarship of prints. Prints are Brown University, for "Ruben's Theory and The charge of this committee of the College credibility and dignity so needed at this time. Larry Ayres; Joseph Connors; Francis L. we believe it is, a symptom not of weakness, a medium all art historians know were crucial Practice of the Imitation of Art." Art Association is to honor a great artist Committee: Jeanne Siegel, Chair; Brian Richardson II who has achieved the highest distinction in a but of the strength and radical pluralism of to the communication of ideas among artists The citations read as follows: O'Doherty; Dianne Vanderlip career devoted to teaching. The list of fonner our efforts as scholars, reflected in a diversi­ and a broad public from the 16th century on­ wards. Nevertheless few scholars who do not The Distinguished Teachingof Art History recipients is testimony enough to the high fied and healthy system of publishing. To NOMINATIONS INVITED The Alfred Kingsley Porter Prize for 1981 Award honor this award represents. celebrate that pluralism, and this year to specialize in the medium can claim to have an FOR In her carefully researched and admirably Conveyor of intellectual excitement about This year's distinguished teacher started as remember affectionately he who did so much adequate knowledge of print production in CAA TEACHING AWARDS Islamic art, of passionate commitment to its an instructor of art thirty-seven years ago. In to nurture the system, we are pleased to award their field of interest precisely because reli­ documented article, "Under the Sign of study, of delight in sharing new discoveries, 1963 he returned to his alma mater, the Uni­ the Charles Rufus Morey Prize for 1981 toArt able publications which make a wide range of Leonidas," Nina Athanassoglou demon­ Nominations from the membership are visual, technical and iconographical infor­ strates how a single work of art can come to invited for the Distinguished Teaching information and ideas; consummate stimu­ versity of California at Berkeley, where he has the Ape of Nature: Studies in Honor ofH. W symbolize the political and social ideals of an of Art and the Distinguished Teaching lus, energetic leader, fount of ideas (some ex­ taught ever since. A colleague and former stu­ Janson. mation about the entire print production of era. Deftly interweaving politics, history, and of Art History Awards. travagant and unbelievable, most perceptive dent describes him as an "exceptional and in­ any European country of any period are not art, Athanassoglou explicates the successive Letters of recommendations and ap' and cogent), inspirer and enticer, free and in­ spiring teacher, who helps the student find his The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Award for available. Ackley's superb book fills this emblematic meanings attached to Jacques­ propriate supporting materials should dependent spirit, adept in literary, religious, or her own potential. His own goals are high Museum Scholarship for 1980 lacuna for 1 7th century Holland with Louis David's famous painting Leonidas at be sent to the CAA, 149 Madison Aven­ social, political, and intellectual history, vol­ and he instills this in others. He is a man of The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Prize for Museum breadth, depth and elegance. It covers a hun­ ue, New York, N.Y, 10016 by Novem­ uble, volatile (and occasionally bewildering) much integrity, curiosity and wit, and this Scholarship for 1980 is awarded to the authors dred artists, many barely known even to spe­ Thermopylae: a single symbol which at dif­ ferent moments embraces Republican ideals ber 1. The names and letters of nomi­ lecturer, witty, humorous, irreverent, indefa· combination makes for lively classes." This of the exhibition catalogue Great Bronze Age cialists and is eloquent testimony to the depth of country and liberty, Napoleon's military nation for any candidates who are tigable interpreter, and subtle politician, you deserved reputation is well known throughout of China: An Exhibition from the People's of artistic talent active in 17th century Hol­ have dazzled undergraduates, converted and the country. Republic of China, edited by Wen Fang, land. The catalogue contains much original achievements, and - in the 1820s- the events strong contenders but not the finalist in scholarship affecting the biographies of the of the Greek War of Independence, which fascinated graduates, and astonished col­ With such high praise for and devotion to published by The Metropolitan Museum of any given year will be passed on to the artists, the attribution of particular prints, was closely associated in the French public award committees for the following leagues. his teaching, he has, nonetheless, disciplined Art and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. In­ mind with the struggle against tyranny. The That the study of Islamic art is widespread himself to pursue his own work as an artist ex­ troductory essays by Ma Chengyuan, Cura­ their technique and their meaning, yet the year. .. author's mastery of contemporaneous litera­ and advanced in North America, represented citing museum- and gallery-goers for many tor, Shanghai Museum; Wen Fang, Edward entries never overwhelm the objects. The as it is in more than a score of universities and years in more than two dozen one-man shows. Sanford Professor of Art and Archaeology, prints are all reproduced, often to scale and ture and popular visual imagery enables her Spring 1983 7 6 CAA newsletter I conferences and symposia information people and programs

Raphael: Science & History in Dialogue Byzantine Art and Literature around the For a book on the life and art of the American Material for t'nclus£on t'n People and Pro­ nineteenth-century American fine and decor­ At the San Francisco Art Institute, Fred Mar­ A conference to be held at Princeton Univer­ Year 800 painter Andrew M. Dasburg (1887-1979), grams should be sent to College Art Assoct'a­ ative arts. In Providence, he will succeed Lee tin has been appointed dean of the college. sity, October 6 - 8. In the past few years, in The 1984 symposium at the Dumbarton Oaks letters by or to the artist and information on tion, 149 Madison Avenue, N. Y. C. 10016. Hall, president of RISD since 1975. Martin (M.A., Univ. California, Berkeley) preparation for the Raphael anniversary in Center for Byzantine Studies, focusing on the the location of works of art are sought. Con­ Deadline for next issue: I June. since 1970, will continue his study of Bal­ succeeds George ManupeIli, who resigned to 1983, much restoration and technical investi­ above topic, will be held April 27 -29. It will tact Sheldon Reich, Art Dept., Univ. Ari­ thasar Neumann's palace architecture. reassume his professorship at York University, gation of his paintings has been taking place. be directed by David H. Wright (Berkeley) zona, Tucson, Ariz. 85721. IN MEMORIAM Toronto. Martin has been associated with the Speakers from all the major collections of with papers also by Beat Brenk (Basel), Robin Vincent Scully, Colonel John Trumbull Pro­ Art Institute for more than thirty years, as a Ulrich Middeldorf, a leading scholar of Ital­ Raphael's paintings have been invited to pre­ Cormack (London), Cyril Mango (Oxford), fessor the History of Art at Yale University, student, faculty member, and administrator. sent papers in language accessible to the art Ihor Sevcenko (Harvard), and Paul Speck For an annotated listing of documentary ian Renaissance art and director, from 1953 delivered the 1983 Andrew W _ Mellon Lec­ I6mm films and video and audio tapes that to 1968, of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in historian on recent discoveries during the (Berlin). In addition to the major papers, tures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery MUSEUMS technical examination of works in their care. there will be about six shorter communica­ interview contemporary artists, producers Florence, died on February 19 at the age of of Art this past January and February. The These will be threaded together by a small tions (10 to 15 minutes each) for which pro­ of such documents or persons with suggestions eighty-one. Born in Germany, Middeldorf series of six lectures, entitled The Shape of team of historians who will introduce the facts posals are invited. These should be specific for listings are requested to contact Sue came to the United States shortly after Hitler France, dealt with the relationship between Besemer, Assoc. Librarian, BL318, State and problems of the works in question. John case studies of examples appropriate to the came to power and, from 1935 to 1953. man-made and natural environments, focus­ Uillv. College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, Shearman and Marcia B. Hall, co-directors. subject of the symposium. They will be re­ taught at the University of Chicago, where he ing specifically on the modem French nation. Reservations are necessary because space will viewed by all the announced speakers and will N.Y. 14222 or Chris Crosman, Curator of chaired the department from 1938 on. He be limited. For more information, contact: be selected on the basis both of scholarly qual­ Education, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 was, as Sir John Pope-Hennessy put it, "that The Administrative Council of the Istituto Conference Services, Prospect House, PU, ity and suitability as supplements to the main Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, N,Y. 14222. rare thing, a scholar who realized himself per la Storia dell' Arte Lombarda in Milan has P,inceton, N.]. 08544. (609) 452·3369. papers. Preliminary inquiries or detailed through the self-effacing encouragement and named Jack Wasserman to serve on the disinterested help that he gave to other CounciL Wasserman, professor of art history abstracts to David H_ Wright, History of Art For a dissertation on Cass Gilbert's practice scholars. Under his direction, the German In­ at Temple University, replaces H.W. Janson. Dept., 405 Doe Library, Univ_ California, between 1899 and 1905, information is Berkeley, Calif. 94702. Deadline: 10 August. stitute in Florence became the most produc­ Medieval Gardens sought on some of his employees: Georges­ tive center in the world for Renaissance stud­ Frank Stella will take on a new stripe as A symposium to be held at Dumbarton Oaks, Eugene Thire (b. 1872); Ernest-Michel Heb­ ies, and there are few students of Italian Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at May 20-22. There will be sessions on types of Science and Technology in MedievalSociety rard (b. 1875); and Leon Murier (b. 1870)_ sculpture and painting who do not owe him Harvard University for the 1983-84 academic gardens (monastic, royal, etc.), on medical The Medieval and Renaissance Studies Pro­ E.-M. Hebrard's brother, Jean Hebrard, an incalculable debt." Middeldorfs own pub­ year. The Norton chair alternates between taught at American universities from 1906 and alimentary uses of plants, on garden fea­ gram at Barnard College will devote its fifth lications include Raphael's Drawt'ngs (1945) the visual arts, music, and literature. Stella tures, and on garden symbolism and allegory annual interdisciplinary conference to be into the 1940s so the location(s) of his papers as well as other books and more than 200 arti­ will give six monthly lectures, all free to the in art and literature. Registration forms held on November 12 to the above topic. are sought as well. Sources for primary mate­ cles and reviews, particularly on the sculpture public. "In my whole life I haven't given six rials or references to any of these French from: The Garden Library, DO, 1703 32nd Speakers include Lynn White, Jr., Nancy and decorative arts of the Italian Renais­ lectures," he said_ "I felt I could do it. I architects may be sent to Sharon Irish, 5333 S. St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007. Siraisi, Brian Stock, Pearl Kibre, Edith Sylla, sance. He was president of the College Art thought it would be chicken not to do it." Harper #3, Chicago, IlL 60615. Nicholas H_ Steneck, George Saliba, Tina Association in 1939_ John Walsh, Jr., J. Paul Getty Museum Stiefel, Linda Ehrsam Voigts, and Samuel Norma Kershaw, who teaches art history and The Codex in Context Devons_ For further information and registra­ The Norton Gallery of Arts is organizing an Jim Breckenridge, professor of art history at archaeology at Hofstra University, recently Most popular kid on the block is John Walsh A symposium on the content and context of tion: Pamela 0_ Long, c/o Prof, Suzanne exhibition of silverpoint drawings in Ameri­ Northwestern University, died suddenly on coordinated a symposium, New Light on Ear­ Jr., recently named to succeed Stephen Gar­ the Codex Hammer (formerly Codex Lei­ Wemple, Dept. History, BC, 413 Lehman can Collections, which will open in early December 18. He was only fifty-five years old, ly Cyprus, at the Ringling Museum of Art in rett as director of theJ. Paul Getty Museum in Sarasota, Florida. The symposium was held cester) of Leonardo da Vinci will be held at Hall, N.Y.C. 10027. 1985. Information about the location of and had been scheduled to give a talk at this Malibu, Calif. The post-given the museum's in conjunction with the exhibition Andent the Walters Art Gallery on May 14. Speakers silverpoint drawings in the U.S., as well as year's CAA annual meeting. Breckenridge $1 billion endowment and the plans of its are Paolo Galluzzi, Director, Istituto e Museo about artists currently working in the med­ earned his Ph_D. at Princeton in 1957. He Art from Cyprus: The Rt'ngHng Collection, trustees to build three new art institutions in di Storia della Scienza, Florence; Martin Sixteenth Century Studies ium, should be sent to Bruce Weber, Curator served as curator at both the Corcoran Gal­ curated by Kershaw. the Los Angeles area-is a plum; and Walsh Kemp, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; The SCS Conference will hold its 1983 meet­ of Collections, NGA, 1451 S. Olive Ave., lery of Art and the Baltimore Museum and The Parsons School of Design has named - by all accounts, including our own-is a ing at Marquette University, Milwaukee, West Pahn Beach, Fla. 33401. taught at the University of Pittsburgh before Clifford Truesdell, The Johns Hopkins Uni­ James Wines chairman of its department of peach. Walsh has been the Mrs. Russell W. versity; and Frederick Hartt, University of October 27 - 29. Further information may be coming to Northwestern, where he had been environmental design beginning in Septem­ Baker Curator of Paintings at the Boston Virginia. The Codex itself will be on exhibi­ obtained from Carl C. Christensen, Dept. ever since 1961. He is the author of Numis­ For an exhibition at the Tampa Museum, No­ ber. Wines is president and co-founder of Museum of Fine Arts since 1977. During his History, Campus Box 234, University of Col­ mat£c Iconography ofJustt'nian II (1959) and tion May 14-August 28". There is no charge vember 1983- March 1984, work by contem­ SITE, the architectural and environmental tenure there, the department of paintings orado, Boulder, Colo. 80309. Likeness: A Conceptual History of Ancient but advanced registration is required. Send a porary artists in all mediums that portrays or arts organization. What particularly im­ grew from three to fifteen people, and the SASE to Education Dept., WAG, 600 N. Each year the SCSC awards the Carl S. Portraiture (1968), as well as numerous arti­ comments on sports, games or recreation in pressed the Search Committee, according to Museum established its first restoration Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21201. Meyer Prize for the best paper presented at cles on Byzantine art and the history of por­ department. As Theodore Stebbins, curator the meeting by a graduate student or person America are sought. Works may be humor­ traiture. His colleagues Betty Iverson Monroe the announcement, is the fact that SITE ous, ironic, or serious, highly realistic or semi­ of American paintings at Boston, put it: "His who has received the Ph.D. within the past and Olan A. RandJr., have written: "Each of always had taken a special interest in students abstract, large or small. If you have one or range of reference is quite exceptionally wide; five years, and the Nancy Lyman Roelker us has different memories ofJim, pictures of a and has often made room for their participa­ Space Technology and the Humanities more appropriate works, call or write Senior tion on projects it has undertaken. he cares for pictures for all the right reasons, Prize for the best articles in English on six­ unique personality. . Perhaps we would all The sixth annual session at the International Curator, TM, 601 Doyle Carlton Dr., Tam­ and he has made some very fine acquisitions teenth-century France published in the pre­ agree that he was a many-faceted person com­ Astronautical Federations 34th Annual Meet­ pa, Fla. 33602. (813) 223·8130. Joanne Ryan has been named dean of aca­ with a limited budget ... He has extraordin­ vious calendar year. The deadline for submis­ mitted to a life of the mind, to the richness of ing, Budapest, Hungary, October 9-14, demic affairs at the Philadelphia College of arily high standards, both moral and profes­ sion of papers for the Meyer Prize and submis­ scholarship and his profession. He said once 1983. Abstracts and inquiries to Margaret Art. Ryan (M.A., art history and painting, sional, as regards people, institutions, and sion or nomination of articles for the Roelker The Corcoran Archives is planning an exhibi­ in a faculty meeting that it was the business of Gorove, Dept. of Art, University of Missis­ Univ. Notre Dame; Ph_Do, aesthetic studies, works of art, and I have never known his sense Prize is August 15. All materials should be tion titled Women at the Corcoran for Spring university professors not to teach but 'to pro­ N.Y.U.) was most recently academic dean of quality to fail him." sippi, University, Miss. 38677. sent to Carl C. Christensen, 1984 that will focus on women students, fac­ fess'." In memory of Breckenridge, afund has and associate professor at Caldwell College in Those qualities were very much in evidence been established to purchase written materi­ ulty, and staff who have been associated with New Jersey. during Walsh's just-completed term on the the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art. Let­ als in his field to be chosen by a small commit­ CAA Board of Directors (1979-83) and for Eighteenth Century Studies Slavic Studies ters, diaries, photographs and reminiscences tee of his former students for presentation to PCA will soon be looking for a new president, the two years he served as a member of the The Midwest ASECS invites proposals for its The fifteenth annual convention of the Amer­ are sought. Contact Katherine Kovacs, Ar­ the Northwestern University Library. too. Thomas F. Schutte, its president for the Board's Executive Committee (1980-81). As a fourteenth annual meeting to be held at Indi­ ican Association for the Advancement of Sla­ chivist, CGA, 17th and New York Ave_, past eight years, will leave Philadelphia in Board member, Walsh led his colleagues to ACADEME ana University-Bloomington on October 27- vic Studies, hosted by the Central Slavic Con­ N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. II August to take over the presidency of the recognize a significant and growing area of in­ 29. Submissions of individual papers, panels, ference, will take place October 22-25 at the Christian F. Otto, associate professor of ar­ Rhode Island School of Design. Schutte's aca­ tellectual achievement by establishing the or seminars should be sent as soon as possible, Radisson-Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, chitecture at Cornell University, will be a demic background is in economics and busi­ CAA's Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award for Museum with any inquiries, to Michael L. Berkvam, Mo. For further information: AAASS, His­ "Make things as simple as possible, member of the Institute for Advanced Study ness administration. He is the author of An Scholarship. He also served as chair of the French and Italian, Ballantine Hall 642, IV, tory Dept., Stanford University, Stanford, but not simpler." at Princeton for the academic year 1983-84. Uneasy Coalition: Design and Corporate first Barr Award Committee. Bloomington, Ind. 47405. Calif. 94305, (415)497-9668. III - Albert Einstein Otto, who has been on the Cornell faculty Amen'ca and a collector. of eighteenth- and Conlz'nued on p. 10, col. 1 CAA newsletter 8 Spring 1983 9 I Ipeople and programs CAA FINANCIAL REPORTS-DECEMBER 31, 1982 Several changes have taken place at the Solo­ The Brooklyn Museum, too, has appointed a mon R. Guggenheim Museum. Louise Aver­ STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES STATEMENT OF RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES new director. Robert Treat Buck will take ill Svendsen has retired as senior curator, a over that position in July , succeeding Michael post she held since 1978. Svendsen (Ph.D., REVENUES 1981 1982 RESOURCES 1981 1982 Botwinick, who became director of the Cor­ Yale Univ.) served thirty years at the Gug­ Membership Dues Cash and money market funds $306,623 $265,531 coran Gallery of Art in January. Buck leaves genheim and has now been named curator Individual $229,644 $247,844 Marketable Securities (at cost) 452,327 452,327 the directorship of the Albright-Knox Art emeritus. Vivian Endicott Barnett (M.A., Institutional 121,237 102,157 Accounts Receivable (book sales, Gallery, a post he held since 1973, having advertising, misc.) 23,661 19,259 N.Y.U., Inst. Fine Arts), who has been Total Dues $350,881 $350,001 served there as assistant director from 1970 to associated with the Guggenheim since 1973, Prepaid insurance 1,233 1,849 1973. Prior to that, Buck (a graduate of Wi 1- most recently as research curator, has been Other Income Accrued interest receivable 4,896 6,405 Positions Listings Subscriptions $ 25,581 $ 32,801 Iiams College and N.Y.U.'s Inst. Fine Arts) appointed curator. Susan B. Hirschfeld Stationery & postage on hand 3,638 4,871 Institutional Placement Listings 15,635 10,935 was director of the Washington University (M.A. cand., Hunter College, C.U.N.Y.), Furniture & fixtures (net) 1,652 3,420 39,612 42,954 Gallery of Art in St. Louis. with the Guggenheim since 1976, has been Art Bulletin Subventions Office Equipment 5,465 7,612 Interest and Dividends 57,882 57,117 named assistant curator. Deposits- Postmaster 2,673 7,036 Book Service (749) 1,802 Due from broker (dividends) 3,048 3,257 The Philadelphia Museum of Art has an­ Miscellaneous Publications Sales 11,643 9,226 Lease hold improvements -0- 13,495 Alan M. Fern, director of the Smithsonian nounced the appointment of Mark Rosen­ MFA Programs Directory 1,466 1,121 Institution's National Portrait Gallery and Total Resources $805,216 $785,062 thal as curator of twentieth-century art. Cur­ 1978 Ph.D. Survey 960 675 former director of the Library of Congress's rently curator of collections at the University Studio Guide 5,549 2,962 special collections that include the Historic -0- LIABILITIES Art Museum, Berkeley, Rosenthal (Ph.D., Sydney J. Freedberg, National Gallery of Art MFA Survey 486 Photo: Michael A. Nedzweski American Buildings Survey, has been elected Annual Meeting (net) 36,643 76,783 Accounts payable (printers, etc.) $ 24,264 $17,190 Univ. Iowa) assumes his new position in July. an honorary member of The American Insti­ Computer List Sales 7,001 2,116 Employees withheld taxes 3,845 4,099 tute of Architects. Gain! Loss on sale of securities 21,192 -0- Federal income tax payable 1,020 190 New Yark sales tax payable 136 In Pittsburgh, John Caldwell has been ap­ Sydney J. Freedberg will leave Cambridge on Miscellaneous 1,339 -0- 3 September I after thirty years on the Harvard Members' prepayments for books 4,215 -0- pointed adjunct curator of contemporary art Total Other Income $224,240 $238,492 at the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute. faculty to take up the newly created position RELATED ORGANIZATIONS Total Liabilities $ 33,480 $ 21,482 Caldwell (Ph.D. candidate, Yale Univ.) suc­ of chief curator at the National Gallery of Art Total Revenues $575,121 $588,493 in Washington. The chief curatorship, like New officers of the Art Historians of Southern ceeds Gene Bara, who died last November CAA Capital Fund $771,736 $763,580 after completing the 1982 Carneg£e Interna­ the deputy directorship held since February 1 California, elected at its meeting last fall, are tional and organizing more than fifteen other by John Wilmerding, is a spin·off from th.e Dericksen Brinkerhoff, University of Cali­ EXPENDITURES single assistant director! chief cura~or poSt­ exhibitions during his two-and-a·half year fornia, Riverside, president; Shelly Bennett, Admt"nistrative Costs tion held by Charles Parkhurst untIl he left Huntington Library, vice president; and tenure. Salaries $115,988 $114,091 MONOGRAPH SERIES FUND NGA at the end of January. As chief curator, Kenneth Hamma, University of Southern Payroll Taxes and Fringe Benefits 21,018 21,696 General Fund $ 98,976 $ 144,512 Freedberg, according to NGA Direct.or l­ California, secretary! treasurer. Rent and Cleaning Services 23,030 35,100 Carter Brown, will "head up the whole lOtel­ Endowment Fund 200,000 200,000 Several new university museum and gallery Office Expenses! Printing/ Postage/ lectual life of the institution as a responsible appointments have been announced. Arthur The Mid-America College Art Association Stationery/Mailing Services 26,943 24,944 Total Monographs Fund $298,976 $344,512 humanistic center." He brings to that position also has new officers: James A. Sterritt, Blumenthal, a former curator and adjunct Telephone 3,124 2,581 not only his teaching experience at Harva:d, Washington University, president; Thomas assistant professor of art at Dartmouth Col­ Accounting Fees 4,151 4,637 but also a longstanding involvement wtth lege, has been named director of the Art Gal­ Marin, Ohio State University, vice president; Office of the President 145 140 museums and a superb record of scholarly G. Alden Smith, Wayne State University, lery at the University of Maryland College Insurance 3,038 3,133 MILLARD MEISS PUBLICATION FUND Park. Jean E. Feinberg has been named publication in the field of Ital~an ar~ of the vice president for continuity; Gyuri HoUosy, Administrative Travel and Expenses 1,393 1,229 General Fund $ 90,836 $107,627 assistant curator at the Center for the Arts, High Renaissance and Mannenst perIods. Washington University, treasurer; and Stan Endowment Fund 437,766 437,766 Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. Strembicki, Washington University, secre­ Total Administrative Costs $198,830 $207,551 tary. The 47th annual meeting of MACAA Other Costs Total Meiss Fund $528,602 $545,393 Most recently she was guest curator at the The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has will be hosted by Washington University Honorarium, Monographs Series Editor -0- 2,000 High Museum of Art, Atlanta. In St. Louis, named Richard V. West director. West $ $ School of Fine Arts, October 26-28, in St. Art Bulletin 174,400 179,919 Joseph Dale Ketner II has bee~ appointe~ (M.A., Univ. California, Berkeley) had been Meiss grants committed!payable $ 43,900 $ 16,500 Louis. The conference steering committee is Art Journal (net) 30,586 44,704 curator and registrar of the Washmgton Um­ director for the past ten years of the Crocker co-chaired by James Sterritt and Michael Newsletter (net) 12,979 16,523 versity Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall. Ketner Art Museum in Sacramento. was formerly associated with the Fort Wayne Taylor, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Board Travel! Meeting Expenses 11,168 5,029 Museum of Art. The University of Michigan Committee Expenses 569 2,260 ART BULLETIN INDEX FUND In Washington, the National Museum of F.A.T.E. (Foundations in Art, Theory and Professional Dues 2,464 1,900 has added two new members to its staff. Mar­ Capital Fund $ 19,784 $ 25,083 tha Mehta is development officer and Lau­ American Art promoted Charles Robertson, Education) officers elected for 1983-84 are: Award Expenses 633 288 ren Arnold is assistant to the director and formerly associate administrator, to assistant Arline Lederman, Montclair State Univer­ Placement Service 45,457 53,681 associate editor of the Bullet£n for the Muse­ director! museum resources. sity, president; Adrian R. Tio', Bowling Federal Taxes 850 190 ums of Art and Archaeology. Arnold (M.A., Green State University, vice president; Jona­ Miscellaneous 406 1,874 MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS Univ. Michigan) succeeds Jacquelynn Baas, William C. Agee is the recipient of the first than Block, Parkland College, secretary! Total Other Costs $279,512 $308,368 Domestic individuals 6,328 6,769 who is now chief curator at the Hood Museum Alice P. and R. Brown Fellowship at the Ar­ treasurer. Richard Martin, Fashion Institute Foreign individuals 351 334 chives of American Art. As senior visiting of Technology, will serve as F.A. T.E. News­ of Art at Dartmouth College. 1,246 1,221 scholar, Agee will concentrate his research on letter editor and Thomas Marin, Ohio State Depreciation $ 1,595 $ 2,670 Domestic institutions 557 515 the period 1910 to 1945 with emphasis on con· University, will serve as C.A.A. liaison. Contributon to Joshua C. Taylor Foreign institutions Tom L. Freudenheim, director of the Wor­ tinuing traditions of modern Amercan art Fellowship Fund 5,000 -0- Total Members 8,482 8,839 cester Art Museum, will join the Museum and its relation to art internationally. New trustees of the American Federation of Reserve for Moving Expenses 15,000 -0- Management Institute as a senior museum Arts are N. Richard Miller, a New York City Moving Expenses in excess of reserve -0- 3,060 associate for the July 10-August 7 course. businessman, currently a trustee of the Phila· Rent Stabilization Fund 75,000 * -0- Reilly P. Rhodes has been appointedcenten­ -0- MMI is cosponsored by The Art Museum delphia Museum of Art and one ofthe found­ Reserve for Speakers' Travel, C.I.H.A. 10,000 Names and addresses of members are on file at the CAA office, Association and the University Extension, nia1 coordinator for the 1985 Detroit Institute H. W. Janson Art Bulletin Fund -0- 50,000 of Arts celebration. He will work closely with ers of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the 149 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016. University of California, Berkeley as a means University of Pennsylvania, and Earl A. curators to focus national and international Total Expenditures $574,937 $581,649 of providing accelerated management and Powell III, director of the Los AngelesCoun­ business training to professionals in the attention not only on the Art Institute but also on the entire Detroit community. ty Museum of Art. .. Excess oj Revenues over Expenditures $ 184 $ 6,844 * Interest only to be used to offset rent increases. museum field. CAA newsletter Spring 1983 I I 10 I • classifieds

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