newsletter Volume 7, Number 3 Fall 1982

nominations for CAA board of H. W. JANSON died on September 30, 1982. Peter Janson, as he was called by all who knew and loved him, was a past directors president of the Association (1970-1972), a past editor of The Art Bulletin (1962-1964), twice recipient of the CAA's Charles Rufus Morey Book Award for the most distinguished The 1982 Nominating Committee has submitted its initial slate of work of art historical scholarship (1954 and 1959), and recipi­ twelve nominees to serve on the CAA Board of Directors from 1983 to ent of the CAA's Distinguished Teaching of Art History 1987. Of these, six will be selected by the Committee as its final slate Award in 1979. To his scholarship, his teaching, and his myr­ and formally proposed for election at the Annual Members Business iad activities on behalf of the Association and of the discipline Meeting to be held at the Franklin in Philadelphia on of art history, he brought a profound intelligence, a boundless February 17, 1983. To assist the Committee in making its fmal selec­ energy, and a generosity of spirit that earned him not only the tion, all individual members are invited to cast their votes on the admiration but also the affection ofthe art historical world. In preferential ballot. the CAA, as in our minds and hearts, he is irreplaceable. The·preferential ballot is in the form of a prepaid business reply card which is being mailed separately. Please return it promptly; bal­ council member, Smithsonian Institution, 1976-, visiting committee lots must be postmarked no later than 15 November. A listing of the member, Princeton Univ Art Dept, 1974-; member Victorian Soc current members of the Board of Directors is on page 3. Amer, SAH. CAA ACTIVITIES: member, Art Bullett'n Editorial Bd; chr., Mather Award Comm; chaired sessions and delivered papers at several annual meetings. WILLIAM BAILEY , School of Art JAMES CAHILL University of California, Berkeley Studied Univ. Kansas, 1948-51; BFA 1955, MFA 1957, Yale University School of Art. POSI­ BA (oriental languages) Univ California, TIONS: asst instructor to asst prof, Yale Univ, Berkeley, 1950; MA 1952, PhD 1958, Univ 1956-62; asst prof to prof, Indiana Univ, 1962- Michigan, Ann Arbor. POSITIONS: curator, Chi­ 69; adjunct prof to full prof, Yale Univ, 1969- nese Art, Freer Gallery Art, 1957-65; prof, (Kingman Brewster,Jr. prof, 1979-84). EXHIBI' Univ California, Berkeley, 1965-. PUBLICA­ TIONS: solo Kanegis Gall, Boston; Robert TIONS: Chinese Painting, 1960; Chinese Paint­ Schoelkopf Gall , N. Y .C.; Fort Lauderdale Mus ings, Xl-XIV Centuries, 1960; co-author, The Art; Polk Mus; others; numerous group exhibitions. COLLECTIONS: Freer Chinese Bronzes, voL I, 1967; Fantasti'cs Whitney Mus; Mus of Art, Aachen; Minneapolis Inst Art; Natl Mus and Eccentrics in Chz'nese Painting, 1967; Scholar-Artists ofJapan: Amer Art; Mus of Modern Art, N.Y.C.; Penna Acad Fine Art; Hirsh­ the Nanga School, 1972; Hills Beyond a Ri'ver: Chinese Pat~ting of~he horn Mus & Garden; numerous univ collections. AWARDS: Yuan Dynasty, 1279-1368, 1976; Parti'ng at the Shore: Chmese Pamt­ Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship, 1955; First Prize in ing of the Early and Middle M£ng Period, 1978; numerous articles on Painting, Boston Arts Festival, 1958; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1965; Chinese and Japanese painting. AWARDS: Metropolitan of Art Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship, 1979. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVI­ Fellowship, 1953-54; Fulbright Scholarship, 1954-55; Freer Fellow­ TIES: Trustee, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. ship, 1956-57; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1972-73. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES; guest dir exhibitions, Asia House Gallery, 1952, 1967, MILTON W. BROWN 1972; member, Comm on Studies of Chinese Civilization, ACLS, City University of New York, Graduate Center 1962-75; member, Comm Scholarly Communications with People's Republic of China, 1966-72; member, Chinese Archaeology Delega­ BA Washington Sq ColI, NYU, 1932; MA tion to PRC, 1973; chair, return Delegation, 1976; member, Amer 1935, PhD 1949, Inst Fine Arts, NYU. POSI­ Acad Arts and Sciences, 1976-, Charles Eliot Norton Professor of TIONS: instructor to full prof 1946-and chair­ Poetry, Harvard Univ, 1978-79. man 1964-70, Brooklyn CoIl, CUNY; Execu­ tive Officer, 1971-79, Resident prof, 1979-, CHARLES DEMPSEY Grad School & Univ Ctr, CUNY. PUBLICATIONS: Johns Hopkins University Paint£ng of the French Revolution, 1938; American Painti'ng from the A rmory Show to BA Swarthmore Coll, 1959; MFA 1962, PhD the Depressi'on, 1955; The Story of the Armory Show, 1963; Jacob 1963, Princeton Univ. POSITIONS: asst prof to Lawrence, catalog, 1974; American Art to 1900,1977; The Modern full prof, Byrn Mawr Coll, 1965-80; visiting Spirit: American Painting & Photography, 1908-1935, catalog, 1977; prof, Johns Hopkins Univ, 1971-73; senior co-authored and co-edited several books and catalogs; contributed assoc, Univ Melbourne, 1977; prof, Johns Hop­ entries to several encyclopedias, articles and exhibition and book kins Univ, 1980-, PUBLICATIONS: Annibale reviews to various periodicals. AWARDS: a number of post-doctoral fel­ Carracci and the Beginnings of Baroque Style, 'lowships and grants, national awards and honors, including Bollingen 1977; in preparation, Ni'cholas Poussin and Foundation Fellowship, 1959-60. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: member, Renaissance Ant£quarian Research and Unpainted Beauty: The advisory board, 1967 -, chairman, 1982, ; Continued on p. 2, col. 1 Inominations for CAA board of directors Inominations for CAA board of directors

Poetics of Renaissance Paintingj numerous articles in The Art ELEANOR S. GREENHILL JAMESSURLS KIRK VARNEDOE Bulletin, Journal of the Warburg and Gourtauld Institutes, Burl­ University of Texas, Austin University of Houston Institute of Fine Arts, N.Y. U. ington Magazine, others. AWARDS: American Acad in Rome fellow, 1963-65; NEH Summer Research Stipend, 1967; Lindbach Found BA Texas Technological CoIl: MA Columbia BS Sam Houston State ColI, 1966; MFA Cran­ BA Williams CoIl, 1967; MA, PhD Stanford Award for distinguished teaching, 1969~ ACLS and Broughtonfellow, Univ, 1945; PhD Univ Munich, 1959, POSI­ brook Acad Art, 1969, POSITIONS: instructor, Univ, 1972, POSITIONS: asstinstructor, Williams 1969-70; Porter Prize, CAA, 1970; Ford Found Summer Research Sti­ TIONS: instructor, Skidmore Coll, 1944-45; asst Southern Methodist Univ, 1970-75; instructor, ColI, 1967·68; acting asst prof, Stanford Univ, pend, 1972; Villa I Tatti fellow, 1973-74. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: prof, Univ , 1960-67; assoc to full prof, Univ Houston, 1976-. EXHIBITIONS: solo Tyler 1973-74; asst prof, Columbia Univ, 1974-80; Univ Texas, 1967 -. PUBLICATIONS: Gothic and NEH Awards Panel member, 1967,1974,1975; council rep for Hist of Museum of Art, 1974; Contemporary Arts assoc prof, Inst Fine Arts, NYU, 1980-; visit­ Art, Renaissance Soc America, 1971 and 1981 (three-yearterms); CAA Renaissance Illum£nated Manuscrz'pts from Museum, Houston, 1975; Austin ColI, 1975; ing lecturer in law, Columbia Law School, ACTIVITIES: annual meeting sessions chair, 1971, 1975; read papers at Texas Collec#ons, catalog, 1971; contributions Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, 1979, 1981. Alan 1981-82. PUBLICATIONS: co-author, The Draw­ numerous annual meetings, in The Year 1200, 1970; Festschnft Bernhard Bischoff. 1971; Dz'ct£onary ofArt, 1974; Eleanor ofAquitaine, Patron Frumkin Gallery, N.Y,C.; 1980, 1981: Akron ~'ngs of Rodz'n, 1971; Gustave Cat'llebotte: A and Pol£t£cian, 1976; articles in The Art Bullett'n, Zeitschrift Jur Art Mus, 1982; St. Louis Art Mus, 1982; others; numerous group exhi­ Retrospectt've Exh£b£t£on, 1976; editor, Modern Portraits: The Self bitions including Solomon Guggenheim Mus, 1977; New Orleans Mus Kunstgeschichte. AWARDS: Amer Assoc Univ Women, 1964·65; Univ and Others, 1976; Graphic Works of Max Kl£nger, 1977; numerous DOROTHY GILLESPIE Art, 1977; Whitney Mus, 1979; San Francisco Mus Modern Art, 1982. Texas research grant, 1972; ACLS, 1978. MEMBERSHIPS: Medieval articles and book reviews. EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED: Against the Mad­ New School for Social Research Acad Arner; Societe franf,;aise d'archeologie; board of directors, Inter­ CAA ACTIVITIES: chair studio panel, 1980 annual meeting, ness, Protest Art From Caijf-ornia Campuses, 1970; Rodin Draw£ngs True and False (co-curated), 1971; Modern Portraits: The Self and natI Center Medieval Art. Studied Maryland Inst CoIl Art; Art Students' A. RICHARD TURNER Others, 1976; Gustave Cat'llebotte: A Retrospective Exh£bition, 1976; League; Atelier 17. POSITIONS: artist· in-res Northern Light: Realism and Symbolism £n Scandinavian Painting, 1972, co-coordinator 1973·76, Women's Inter­ 1880-1910, 1982. AWARDS: National Gallery Art David E. Finley Fel­ art Center, N. Y . C. ; faculty, New School Social HENRY A. MILLON Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts BA 1955, MFA 1958, PhD 1959, Princeton lowship, 1970·73; NEH Fellowship for Independent Study, 1977- 78; Res, 1975-; artist-in-res, New School, 1977; Univ. POSITIONS: instructor, Univ Michigan, ACLS Travel Grant, 1979, CAA ACTIVITIES: chaired annual meeting director, Art & Community Inst, New School, 1959-60; asst prof, Princeton Univ, 1960-68; session, 1982, 1977-; director, Art & Community Inst, BA (English) 1947. BS (Physics) 1949. B.Arch prof 1968-74, dept chair 1968-71, dean of fac­ Maryland Inst CoIl of Art, 1980; visiting artist, 1953, Tulane Univ; MA 1954, M.Arch 1955, ulty 1970-74, Middlebury Coll; president and CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Radford Univ, 1981-82. EXHIBITIONS: solo Mus Art, Fort Lauderdale: PhD 1964, Harvard Univ. POSITIONS: Lecturer, prof of art, Grinnell Coll, 1975-79; prof, chair Jersey City Mus; Mus Contemporary Arts, Lima, Peru, others; numer· hist of arch, 1954, design instructor, 1956-57, dept fine arts, director, Inst Fine Arts, NYU, PRESIDENT: Lucy Freeman Sandler, New York University ous group exhibitions U.S. and abroad; also several happenings and Boston Architectural Center; teaching fellow, 1979·82; dean, faculty of arts and 5ci, NYU, VICE PRESIDENT: John R. Martin, Princeton University environments. EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED: Games, Women's Interart Harvard Univ, 1956-57, instructor, M.l.T., 1982-. PUBLICATIONS: The V£Sion of Landscape in Renaissance Italy, SECRETARY: Paul Arnold, Oberlin College Center, 1974; Women Artists' Sketch Books, Women's Interart 1955-57; asst to assoc prof (hist arch and arch 1966; numerous articles on Renaissance and contemporary art inArt TREASURER: Richard Ravenscroft, Philadelphia National Bank Center, 1978; Women Artists Pa£nt Women Artists, Virginia Miller design), 1960-80, prof hist and arch, 1970-80, visiting prof, 1980-, Quarterly, The Art Bullett'n, Renaissance Quarterly, Paragone, Arts COUNSEL: Gilbert S, Edelson, Rosenman Colin Freund Lewis & Cohen Gallery, Miami, 1978; Artist's Cho£ce, Clayworks Gallery, N.Y.C., M.l.T.; director, Amer Acad in Rome, 1974-77; dean, CASVA, Internatz'onal, Art journal, others. AWARDS: Fulbright Fellow, 1955· 1979. COLLECTIONS: Solomon R. Guggenheim Mus; Birmingham Mus NGA, 1979-, PUBLICATIONS: Baroque and Rococo Archz'tecture, 56; ACLS Fellow, 1963-64; Villa I Tatti Fellow, 1973-74. PROFES­ TO SERVE UNTIL 1983: Anne Coffin Hanson, Yale University; Marilyn Art; Fort Wayne Mus Art; the State Collections in Kessel, Darmstadt 1961; Key Monuments in the History ofArchz'tecture, 1964; co-editor, SIONAL ACTIVITIES: trustee 1976-, chainnan 1978-, Edward W, Lavin, Princeton University; Eleanor Tufts, Southern Methodist Uni­ and Frankfurt, Germany; others. AWARDS: Doctor of Fine Arts Art and Archt'tecture z'n the Service of Polz't£cs, 1978; editor, Studz'es t'n,. Hazen Foundation; also served as trustee of Vermont Council on the versity; John Walsh, Boston Museum of Fine Arts; William Wixom, (Honoris Causa), Caldwell, CoIl, 1976; Outstanding Woman of Italt'anArtandArch£tecture: 15th through 18th Centuries, 1980; G.E. Arts and of Iowa Arts Council. CAA ACTIVITIES: chair, Art History Set· The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Virginia, Univ Faculty Women's Caucus, 1981. PRO­ Street and the Church of St. Paul's Wt'thz'n-the- Walls, 1981; articles in cion, 1982 annual meeting; chair, Morey Award Comm, 1982. FESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: chair, fine arts comm, International Women's Archz'tectural Review, The Art Bullett'n, journal of the SAHi others, TO SERVE UNTIL 1984: Alessandra Comini, Southern Methodist Univer­ Arts Festival, 1975; bd memb Women in the Arts, 1974-75, Women's AWARDS: Fulbright Fellow, 1957 ·58; Fellow, American Acad in Rome, NEW HOMEFORCAA: sity; Wanda Corn, Stanford University; David C, Driskell, University Caucus for Art, 1975, Artists Representing Environmental Art, 1978; 1958.60; ACLS Fellowship, 1966; NEH Research Grant, 1972; ACLS As those, of you :~h~ ilote:such ,:thi~gs, ~ilf'ha:ye, Iloted, (fr'om of Maryland; Ilene H, Forsyth, University of Michigan; Lee Anne Clayworks, 1978-79; Women's Art journal, 1980; memb, visiting Fellowship, 1973; member, Inst for Advanced Study, 1978; others, 'du~s. notices, the October Positions ,Listi , ,etc.), the ,CAA is Miller, The Cooper Union; Gabriel Weisberg. comm, Lehigh Univ, 1981-84. Ilg PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: co·chainnan, advisory committee, Cam­ no~: at ,a"TI(:,':V,ad~ress:}49'~'ladi!lOn:A~~,nite'; N.Y.C.I0016,., bridge Architectural Historical Survey, 1964-73; member, 1969-73, Our n~w telephon~n~IIlber'is ,(2}2) 8,89,~21U., The cross street TO SERVE UNTIL 1985: Pamela Askew, ; Frederick J. vice-chairman, 1971-73, Boston Landmarks Comm; board of direc­ (fOI:,those iIlt~l1di~g to ,visit) is,:32nd:St~eet~ The reason for ,the Cummings, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Wolf Kahn, Hunter Col­ NANCY S. GRAVES tors, 1963·66, vice-pres, 1966-67, president, 1968-69, Soc Architec­ move? Our, ten~yearJe~se on ~lle'old premises expir~d, and the lege, C,U.N.Y.; Howardena Pindell, S,U,N,Y., Stony Brook; Angel­ tural Historians; trustee, American Acad in Rome; others, landlord': ~ad wh~t::we",co~sidered 'S{)rne, ~retty unreasonable' ica Rudenstine, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Wallace idea,s abo,!t "\oY"hat,~he'JleW"rent,shoul~be. Our new quarte~ J. Tomasini, University of Iowa, BA Vassar CoIl, 1961; BFA, MFA Yale Univ, are, less spadousand more ~xJ:1,ensive than t~'e old, but that, as 1964, EXHIBITIONS: solo Whitney Mus Amer New Yor~ !esiden~s is'par,for the couf,se. Another ,way:()f TO SERVE UNTIL 1986: Phyllis Pray Bober, Bryn Mawr College; Oleg Art, 1969; Natl Gallery Canada, 1970, 1971, VIRGINIA REMBERT kh?W,: lo~kin~"at it Is' that VIe have':~~ved' from, midw~y between Grabar, ; Isabelle Hyman, New York University; 1973; Neue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, 1971; University of Alabama M~MA and, Saks t9,',mid~

International Congress of the History French and American Rural Tradition Responses to Art, 1300-1650 As those of us given to pessimism have long of Art The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, will round The first Blake-More Godwin Lectures in the suspected, 1984 is too close to reality for com­ The XXVth International Congress of the out its fiftieth-anniversary year with a sympo- History of Art, sponsored by the Department forl. What that means in the world-wide History of Art will be held in Vienna, Septem­ sium, The Rural Vision: France and Amen'ca of Art History and Archaeology, University of arena we leave to the political pundits. What ber4~lO, 1983. Topics are as follows: in the Late Nineteenth Century, on Novem- Missouri-Columbia, to be held on Novemberi, it means in our own private preserve is that Section 1: Vienna and the Development of ber 6, in conjunction with the exhib,itionjules 13 in Room 106, Pickard Hall. Topics and plans for the 1984 annual meeting must be Art Historical Methodology, Leopold Ett­ Breton and the French Rural Tradition on speakers are: Humor in the Work oj GioUo gotten underway. linger, Dept. Art Middlebury Coll, Middle­ view from November 6-January 2, ;1983. and Taddeo Gaddi, Andrew T. Ladis, Van- The 1984 annual meeting will be held in bury, VT 05753 (until Dec. 15), Dept. of Art Speakers and panelists comprise Hollister derbilt Univ.; ''Ekphrasis'' and Imagination: Toronto; the Sheraton Center will be the History, Univ. California, Berkeley, CA Sturges, Joslyn Art Mus.; Patricia Hills, Bos- Pietro Aretino's Art Cn"ciczsm, Norman E. headquarters hotel. The dates for sessions are 94720 (after Dec. 15). ton Univ.; Robert Bezucha, Amher$t Coli.; Land, Univ. Missouri-Columbia; Vasari's Thursday, February 23 through Saturday, Section 2: Art, Music, Theater, Carlo Gabriel Weisberg; NOI,'rrian yeske, Sheldon "Portrait" of Raphael, Paul Barolsky, Univ. February 25. Those wishing to propose topics Bertelli, Pinacoteca di Brera, Via Brera 28, Memorial.Art Gallery, Uniy.·Nebraska, Lin- Virginia; Aria, David Summers, Univ. Vir- Jor sessions Jor the 1984 annual meeting 20100 Milan, Italy, and Luigi Rognoni, Via coIn; Fran Kay, English Depp Univ. Nebras-. ginia; Touchstones oj Art and Art Criticism: should submit them to the appropriate chair dei Plcbsiciti 12, 20100 Milan. ka; 'Susan Rosows~.i" Englisli. Dept., Univ. 1 -R,'ubens and the Work of Franciscusjunius, by January 31, 1983, Proposals should be Section 3: Problems and Methods of Classi­ Nebraska, Omaha; andJohn Carter, Nebras- P:hilipp Fehl, Univ. Illinois, Champaign- submitted in the form of a brief description fication, John White, University Coll., Gower ka State Historical Society. For further infor- Urbana. (ca. 100 words), to which additional material Robert P. Welsh, Art History Chair Garry Neill Kennedy, Studio Chair St., London WeI, England. mation: JAM, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, may be appended. It is useful to include a cur­ Section 4: Access to Works oj Art-Trea­ NehL 68102. (402) 342·3300. riculum vitae, preferred mailing address, and ings; what topics! periods that have been University of Toronto, Sidney Smith Hall, Photographic Education Conference suries, Salons, Exhibitions, , Jac­ both office and home telephone numbers. covered in recent meetings have generated Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S lAl. The Society for Photographic Education ques Thuillier, College de France, 11 place To summarize briefly our procedures: (1) particular excitement, activity, etc. As above, Studio sessions will be chaired by Garry Romanesque Art solicits papers on history and criticism of Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France. Anyone may submit a proposal for an art his· all other things being equal, preference is Neill Kennedy, professor of art and presi­ A bstraction and Rationahty in Romanesque photography for its March 17-20,1983 na­ Section 5: Europe and Islamic Art, Fif­ tory or a studio session. (2) Program chairs given to artists! scholars from the region in dent of the Nova Scotia College of Art and A rt is the theme of the Arthur Kingsley Porter tional conference in Philadelphia. Papers teenth to Eighteenth Century, Oleg Grabar, make their selection from among those pro­ which the meeting will be held, but beyond Design. Kennedy received his B.F.A. from Centenary Symposium being planned by the may address any aspect of photography'S im­ Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univ., Cam­ posals purely on the basis of merit, with the that there is no geographic, institutional, or the University of Buffalo and his M.F.A. from Department of Fine Arts at Harvard Universi­ pact on history or art criticism or may address bridge, Mass. 02138. sole proviso that if essentially the same pro­ other consideration. Ohio University. He taught at Northland Col­ ty for October 1983. Some contributions have the history or criticism of photography in an Section 6: European Art Around Thirteen posal is received from two or more individuals Art history sessions will be chaired by lege in Ashland, Wisconsin, before moving to already been solicited. Additional proposals interdisciplinary manner. Submit prospecti Hundred, Gerhard Schmidt, Inst. fiirKunst­ in different parts of the country, preference Robert P. Welsh, chairman of the depart­ NSCAD in 1967. His paintings and drawings for papers may be submitted in the form of a for papers, which should not exceed 20 min­ geschichte der Univ. Wien, Universitats­ will be given to the individual from the region ment and professor of fine art at the Univer­ have been exhibited widely in Canada and on one-page abstract to Nora N. Nercessian, utes, to Jan Grover, 417 Hermosa S.E., strasse 7, 10ID Vienna, Austria. in which the meeting will be held. (3) After ~ity of Toronto. Welsh received his B.A., European tours of Canadian artists. Address Dept. of Fine Arts, HU, Cambridge, Mass. Albuquerque, New Mex. 87108. Deadline: 30 Section 7: Vienna and the European Ba­ the initial selection has been made from M.F.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton proposals to Nova Scotia College of Art and 02138. Deadline: 1 December. November. roque, Edward Maser, Cochrane-Woods Art among the unsolicited proposals, program University and began his teaching career at Design, 5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Center, Univ. of Chicago, 5550 South Green­ chairs attempt to balance the program by in­ the University of Toronto in 1962. A former Scotia, Canada B3J 3J6. wood Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60637. Mid-America CAA Annual Conference vice president of the Universities Art Associa­ REMINDER: Proposals must be submit­ Dante in the Modern World viting specific individuals to chair general or Section 8: Vienna and Twentieth-Century Their 46th, to be held in Iowa City, Iowa,; special sessions. The balancing act involves tion of Canada (the CAA's across-the-border ted by January 31, 1983. This is somewhat The new journal Studies in Medievalism i~ Architecture, Tilmann Buddensieg, Kunst­ October 21-23, hosted"by The University of sister organization), Welsh is the author of earlier than past submission deadlines, in sponsoring sessions dealing with Dante's Pres-' mch considerations as what topics! periods historisches lnst. der Univ. Bonn, Regina Iowa, School of Art and Art History. (This have not been covered in the accepted unso­ Piet Mondrian, 1872-1944 (1966) and the order to enable us to print the Call for Papers ence in Scholarshzp, Literature, and the Fine Pacis-Weg 1,5,300 Bonn, Germany. year's theme is Performance in Art: The' Con­ licited proposals; what topics!periods have co- author of Mondrian Sketchbooks, 1912-14 in the Spring, rather than the Summer, issue Arts after 1700 at the 18th International Con­ Those interested in presenting papers tinuance and Expansion of Tradition in Old not been covered in recent CAA annual meet- (1968). Address proposals to Dept. Fine Art, ofthc newsletter. • gress on Medieval Studies to be held at West­ should write directly- to the section chairmen and New Media. Sessions include Radical and ern Michigan University, May 5-8, 1983. by December 3D, 1982 or address their propo­ Protest Art; Art Employed in Religious Rit­ Abstracts of 500-1 ,000 words for papers not to sals to Dr. Martina Pippal, Institut fUr Kunst­ ual; Circuses and Spectacles in Art; The Art­ Iconferences and symposia exceed 20 minutes may be submitted to Kath­ geschichte der Universitat Wien, Universi­ ist as Theme and Subject; Art Exhibitions leen Verduin, Dept. of English, Hope Col­ tatsstrasse 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria by and Expositions; The Arttst and the Book, lege, Holland, Mich. 49423. Deadline: 30 F.A.T.E. Panels (formerly WAAM) annual conference, to be Fine Arts, Houston, November 5-7. Tenta­ January 31, 1983. For all additional infor­ A esthetic Responses; and Tamba and Other September. Foundations in Art, Theory and Education, held in Chicago, November 3-7. The Art In­ tive topics and speakers: Frederick J. Cum­ mation on Congress:' Sekretariat des XXV. Wood-Fired Kilns. There will also be wOl:k-. shops in electroforming, iron pouring, and an organization that is affiliated with the stitute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary mings, Detroit Institute of the Arts: Origins C.I.H. A. KongressesWien 1983, P.O. Box9, CAA, will be hosting panels at two upcoming Art, and The Chicago Public Library Cul­ and significance of the Academic tradition; A-1095 Wein, Austria. papennaking. Special attention will be given to the video and performance arts with a regional conference. tural Center are hosting the conference. Ses­ Charles Dempsey, Johns Hopkins Univ.; The Speakers whose papers are accepted and 1984 Women Historians Berkshire At the Southeastern College Art Confer­ Academy as a teaching institution; D. Ste­ mini-conference on The Artist and Television sions on contemporary art, computerization, Americans chairing sessions are strongly Conference ence, October 14-16, atJames Madison Uni· and management topics that reflect the phen Pepper, N.Y.C.· The students of Car­ advised to write to the ACLS, 800 Third and the presentation of the Second Inter­ The theme of the Sixth Berkshire Conference media Art Festival, in collaboration with the versity, Harrisburg, Va., F.A.T.E. will pre­ theme are part of the program. For further racci and the dissemination of the Academic Avenue, N.Y.C. 10022 for Travel Grant on the History of Women, to be held at Smith sent Color: How Is It Being Taught? Further information: Patricia McDonnell, AMA, 270 movement; Edgar Peters Bowron, North applications. Experimental Intermedia Foundation. The College, June 1-3, 1984, is Reassessing Our F.A.T.E. and Visual Resources organizations information from Evan Firestone, Chr., Sutter St., San Francisco, Calif. 94108. (415) Carolina Museum of Art; The Academy in Past: Women's History after Fifteen Years. Dept. Art, Western Carolina Univ., Cullo­ 392·9222. 17th-18th century in Paris and Rome; Bar­ will also meet in conjunction with MACAA. Proposals are invited that discuss current whee, N.C. 28733. (704) 227~7210. bara Rose, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Baroque Painting in Naples For further information: Wallace J. Tomas­ debates in women's history, synthesize the F.A.T.E. will also host two panels at the Valentine Haidt Symposium The Spanish Academy; Fred Licht, Boston A symposium to be held at the Kimbell Art ini, Director, SAAH, UI, Room EI00, Art state of knowledge, or identify new research Mid-America College Art Association confer­ A symposium on the paintings ofJohn Valen­ Univ.; The crisis of Academic tradition; Museum, January 15, 1983, in conjunction Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. directions. Proposals are also encouraged for ence, October 21-23, to be held at the Uni­ tine Haidt, painter of portraits and religious Albert Boime, U.C.L.A.; Nineteenth-cen­ with the exhibition The Paintings ofjusepe de sessions on methodology which suggest ways versity of Iowa in Iowa City. Topics are Per­ pictures to the Moravian community of Penn­ tury Academic tradition; John H. Dobkin, Ribera, on view December 4, 1982-Febru­ for using, for example, material culture, formance and New Media in the Contempo­ sylvania from 1754 to 1780, will be held at the National Academy of Design: The Academic ary 6, 1983. Speakers comprise Sir Ellis The Fantastic in the Arts domestic architecture, portraiture, etc. to rary Foundations Program and Learning To Frank E. and Seva B. Payne Gallery at Mora­ movement in America and the history of art Waterhouse, Oxford; Michael Stoughton, One session of this international conference to explain women's historical experience. For Teach the Basics: The Education and Evolu­ vian College, Bethlehem, Pa., on November education. Univ. Minnesota; Craig Felton, Kimbell Art be held in Boca Raton, Florida, in March full instructions for presentation of proposals, tion of the Foundations Program Profession­ 11 and 12. William Gerdts, CUNY Graduate Mus.; Jonathan Brown, Inst. Fine Arts, 1983 will be devoted to visual art. Papers of The Origins of American Style contact Carol Groneman, History Dept., al. Further information fromJarrett Strawin, Center, will be one of the speakers. A related N.Y.U.; R. Ward Bissell, Univ. Michigan; approximately 30 minutes are invited that ex­ The subject of the 35th annual Williamsburg John Jay College, 445 W. 59 Street, N.Y.C. 723 Church Street, Beloit, Wisc. 53511. (608) exhibition of the works by Haidt will be on John T. Spike, N.Y.C. For furth~r informa­ plore visionary images in the pictorial arts. 1.9.919 or Mary Beth Norton, History Dept.J; Antiques Forum, to be held January 30-Feb­ 365~0858. view during the symposium. tion: Ruth Ann Rll:gg',- Asst. to the Director, Send papers or abstracts to Amy Golahny, McGraw Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.' ruary 4, 1983. For further information: Tru­ Public Relations, KAM, P.O. Box 9440, Fort 884 West End Avenue, Apt. 53, N.Y.C. 14853. First submission deadline: December The Economy at War and Aesthetics The Carracci and Academic Tradition dy S. Moyles, Registrar, Colonial Williams­ Worth, Tex. 76107. 10025. Deadline: 5 January. 1; final deadline: March 15, 1983. The theme of The Art Museum Association's A symposium to be held at the Museum of burg Foundation, Williamsburg, Va. 23187. II 4 CAA newsletter Fall 1982 5 placement: 1981·82 annual review Iplacement: 1981·82 annual review

Simply put, the situation for artists is terrible, and all signs point towards its becoming worse. In art history, both because the total num­ APPLICANTS AND OPENINGS: 1981 and 1982 Tpe situation for art historians is better, and seems to be relatively stable. ber of jobs is smaller and because a greater CURRICULUM VITAE FORMS The problem for artists is not only that the number of openings is down (by 47 from last year) proportion of those jobs fall into the "unspeci­ This chart is based on the keysort curriculum vitae forms on file with the CAA for the calender Not inCluded in the' accompanying sta­ but also that the number of artist applicants who seek jobs through the CAA has moved steadily fied" or "broad" category, it seems less useful year 1982 and on the openings included in the Positions Listings for the academt'c year tistics 'a're 30 positions (12 artists, 7 art historians; 11 "other") received by the upwards. This year's 1489, an all-time high, is an increase of 228 over last year. Furthermore, it to try to discern patterns and ratios. Some A 1981-1982, Repeat listings have been eliminated. is an increase of 128 over the number of artist applicants in 1978-79, the last time the CAA fields show wide fluctuation from year to ~r!, CAA office: in between' publicatioilof annual meeting was held in New York City. year, others remain fairly constant. The five­ Positions Listings, in response to which Art historian openings are up slightly (by 21) from last year, and this is accompanied by a year rundown for the number of jobs listed in Applicants Openings Applicants Openings wesent out 727 curriculum vitaefonns. During the same period last year., 54 general tendency for fewer and fewer art historians to seek jobs through the CAA. (Whether the major areas of Western art history (begin­ 1981 1980-81 1982 1981-82 that means that there are fewer art historians seeking jobs, or simply that fewer are seeking ning with 1977-78) is as follows: Early Chris­ openings' were received and 906 curci­ Artists them through the CAA, is something we have no means of determining.) This year's 538 is an tian/Byzantine/Medieval: 14, 7, 10, 10, 17; culum vitae forms were sent out. . Unspecified or Broad 33 157 36 140 increase of 50 over the number of art historian applicants last year, but it is down by 165 from Renaissance/Baroque: 36, 41, 44, 27, 27; Painting and Drawing 509 64 674 79 the last time the CAA met in New York. Modern European: 61, 37, 64, 25, 41; and are women; that's just about what it's been for Sculpture 182 60 231 49 The number of applicants in the "other" category is relatively unchanged (up by 7), but the American/Contemporary: 25, 24, 30,17,19. the past few years. Printmaking 177 27 189 28 number of jobs has dropped by 3l. Photography 98 45 118 32 Race. Among both artist and art historian All the above adds up to a set of pretty depressing ratios. The overall ratio of applicants to Rank. It is by now no news that the vast ma­ Ceramics 112 19 110 25 applicants, fewer were from minority groups jobs is 2.4 to 1, an all-time high. For artists, it is an even more depressing 3.1 applicants for each jority of positions listed with the CAA are list­ 2-D and 3-0 Design 44 112 47 102 than has been the case for several years going. job listed, also an all-time high. The ratio of art historian applicants to jobs-2.4 to I-remains ed either as "open" or at the lower ranks of Weaving/Textile Design 39 17 37 9 The drop from last year-from 71 to 43-is a unchanged from last year, but that, too, was an all-time high. instructor or assistant professor. What is news 9 Video/Film/Multimedia 42 11 22 decrease of 39%. Although our sampling is is the tendency we have noted, for the second 9 Jewelry/Metalwork 21 14 18 small, we suspect that it accurately reflects POSITIONS year now, for a greater proportion of those Commercial Art/Illustration 4 8 7 5 the effects of the present economic climate listings to be at the higher rank of assistant 1261 534 1489 487 and public policy on access to post-graduate Areas of Specialization_ Ever since we started keeping these records, approximately 30% of professor rather than at the lower rank of in­ education to members of minority groups. the positions listed for artists and approximately 40% of the positions listed for art historians structor. For artists, the difference is particu­ Or, whither affirmative action programs now? have fallen within the category of "unspecified" or "broad." This year's figures hew very closely larly great. Forty percent of the positions Art Historians 20 88 to that average, with 29% of the artist openings and 39% of the art historian openings falling listed are at the rank of assistant professor. Unspecified or Broad 23 85 23 4 Qualifications_ Among artist applicants, within that category. That's up from 31 % last year, and for several Pre-Coiumbian/ Primitive 22 37 11 40 9 94% either have or are in the process of earn­ In the studio disciplines; the number of jobs in painting is up (by 15), but so is the number of years previously the figure had hovered about Ancient/Classical Early Christian/Byzantine/Medieval 66 10 60 17 ing the terminal degree; the percentage is painters. This year there were 674 applicants in painting and drawing, an increase of 165 - or 20%. Fifty-one percent of the art historian 108 27 117 27 about the same for males and for females. 32% - over last year's 509. The ratio of painting applicants to positions, which last year was 8.1 openings are listed at the rank of assistant Renaissance / Baroque 92 25 102 41 Among art historian applicants, 76% of the to 1, is this year an even more depressing 8.5 to 1. Sculpture positions are down (by 11), the professor. There, the increase has been slower Modern European 76 17 105 19 males and 67 % of the females either have or number of applicants is up (by 49), which makes this year's ratio 4.7 to 1 (far worse than last but steady, with the proportion going up by American/Contemporary 11 26 5 are in the process of earning the terminal year's 3.2 to 1). Candidates in printmaking remained fairly stable (an increase of 12 from last approximately two percent each year since Near and Far East 27 11 7 24 6 degree; that represents a drop of 3% for year), and with only one more position to divvy up among them, the ratio of applicants to posi­ 1978-79. Our unconfirmed suspicion is that History of Film/Photography / Prints 10 males and increase of 4% for females. tions remains horrendous: 6.8 to 1. Applicants in photography continue to increase (up by 20- hiring at the higher level is a (wholly admir- . Architectural History 26 12 21 or 20% -from last year), while the number of openings has taken a significant tumble-down able) attempt to get around the administra- IS 488 205 538 226 Areas of Specialization. There's not much to by 13, or 29%. The ratio of applicants to positions, therefore, has jumped to 3.7 to 1, compared tively determined salary range for instructors. -­ add to the chart (at left), The tremendous in­ with last year's 2,2 to 1. Ceramics shows a slight increase in the number of positions (up by 6) The specific breakdown in listings by rank is Museum Professionals 50 114 68 102 crease in the number of applicants in painting and a very slight drop in the number of applicants, making the current ratio-4,4 to 1-asigni­ as follows: Artists: 107 open listings; 134 Art Educators 32 25 39 20 and drawing (from 509 to 674) has already ficant improvement over last year's 5,9 to 1. In other studio categories-weaving, video, film, instructor /lecturer; 196 assistant professor; Art Librarians/ Slide Curators 19 7 21 15 been noted, as has the only somewhat less sig­ etc-the number of applicants has dropped (from 106 to 84), but so has the number of positions 11 associate professor, 38 full professor or Administrators 39 68 19 45 nificant increase in the number of sculpture (from 50 to 32). Is it simply paranoia that makes us sense a "back to basics" and "cut the trim­ chair. Art histort'ans: 36 open listings; 56 Miscellaneous 16 17 applicants (from 182 to 231). In art history, mings" philosophy behind the latter phenomenon? instructor or lecturer; 115 assistant professor; the only really considerable change is in the 5 associate professor; 5 full professor or chair. TOTALS 1889 969 2174 912 field of American/Contemporary: 105 appli­ As usual, salary is specified so seldom (or in so cants this year, compared with 76 last year. broad a range) that we do not even attempt to OVERVIEW: 1977-1982 Gender-linked fields are ahnost totally a deal with it. artists (up from 42% in 1979-80) does not 24% in the West (down from 30% last year). thing of the past. In sculpture, which used to YEAR 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 For art historians, 45% of the openings were be 80% male, 39% of the current applicants Qualifications. Almost all openings require confirm what everybody knows-or what we in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states (up are women. Only weavingltextile design and Applicants the terminal degree, or its equivalent, or all­ think we know. Either what we think is wrong, from 40% last year); 17% in the Southeast art librarians/slide curators remain signifi­ Artists 1361 1205 1100 1261 1489 but-dissertation. In a turnabout that is indic­ or the term "tenure-track" is being used to (up from 13% last year); 14% in the Central cantly female job categories, Art Historians 703 561 521 488 538 ative either of the perversity or of the pragma­ describe a glimmer of possibility rather than states (down from 21 % last year); and25%­ Others 147 133 136 140 147 tism of the profession, a smaller proportion of the light of reality. ------same as last year-in the West. Thus, the Employment Status. This chart (page 8) 2174 the positions give teaching experience as a Of non tenure-track listings for artists, 47 Total 2211 1899 1757 1889 widespread state university systems in the refers only to applicants with earned termt'nal specific requirement: 31 % of the artist open­ were for more than one year; 83 for one year: Central states were hardest hit by the current degrees. As always, more art historians than ings and 17 % of the openings for art histor­ 12 for one semester; and 22 were part time. Of POSITIONS non tenure-track listings for art historians, 13 economic situation, and in the West, the artists are employed full time. As always, 534 487 ians required teaching experience-down Artists 624 520 526 were for more than one year; 45 were for one chickens of Proposition 13 are beginning to more men than women are employed full Art Historians 309 264 314 205 226 from last year's 49% and 34%, respectively. year; 11 were for one semester, and 10 were come home to roost. time, As always, the converse is true for Others 108 194 211 230 199 ------part time. unemployment rates. Also as always (bored Total 1041 978 1051 969 912 Track and Term. Forty-nine percent of the yet?), part-time employment is predominant­ openings for artists (48% last year) and 43% Location. Both artists and art historians APPLICANTS ly the province of women. The most signifi­ RATIO: APPLICANTS PER POSITION of the openings for art historians (52% last wishing to follow President Reagan's advice to cant change from last year is the drop of Artists 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.4 3.1 year) were listed as tenure-track, The trend in "take their feet where the jobs .are" will be Gender. Fifty percent of all job applicants are 10% -from 48% to 38%-in the number of Art Historians 2.3 2.1 1.7 2.4 2.4 tenure-track positions for art historians has marching eastward, Thirty-nine percent of women, as are fifty percent of all artist appli­ women artists employed full time. Added to a Overall 2.1 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.4 been steadily downward (56% in 1979-80; artist openings were in the Northeast and cants, The percentage of women among stu­ slight drop in part-time employment for 52% in 1980-81), which confirms what every;;,t: Mid-Atlantic states (32% last year); 15% in dio applicants has been steadily growing; this women artists (from 42% to 41 %), that i Annual Meeting Locations: 1978 N,Y.C., 1979 Washington; 1980 New Orleans; body knows: that there is less and less tenure the Southeast (12% last year); 22% in the is the first time it has reached the half-way brings the unemployment rate for female art- Contt'nued on p. 8, col. 1 1981 San Francisco; 1982 N,Y.C. around, The trend in tenure-track listings for Central states (down from 26% last year); and mark. Among art historian applicants, 67% 7 6 CAA newsletter Fall 1982 Iplacement: 1981·82 annual review announcements

only three were at the rank of instructor (sala­ ArtJQurnal Caricature Issue White House Fellowship Program Kress Fellowships in Asian Art EMPLqYMENTSTATUSOFAPPUCANTS ries $15,500, $16,000, and $17,500); and 46 The scope of this proposed issue has been Each year, fourteen to nineteen Americans in The Samuel H. Kress Foundation will provide WJTH EARNEDTERMINAt,DEGREES were at the rank of assistant professor, salary expanded to include the history, theory, and the early stages of their careers are named by support to enable The Asian Cultural Council MALE FEMALE range $9,000 to $24,972, median $18,500 (up practice of caricature Jrom the Renaissance the President to serve as Special Assistants to to award one fellowship annually for each of -,,\R.'Its'TS, ___ , ': 19EO 1981 1980 1981 1982 $500 from last year). Two placements were at to the present. Kindly submit 1-3 page des­ the Vice President, to Cabinet officers, and to the next three years to an American doctoral ( ~,TiTI1e' 48% 38% EmpI,oyed-}lull 5,5% 54% 42% the rank of associate professor, salaries criptions! proposals for papers on issues of members of the President's principa.l staff. candidate in Asian art history for dissertation t ElDploy~d ~~rt-Jime': 28% 30% 37% 42% 41% $21,000 and $26,000, and there were 11 un­ subjects, styles, and strategies of caricature; During their fellowship year, they also parti­ research in Asia. Applicants must be full-time Ultt(lllployed" ' 17% 16% 2I.% 10% 21%, ranked or lectureship placements, with sala­ the context in which they were produced; and cipate in an extensive seminar program that students at an American university and ries ranging from $7,000 to $20,000. Across their relationship to other art forms: paint­ typically includes some 200 off-the-record should have completed all requirements for A,R't-$lSTOruANS rank lines, there were 15 placements with ing, prints, photography, literature and the­ meetings with governmental and private sec­ the Ph.D. degree except the dissertation. Elll.ploy~d,Full'Time 63% 71% 76%, 47% 44% 54% salaries above $20,000; 90fthosewent tomen. ater. Address to Aj, College Art Association, tor leaders. This is not the usual fellowship Potential candidates should send a one-page Employed Part-Time' 20% 14')(, 8% 30% 29% ,25% 149 , N.Y.C. 10016. that art historians and artists eagerly wait to summary of their research plans and a state­ t:Jnemployed ' 17% 14% 16%, 23% 27% 21% I got my job through ... "The CAA," was hear about. Nevertheless, as F.S.M. Hodsoll, ment of their financial needs to: ACC, 280 the answer on 173 of the 302 responses. Run­ chairman of NEA, points out, it offers those Madison Avenue, N.Y.C.IOOI6. Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowships ist applicants back up to 21 %, the same as for the median number of interviews for positions ners-up were unsolicited direct applications, who expect to assume leadership positions in The terms of the fellowships vary from institu­ their art historian counterparts. in the "others" category, with only four insti­ 32 placements; recommendations of col­ the arts community an opportunity to benefit tion to institution. Generally, they are for tutions reporting that they held more than 20 leagues, 23 placements; present or previous greatly from a broad, practical knowledge of Institute for Historical Study scholars who have earned their doctorates Year Degree Earned. As always, recent grad­ interviews. employees, 23 placements; and ads in the how federal government policy is set and im­ The IHS, now an affiliate of the American within the past three years and have some uates comprise the vast majority of those seek­ Chronicle Jor Higher Education, 10 place­ plemented. For applications and further in­ Historical Association, invites scholars of his­ teaching experience. Appointments are us­ ing jobs through the CAA. Thirty-six percent Male/Female Ratios_ There's nothing like ments. Other successful candidates made formation: President's Commission on White tory who live in northern California, to apply ually for one year, though some are renew­ of artist and 39% of art historian applicants flogging a dead horse, and this is one we have their initial contacts through ads in other House Fellowships, 712Jackson Place, N. W., for membership. The Institute is a new form able, and involve half-time teaching, half­ with earned terminal degrees (33 % and 30 %, been beating away at for some time now. It's newspapers, the job lists of other associations Washington, D,C, 20503, (202) 395~4522, of scholarly community dedicated to sharing respectively, last year) earned them within the the gender gap in the number of applications such as SAH or AAM, and just plain luck. time devoted to research. Stipends are in the research and providing a public forum for the past two years. Sixty-four percent of artist and submitted by men and by women. Thus, al­ Which-from all the foregoing-is a quality $17,000-$19,000 range. Some institutions, discussion of history. A non-profit organiza­ 62% of art historian applicants with earned though women constitute 50% of the artist more needed than ever. R.R.W . • but not all, prefer interdisciplinary research tion, the Institute sponsors study groups, terminal degrees earned them within the past applicant pool, only 36% of the applications proposals. Fellowships for which art histor­ Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowships monthly meetings to share research ideas, five years (62% and 59%, respectively, last for artist openings are submitted by women. ians could be considered for the 1983-84 aca­ A graduate fellowship program designed to public programs on historical topics of gen­ year). Although women constitute 67% of the art Ipreservation news demic year are available at the following insti­ promote research in ethical or religious eral interest, and publication of a newsletter. historian applicant pool, only 52% of the tutions. In all cases, write to institution for values, including the way in which those Another project now underway is the explora­ applications submitted for art history posi­ Continued Jrom p. 14 specific requirements. values are reflected in art and related fields. tion of opportunities for historians beyond tions are from women. The discrepancy of Harvard University. Richard M. Hunt, Forty-five fellowships will be awarded for college and university teaching, including that, the paint surface was buckling and there HIRING REPORTS about 15 percentage points has existed ever Program Director, HU Mellon Faculty Fel­ 1983, each providing $7,500 for twelve work as resource people in the secondary were other signs of an aging restoration. A since we stared tracking this phenomenon. lowships, Lamont Library 202, Cambridge, months of full-time dissertation research and schools. The Institute also provides an affili­ glass covering Domenico Veneziano's Madon­ Whine, whine, whinel We begin this section Past speculations-lack of mobility, lack of Mass. 02138. Deadline: I-November. writing. There will be an additional allow­ ation for research projects and grant applica­ na with Child and Saints (restored in 1962) with our usual complaint: for the 912 posi­ confidence, lack of initiative, a greater sense University of Pennsylvania. Frank P. ance of $200 per month for Fellows with tions. For further details and membership ap­ was covered with a layer of film obscuring the tions listed, we received only 374 hiring of reality-still stand as unresolved as ever. Bowman, Chr., Humanities Coordinating dependent children. The award does not in­ plications call (415) 441-3759 or write: IHS, work. This was made worse by drippings from reports. That's a somewhat better percentage Despite the gender gap in applications, hir­ Comm., UP, 16 College Hall!CO, Philadel­ clude tuition. Applicants should have com­ 1791A Pine Street, San Francisco, Calif. a recently painted wall on the glass surface. than last year, but still pretty slim statistical ing hews pretty closely to the percentages in phia, Pa. 19104. Deadline: 1 December. pleted all doctoral requirements except the 94109, pickings. Of the 374 reports received, 31 the population pool. Fifty-one percent of art­ It is clear that many of the most revered . Director, Society of dissertation by June, 1983. Tenure of awards reported cancellations and 36 reported post­ ists hired and 65% of the art historians hired works are sorely in need of conservation, Fellows in the Humanities, Heyman Humani­ to begin in June or September. For further in­ ponements. were women. among them Duccio's Rucellai Madonna. In ties Center, CU, 70-74 Morningside Drive, form;;ttion and applications: Newcombe Fel­ Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships the last seven or eight years, the Uffizi seems N.Y.C. 10027. Deadline: 5 November. Co­ lowships, Woodrow Wilson National Fellow­ Fellowships offered by the Metropolitan Applicatiohs. For artists, these figures reflect Rank and Salary. Part-time positions are not to have received contributions from outside lumbia is also offering two Senior Faculty Fel­ ship Foundation, Box 642, Princeton, N.J. Museum of Art _cover all aspects and periods the kind of odds-out desperation one would included in these figures. sources earmarked for particular works. lowships for untenured faculty who have held 08540. Application deadline: 24 December. of art history and are available to practicing have expected from all of the foregoing. The Filippo Lippi's Madonna and Botticelli's the doctorate and who have been teaching artists and museum professionals (including median number of applications for each stu­ ARTISTS. Of 122 usable reports, 24 placements Madonna della Magnificat and Madonna full time for at least five years. Same address conservators) as well as to art historical with the Pomegranate were restored with dio position listed was 75 (last year it was 65, were at the rank of instructor, salary range as above. Mellon Doctoral Fellowships scholars and graduate students. The key to and that was up from 60 the year before). .$7,500 to $18,000, median $14,000; and 78 funds from the Ercole Varzi Foundation, most of the fellowships is that use of collection while Botticelli's Adoration o/the Magi and Established to make annual awards to Twelve institutions reported receiving more were at the rank of assistant professor, salary The Journal of the Theory and Criticism of 100-125 college seniors or recent graduates of be significantly involved. The list of available than 300 applications for a studio position range $8,366 to $26,316, median $17,500. Ghirlandaio's Enthroned Virgin and Child fellowships is too long to summarize here, but with Saints were restored with contributions the Visual Arts U.S. or Canadian citizenship who can present (last year only three went above that figure), The median salary for instructors is up by Papers that are based on interdisciplinary evidence of outstanding academic promise, copies may be obtained from: Secretary of the with fo.ur institutions reporting more than $1,000 from last year (which was unchanged from the Canton School of Lucerne (Switzer­ Grants Committee, MMA, and land). Our own museums and historical soci­ research and pertain to the theory and criti­ and wish to begin graduate work in prepara­ 400 applications and one going up to 700. from the year before); the median salary for cism of the visual arts are particularly wel­ tion for a career of teaching and scholarship 82 Street, N.Y.C. 10028. Application dead­ The median number of applications for art eties could also benefit from such private sup­ assistant professors is the same as last year, come. Manuscripts, prepared in accordance in a humanistic field of study (creative art not line for most fellowships beginning in fall history positions was 27, with only twelve port, especially since government support for but last year it increased by $2,000 from the with the MLA Handbook, should be submit­ included). The stipend for the first group of 1983 is 15 December; for fellowships in con­ institutions reporting more than 50 appli­ conservation seems to be becoming uneven. year before. Eight placements were at the ted in one original typescript with two copies. Mellon Fellows, entering graduate school in servation, the application deadline is 15 cants and only one going over 100. In the Annabelle Simon Cahn • level of associate professor, salary range Each submission must be accompanied by an the fall of 1983, will be .$7,000, plus tuition January. "others" category, eight institutions reported Public Information Officer $15,000 to $28,000; two at the rank of full abstract of approximately 100 words, which and standard fees. Fellowships will be re­ receiving more than 100 applications. CAA Committee for the Preservation of Art professor, at salaries of.$13,500 and $18,500; should be typed on a separate page. Address newed for a second year on recommendation Studies in Medievalism and thirteen positions were filled as either "no Joseph E. Young and Robert E. Barela, Edi­ of the graduate school. Stipends are expected A new interdisciplinary journal, focusing on Interviews: As last year, the median number rank" or lecturer, with salaries ranging from tors, JTCVA, School of Art, Ariwna State to increase by $500 annually. Candidacy must the ideas of the Middle Ages held in later per­ of interviews per artist opening was four, but $15,000 to .$22,896. Almost 80% of the in­ Reminder: Univ., Tempe, Ariz. 85287. be initiated by a nomination from a faculty iods and the uses to which those ideas were 23 institutions reported holding more than 20 structorships were filled by women; 50% of member addressed to the program's appro­ The new CAA address is put. Papers are invited on art, architecture, interviews per position, with three institutions the assistant professorships were filled by ACLS Program Booklet priate regional chairman. For full details: and art history. An issue on Dante's influence claiming to have interviewed more than 100 women; 80% of the associate professorships 149 Madison Avenue Aids to Individual Scholars, the booklet des­ Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities, is projected for 1984. Contact: Kathleen Ver­ candidates. Five was the median number of went to men. cribing all fellowship and grant competitions Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foun­ New York, N.Y. 10016 duin, Editorial Associate, SzM, Hope College I interviews for art historian positions, with to be held in 1982 - 83 by the American dation, P.O. Box 288, Princeton, N.J. 08540. Dept. English, Holland, MI 49423. only five institutions reporting that they inter­ ART HISTORIANs. We received 62 usable (212) 889~2113, Council of Learned Societies, is now avail­ (609) 924-4713. Nomination deadline: 5 No­ viewed more than 20 candidates. Five was also reports for art historian placements, of which able. ACLS 800 ThirdAvenue, N. Y.C. 10022. vember; application deadline: 10 December. Continued on p. 10, col. 3

8 CAA newsletter Fall 1982 9 professional publications lannouncements people and programs

Books listed in this column should be 1982 Guide to Grad'Uate Degree Programs 18th-Century Article Prize Materz'al for z'nclusion z'n People and Pro­ served as president and professor of art since Naomi Reed Kline (Ph,D., Boston Univ.) ordered directly frmn the publishers. in Architectural History. This may well be Submissions are invited for the annual grams should be sent to College Art Assocz'a­ 1975. Before that he was dean of the faculty as has been appointed assistant professor of art considered a companion to CAA's own Survey Southeastern American Society for Eigh­ tz'on, 149 Mad'ison Avenue, N. Y.c. 10016. well as professor of art and chairman of the and director of the Gallery at Plymouth State of Ph.D. Programs z'n Art History. SAH's teenth-Century Studies article award. The Deadlz'nefornext 'issue: 30 November. department of art at Middlebury College; College. She was previously curator and di­ All in Order: Information Systems for the Guide lists M.A. as well as Ph.D, programs. It prize of $150 is for any article in the field professor of art and archaeology at Princeton rector of museum programs at the Hammond Arts, by Mary Van Somereo Cok in colla bora - includes information on areas of study, re­ published in any scholarly journal, collection IN MEMORIAM University (where he earned his B.A" Castle Museum, where she most recently tion with Henry A. Bromelkamp, Ellen Thur­ quirements, financial aid, staff, etc. Society of essays, etc. during the period September 1, M,F.A., and Ph.D. degrees), and instructor organized the exhibition Castles: An Endur­ ston, and Thomas Wolf. Published by the of Architectural Historians, 1700 Walnut St., 19BI-August 31, 1982. Authors must be of art history at the University of Michigan. A z'ng Fantasy and edited the forthcoming book National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Philadelphia, Pa. 19103. $2.00. members of SEASECS or must live or work in specialist in the Italian Renaissance, Turner of the same title, (NASAA), this book brings together the the southeastern U.S. Submit article in tripli­ is the author of The Vision of Landscape in knowledge and experience of several arts cate to Bertram H. Davis, Dept. English, Renaissance Italy, as well as numerous arti­ Lee Hall, president of Rhode Island School agencies which had previously been operating How To Photograph Your Own Artwork Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. cles both on the Renaissance and on contem­ of Design since 1975, has announced her res­ independently and establishes standards for with Professional Results, by Paul Kennedy. 32306. Deadline: 1 November, porary art. He was general chair of the art his­ ignation effective at the end of the 1982-83 the collection and organization of national A detailed guide to photographing two- and tory sessions at the 1982 CAA annual meeting academic year. Hall will leave to become a arts data. It explains manual, mechanical, three-dimensional artwork, induding work Villa I Tatti Fellowships in New York City and is currently serving the partner in the Gallery, N,Y,C. and computer systems and assists organiza­ under glass, indoor and outdoor sculpture. 20 Upward of ten stipendiary fellowships for CAA as chair of the Charles Rufus Morey She has served as a consultant to the NEH, "dons in planning and designing effective pp. D.C. Slide Registry of Artists, 418 7th St" independent study on any aspect of the Ital­ Book Award Committee, published numerous articles on art and de­ systems to meet their needs. The section on N. W" Washington, D.C. 20004. $3.50 (plus ian Renaissance. Fellows are normally post­ sign, and is a member of the Public Policy the National Standard for Arts Information $.55 postage); $3.25 for ten or more copies. doctoral and in the earlier stages of their Committee of the Advertising Council, Inc. Exchange consists of system specifications for careers, must be free to devote full time to The School of Art at Munson-Williams-Proc­ mailing lists and grants management and study, and are expected to reside in Florence tor Institute has appointed Clyde E. McCul­ eight arts resources directories, induding per­ Legal Guide for Emerging Artists. Third in for the academic year. Stipends vary; maxi­ ley director. Most recently, McCulley (Ed.D, fonning and visual arts facilities, art organi­ a series of publications by the Philadelphia mum $22,000. Each Fellow receives a study Illinois State Univ., MFA Insto. Allende, zations, and artists in aU disciplines. A com· Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, this booklet and use of the Biblioteca Berenson and Foto­ Mexico) was professor and chairman of the prehensive manual both for the organization concentrates on the rights of artists under the teca, I Tatti also offers a limited number of art department at Atlantic Union College, He just beginning to think about its own infor­ Copyright law; basic considerations when non-stipendiary fellowships for scholars has also taught at Walla Walla College, Tar­ mation system and for the organization which leasing studio or work space; record-keeping funded by other sources. Qualifications and rant County Junior College, and Southwest­ already has a system and wants to make use of and compliance with tax laws. 38 pp. PVLA, privileges same as above. For application: ern Union College, the national information and standard sys­ 260 S. Broad St., 20th floor, Philadelphia, submit curriculum vitae and project descrip­ tem. 192 pp., NASAA, 10lD Vermont Ave., Pa. 19102. $5.00 (plus $.50 postage and tion and have three confidential letters of N.W., Suite 316, Washington, D.C. 20005, handling). Bulk order discounts available. recommendation sent to: The Director, Villa At the University of Houston, Peter W. $7.95. Robert F. Reiff, professor of art at Middle­ I Tatti, Via di Vincigliata 26,50135 Florence, Guenther has received the Master Teacher bury College, died on June 7. That relatively Italy; duplicate copies of all materials should Award of the College of Humanities and Fine rare bird, both artist and art historian, Reiff, be sent to Prof. Walter Kaiser, 401 Boylston Arts, Joining the Houston art department are Sex'Ual and Gender Harrassment in the who earned his Ph,D. at Columbia, began his Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Peter Holliday (Ph.D. candidate, Yale) and Artist Employment and Unemployment Academy: A Guide for Faculty, Students, teaching career at Muhlenberg College in 02138, Application deadline: 1 November. Steven Mansbach (Ph,D. Cornell). Holliday 1971-80, (Report #16, National Endowment and Administrators, by Phyllis Franklin, 1947. He taught also at Oberlin, the Universi· will teach anci~nt and Early Christian art and for the Arts Research Division Reports), Data Helene Moglen, Phyllis Zatlin-Boring, and ty of Chicago, St. Cloud State College, and Mansbach will teach American and contem­ on the labor force of designers, painters, Ruth Angress. Sponsored by the Modern Fellowships for Research on Women the University of Vermont before coming in poraryart. sculptors, photographers, other arts profes­ Language Association's Commission on the Brown University's Pembroke Center for 1958 to Middlebury College, where, from sions, as well as teachers in higher education. Status of Women in the Profession, this pam­ Teaching and Research on Women will 1972 to 1978, he was chair of the department. 44 pp. Publishing Center for Cultural Re­ phlet is directed to all those within the award four post-doctoral fellowships in resi­ Throughout this period, Reiff, who had stud­ Harvard University has appointed Edward sources, 625 , N,Y.C, 10012, $3.00, academic community who must deal with dence for 1983-84. Fellows will participate ied also at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Goldberg (Ph.D. Oxford Univ.) assistant issues of sexual harrassment, either because in a research project on Cultural Construe­ Center and the Hans Hoffmann School, con­ professor in Baroque art and Anna Chave they hold positions of responsibility or tz'ons of the Female, which will focus on tinued to paint. His oils won several prizes, (Ph,D, Yale Univ.) assistant professor in because they are vulnerable and have been or Values, Ethz'cs, and the Meanings of Gender, and were exhibited - among other places-at twentieth-century art (effective July 1983). Career Outcomes in a Matched Sample of will be subject to harrassment. The authors Fellows participate in a weekly project semi­ the Metropolitan Museum and at the Nation­ Men and Women Ph.D.s, A study by the discuss procedures, including establishing nar and pursue individual research. Candi­ al Gallery of Art. Reiffs art historical interests Harold E. Wethey, Kress Professor at N.G.A. Committee on the Education and Employ­ definitions, determining codes and stand­ dates will be asked to propose a research proj­ were wide, ranging from Asian and African to ment of Women in Science and Engineering ards, and developing grievance mechanisms ect related to the 1983-84 theme. Fellowships modern Western art. At the time of his death, Joining the faculty at the University of Chi­ Harold E. Wethey, professor emeritus at the of the National Research Council conducted and sanctions, The ways in which institutions, are open to anyone who does not hold a ten­ he was working on a review of the Gorky cata­ cago this year is Barbara Stafford (a Chicago University of Michigan, will be Kress Profes­ to determine if reason's offered in the past for students, and employees can implement these ured position in an American college or uni­ logue raisonne for the Art journal, Ph.D.) to teach eighteenth- and nineteenth­ sor at the Center for Advanced Study of the women's lack of advancement were valid. and other procedures are discussed in separ­ versity. The stipend is $17,600. For appli­ century European art. She previously taught Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art for One of the premises disproved is the one ate chapters. 75 pp, Member and Customer cation forms: PCT&RW, Box 1958, BU, Turpin Chambers Bainister, Distinguished at the University of Delaware and spent this the 1982-83 academic year. His research proj­ daiming that female academics are likely to Services Office, MLA, 62 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. Providence, R.1. 02912. Professor of Architecture at the University of past year as a Senior Fellow at the National ect is Tz'tz'an and His Drawings. Recently, interrupt their careers for child-rearing, thus lDOll. $3.50, one to nine copies; $2,50, lD or Illinois and founder in 1940 of the Society of Gallery's Study Center, where she was investi­ Wethey took part in the symposium following retarding their professional advancement. more copies. Orders under $10 should be pre­ Architectural Historians, died on March 15. gating landscape imagery presented in illus­ the opening of the El Greco exhibition at the The study shows that less than half of women paid. University of Edinburgh Fellowships A full view of his scholarly attainments and trated travel accounts of 1760-1830. Also new Prado (his paper, on EI Greco in Rome, 1570- doctorates have children and only 10 per cent Approximately eighteen visiting research fel­ services to the profession will appear in a to the department is Edward Neidle Kauf­ 1576, stressed the importance of the portrait of the female academics with young children lowships at UE's Institute for Advanced Stud­ forthcoming issue of the journal of the SAH. man (Ph.D. Yale Univ.), who will teach mod­ of Vincenzo Anastagi in the ) drop out of the labor force. The sample of A Woman's Yellow Pages: 570+ Organiza­ ies in the Humanities are available for 1983- ern architecture. Ira Mark, assistant pro­ and in November he will participate in a sym­ 5,164 male and female academics in the tions Concerned with Women's Issues. 84. Open to both established and younger ACADEME fessor in Ancient Art, is on leave, having re­ posium in Seville celebrating the 300th anni­ sciences, engineering, and the humanities, Includes separate listings of women's commit­ scholars, fellowships generally last between ceived a fellowship from the National Endow­ versary of the death of Murillo, where he will matched by educational background, aca­ tees, caucuses, and divisions of these organi­ one and three months but occasionally up to A. Richard Turner, who had been professor ment for the Humanities to complete his stud­ read a paper on Alonso Cano. Wethey's mon­ demic field, and years of experience, found zations, as well as groups providing resources twelve months. Occasionally stipends are of fine arts and director of N. Y. U. 's Instit4te ies of the Athenean Acropolis' sanctuary of ograph on that artist, Alonso Cano, Painter, that differences in rank and salary persist. on women's issues. 100 pp. Federation of Or­ available to a value not exceeding £500. For of Fine Arts since 1979, accepted an appoint­ Athena Nike. Charles E. Cohen, depart­ Sculptor and Archz'tect (Princeton University National Academy Press, National Academy ganizations for Professional Women, 2000 P full details and applications: David Daiches, ment of dean of the faculty of arts and science mental chair for the past six years, has re­ Press, 1955) is being prepared in a Spanish of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Street, N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D,C. Director, UE, lASH, 17 Bucdeuch Place, at New York University in June, Turner came signed from his duties as chair. That office is edition. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. 20036. $5.00. l1li Edinburgh EH8 9LN, Scotland. II East from Grinnell College, where he had now filled by Reinhold Heller. Continued on p. 12, col. 1

10 CAA newsletter Fall 1982 II Ipeople and programs Ipeople and programs

the history of Italian Renaissance and Ba­ Alice Irma Prather-Moses has been ap· ator. Among the special exhibitions she or­ College and has been assistant curator of recently was assistant professor of art history pointed decorative arts editor of The Pen ganized are , 1973; Eight Islamic art at the Fogg Art Museum. And in at the University of Illinois at Urbana·Cham­ roque architecture. Woman, a publication of the National Artists, 1978; Violet Oakley, 1979; and Fu­ New Jersey, Anne Fabbri Butera will assume paign. He has also taught at Yale and Wesley· Hope College, Holland, Michigan will open League of American Pen Women (a profes­ turism and the International Avant-Garde, the directorship of The Noyes Museum, a an and has held a research fellowship at the its new De Pree Art Center and Gallery this sional society of writers, artists and com­ 1980. museum of American art, scheduled to open National Museum of American Art. Willem fall. The extensive facility will service both posers). In addition to her new editorial Simultaneously with the announcement of in October. Butera leaves The Deshong de Looper will assume the post of curator of duties, Prather· Moses is collecting material d'Harnoncourt's appointment as director, the Museum of Widener University, where she The Phillips Collection. Looper, a practicing the art history and studio programs in a reno· vated furniture factory. The gallery will hold for a manuscript covering twentieth·century Philadelphia Museum announced that Rob­ has been director. artist, has been associate curator at the Phil­ women workers in the decorative arts, which ert Montgomery Scott, volunteer president lips since 1974 and served as acting curator the college's permanent collection and house temporary exhibitions of both contemporary will be a companion volume to her book, The since 1980, would become full-time salaried The has named since the death in January of James Mc­ International Dictionary oj Women Workers president and chief executive officer, re­ Katharine C. Lee assistant director, a newly Laughlin. Joining the California Museum of and historical art. in the Decorative Arts: A Historical Survey sponsible for the administrative and fiscal created position. Lee (MA, Harvard Univ.) Photography is Edward W. Earle, who leaves from the Distant Past to the Early Decades of aspects_ of the Museum. As director, d'Har­ leaves The Ackland Art Museum, University his post at the Photographic Resource Center, ASSOCIATIONS the Twentieth Century (Metuchen, N.J. & noncourt will be responsible for the art and of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she has Boston University. At the Columbus Museum London: Scarecrow Press, 1981). professional aspects of the museum. been curator since 1979. She has held anum· of Art, Catherine Clader Glasgow (BS fine ber of gallery and museum positions since arts, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison) has been promoted to the new position of associate New appointments at the University of Dela­ Several other directorships have been an­ 1962, among them curator of collections at curator. Melinda Lorenz has been ap­ ware comprise H. Perry Chapman, who will nounced. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Hou­ the David & Alfred Sma~t Gallery, University pointed curator of exhibitions at the Galleries teach Baroque art; Nina Athanassoglou­ ston, Peter C. Marzio has been named to suc· of Chicago. Another recently appointed assis· of the Claremont Colleges, replacing David Kallmyer, who will teach late eighteenth­ ceed William C. Agee. Manio (Ph.D. Univ. tant director is Harriet Senie, who joined S. Rubin. She will also hold the position of and nineteenth-century European art; and Chicago) leaves the Corcoran Gallery and The Art Museum, Princton University, fol· assistant professor of art history at Scripps Patricia Leighten, who will teach twentieth· School of Art in Washington, D.C., where he lowing three years as gallery director and College. Lorenz formerly also held dual posi­ century art and the history of photography. had been director since 1978. He has also held assistant professor at S.U.N.Y., Old West­ tions at the University of Denver, where she Visiting faculty for 1982-83 are Ulrich Hie­ positions at the Smithsonian Institution and bury. was assistant professor and director of the singer in the fall and Bruce Robertson and the Museum of American History. Joining the Jerome J. Hausman, Massachusetts College of Roberta Tarbell in the spring. After fourteen years at the Santa Barbara university gallery. Art Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, will be Michael Milkovich, who most recently was Museum, twelve of which he served as direc· Susan A. Hamilton has been appointed President of the Minneapolis College of Art director of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens in tor, Paul Chadbourne Mills has announced MUSEUMS deputy director of the Archives of American and Design since 1975 Jerome J. Hausman Memphis, which he opened in 1976. Milko­ his retirement. He was recipient of a Ford Art, a bureau of the Smithsonian Instituti,on. left this fall to assume the positiron of vice pres­ vich (Ph.D. cand., Case Western Reserve) Foundation Fellowship and was given an Most recently, Hamilton was special assistant ident of academic affairs of the Massachusetts was previously with the University Art honorary Ph. D. (arts) by the California Col­ to Charles Blitzer, assistant secretary for College of Art in Boston. Prior to his tenure at Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Binghamton, among lege of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Before history and art at the Smithsonian. Hamilton MeAD, Hausman taught at New York Uni­ other museums, and taught at various coming to Santa Barbara, he had served for has been active in the museum world for eigh· versity and served as a consultant to the John schools, including Oberlin College. Judith seventeen years at the Oakland Museum and teen years, first at the Baltimore Museum of D. Rockefeller III Fund. He has also taught at Van Wagner, recipient of six grants from the prior to that had been with the Henry Gallery Art as chief of programs and later as director the Museum and Art Teacher Institute of the N .E.A. during the past four years, has been of the University of Washington. of the Smithsonian Associates. From 1972 to National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., named director of the C. W. Post Art Gallery, Several announcements come from the Nel­ 1977 she served as Bicentennial Coordinator Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State Long Island University. Van Wagner (Ph.D. son Gallery of Art-Atkins Museum of Fine University, and Syracuse University. Univ. Iowa) was on the art faculty at for the Smithsonian. Arts in Kansas City. Ralph T. Cae, who has Gilbert S. Edelson S.U.N.Y. Plattsburgh for the past seven been director since 1977, has resigned his At R.I.S.D., Patricia Loiko has been ap­ Clifton C. Olds has been appointea Bowdoin years. At the Vassar College Art Gallery, Joan position to devote full time to organizing an pointed registrar for the Museum of Art. Gilbert S. Edelson, who has served the CAA College's second Edith Cleaves Barry Profes­ Mickelson Lukach (Ph.D. Harvard Univ.) exhibition of American Indian art. Marc F. Loiko (BA, Boston Univ.) has been assistant as Honorary Counsel, member of the Execu­ sor of the History and Criticism of Art. He will has been appointed director. She had been in Wilson, curator of Oriental art, has been registrar since February. Before coming to tive Committee, and member of the Board of replace Charles Mitchell, who held the chair charge of the Hilla von Rebay Foundation Ar­ named interim director. Roger Ward (Ph. D. R.I.S.D. she worked at the Museum of Fine Directors for more than fifteen years, has since 1980. Olds (Ph.D. Univ. Pennsylvania) chive at The Solomon R. Guggenheim M use­ Courtauld Inst.) has been appointed to the Arts, Boston. taken on yet another art world pro bono activ­ leaves the faculty of the University of Michi· urn since 1974. She also held positions at the new position of assistant curator of European ity, having recently been elected to the Board gan, which he joined in 1964, serving as asso­ and at the Boston In· painting and sculpture. George L. McKen­ of Trustees of the American Federation of ciate professor since 1970. A founding mem­ stitute of Contemporary Art. Irene Martin na, who has served for more than thirty years Arts. Edelson, who is secretary and treasurer ber of the Midwest Art History Society, Oids has been named director ad interim of the as registrar and as curator of prints for twenty NEW PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES of the Art Dealers Association of America, has published widely on Late Medieval and Museum, Meadows School of the Arts, South­ two years, has been named curator of prints Inc., has lectured widely at art institutions, Renaissance art. ern Methodist University for 1982-83. and photographs. His assistant, Martha The School of Environmental Design of the colleges, and universities on legal issues for Stout, who has been at the Nelson since 1979, University of Georgia, Athens, is initiating a museums and on the art market. He was a Judith K. Brodsky has been appointed act­ Three new museums have also named direc· has been named registrar. In the conservation new Masters of Historic Preservation pro· member of the panel appointed to advise the ing associate provost for public affairs for the tors. Taube Greenspan has been appointed gram designed to prepare students for a wide Anne d'Harnoncourt. Philadelphia Museum of department, Nancy Heugh has been named Department of State on the UNESCO Con­ Newark campus of Rutgers, the State Univer­ Art © Jolm Condax 1982 first director of the Caramoor House-Muse­ paper conservator; Anton W. Rajer is associ· range of careers in the conservation and man­ vention on the International Movement of sity of New Jersey. With the State University um. Greenspan (Ph.D. C.U.N.Y.) most ate in conservation (paintings and frames); agement of historic resources in both the built Works of Art and has served two terms as a since 1978, Brodsky (MFA Tyler/Temple Anne d'Harnoncourt, curator of twentieth· recently taught at Queens College. She served Anita Llewellyn, paper technician; and and' natural environments. This two-year member of the Committee on Art of the Asso· Univ.) has served as chair of the art depart­ century art at the Philadelphia Museum of an internship at The Solomon R. Guggen­ Mayda Goodberry has been engaged on a program began in the fall of 1982. For addi­ ciation of the Bar of the City of New York. In ment and associate dean for development at Art since 1972, became director of the muse· heim Museum. At Caramoor, she will oversee contract basis as objects conservator. tional information: Historic Preservation between all the above, he is a senior partner in the Newark College of Arts and Sciences. urn in July, upon the resignation of Jean complete rooms from European houses and Program, SED, UG, Athens, Ga. 30602. (404) the New York law firm of Rosenman Colin Catching up with other Rutgers news, we Sutherland Boggs. D'Harnoncourt (M.A. palaces, as wen as a wide range of European Several curatorship appointments have been 542-1816. Freund Lewis & Cohen. learn that the visual arts faculty was reorgan· Court auld Institute, 1967) joined the staff and Oriental fine and decorative arts. Glen made recently. At the Carnegie Institute, ized a year ago to bring together the faculties of the Philadelphia Museum in 1967, then D. Lowry leaves his post as curator of Orien· Henry Adams has been named curator of The National Gallery of Art Library recently New president of the American Association 01 of Douglass, Rutgers, and Livingston in a sin· served as assistant curator of twentieth·cen· tal art at R.I.S.D. to become director of the fine arts at the Museum of Art. He succeeds acquired the library of the late Wolfgang Museums- their thirty· fourth - is Thomas gle unit known as The Mason Gross School of tury art at The Art Institute of Chicago from Muscarelle Museum of Art, currently under Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, who has accept· Lotz, who had been director of the Biblioteca W. Leavitt, director of the Herbert F. the Arts. Dan Newman is chairman of the 1969 to 1971. She returned to the Philadel· constructmn at the College of William and ed an appointment as associate curator of the Hertziana in Rome from 1962 until his death Johnson Museum of Art and professor of art. visual arts program and Geoffrey Hendricks phia Museum in 1972 and created the depart­ Mary. Lowry (Ph.D. cand., Harvard Univ.) American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum last year. The Lotz library is made up of3,000 history at Cornell University. • serves as director of the graduate program. ment of which she subsequently became cur- has taught at both Harvard and Wellesley of Art. Adams (Ph.D. Yale Univ.) most volumes and is particularly rich in material on 13 CAA newsletter 12 Fall 1982 preservation news grants and awards

ACLS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FELLOWS AT NMAA MAC ARTHUR PRIZE FELLOWS Science and Technology in the Service of volved were Maryann Amsworth and Egbert noted that a heavy application of ground and Seventy-five fellowships were awarded. The 1982-83 roster of Smithsonian Fellows at Two artists were among the nineteen Artists and Art Historians Haverkamp-Begemann). Their findings were primer cause some shifting of the paint sur­ Among the recipients: David J. Bordwell, the National Museum of American Art has "geniuses" named by the John D. and Cather­ partially reported at the meeting and more face under stress. Univ. Wisconsin, Madison: Narrative point been announced. New appointments/pre­ ine T. MacArthur Foundation to receive fully expanded in a recent publication Art Recent findings of scientists and conservators Other papers at the conference included :>f view and space in the cinema; Judith Col­ doctoral: Angela Miller, Yale Univ.· Prog" $24,000 to $60,000 annually for five years. and Autoradiography: Insights into the at the Ninth Congress of the International In­ investigations into the deterioration of stone, ton, Yale Univ.: Family chapels in Baroque ress and Decay: Westward Expansion and the They are graphic designer and typographer Genesis oj Paintings by Rembrandt, Van stitute for Conservation of Historic and Artis­ metal, textiles, paper, photographs, rubber Italy; Carolyn M. Malone, Univ. Southern Imagery of Ruin in America, 1830 to 1880; Charles Bigelow and filmmaker Frederick Dyck and Vermeer (New York, Metropolitan tic Works have ramifications for art historical cement and scotch tape, among other materi­ California: The 11th-century Church of Nancy Anderson, Univ. Delaware: Albert Wiseman, both from Boston. Museum of Art, 1982. $19.50). Among the methodology and artistic practices. Some als. Saint-Benigne in Dijon; Stephen N. Orso, Bierstadt and the California Landscape many interesting discoveries made in this conclusions concerning the nature and stabil­ Univ. Illinois, Urbana: Spanish royal exe­ Painters of the 1870s; Dennis Montagna, small sampling were Rembrandt's use of bone Who Pays? INDIVIDUAL AWARDS ity of the canvas layer, the application of the quies in the age of Philip IV; Catherine Wil­ Univ. Delaware: Government-Sponsored black for his initial sketches on canvas and his ground, and the characteristics of paints and An excellent exhibition devoted to the conser­ kinson, Brown Univ.: A study ofJuan de Her­ Public Sculpture in Washington, D.C., 1895- frequent use of glass in pigments in his later The Australian Council/Visual Arts Board varnishes should have some impact on the vation of works of art on paper was held in the rera, architect to Philip II of Spa in; Linda L. 1920; Richard Gruber, Univ. Kansas: paintings-perhaps for its optical and me­ awarded Michael Torlen, S.U.N.Y., College choice of materials used by artists today, Gabinetto disegni e stampi of the Uffizi Gal­ Williams, Univ. Illinois, Chicago Circle: A Thomas Hart Benton: The Teacher and His chanical properties. at Purchase, an International Travel Grant while new technology refining the tools for lery, accompanied by an excellent catalogue, feminist counter-history of the cinema. Students; Susan Rather, Vniv. Delaware: The nature and composition of paint pig­ for the summer of 1982. Torlen's trip is part of observation and analysis should affect the Restauro e conservazione delle opere d'arte su In addition, under the special program of Paul Manship and Archaism in American ments was the subject of several other papers. the artist exchange program between the Col­ work of art historians. The Preprints of the carta (Florence, Leo Olschki, 1981), avail­ Fellowships for Recent Ph.D. Recipients, Sculpture, 1900-1930; Elizabeth Turner, A study of the chemical composition of com­ lege of Purchase and the AC/VAB. Contributions to the Congress are available able for 18000 lira, or approximately $15.00 awards were made to: Elizabeth G. Gross­ Univ. Virginia: American Artists in Paris, mercially available paints, involving the iden­ through the lIe, 6 Buckingham Street, Lon­ plus postage. man, R. I.S.D,: The civic architecture of Paul 1920-1929; post-doctoral: Nancy Mathews, tification of organic and inorganic pigments, Since correct methodological views for the don WC2N 6BA, England for $25.00. Don't P. Cret; Joan Hart, Boston: An intellectual Randolph-Macon Woman's CoIl.: Mary Cas­ Gloria DeFilipps Brush, Univ. Minnesota, suggests that what you see may not be what conservation, preservation, and restoration be put off by the equations and the graphs. biography of Heinrich WOlfflin; !"faren E. satt Letters. Continuing appointments/ pre­ Duluth, has been awarded an Individual Art­ you get. The chemical composition of the of works presume an exact knowledge of their The limitations of this column prevent a Stange, Sommerville, Mass,: Amencan docu­ doctoral: Katherine Manthorne, Columbia ist Grant from the Minnesota State Arts paints was analyzed and their particular char­ physical characteristics, the exhibition detailed summary, but I have singled out a mentary photography. Univ.: Latin America and the American Con­ Board to further her work in photography. acteristics and properties noted. The pigment opened with a short section presenting the few papers devoted to works of art on canvas sciousness: Images of Latin America by composition information for more than five principal types of paper and the techniques which might be of particular interest. Since American Artists, Naturalists and Travel hundred samples of inorganic paints and dry most used in drawing and printmaking. The Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, George Wash­ the mid 1960s, a number of art historians, ACLS GRANTS-IN-AID Writers, 1839-1898; Elizabeth Ellis, Colum­ pigments has been stored in computer-read­ main part of the exhibition showed the chief ington Univ. and Georgetown Univ., was conservators, and scientists have been explor­ Ninety-seven awards were announced under bia Univ.: Art and Taste in Boston, 1839- able form at Jersey City State College (c/o causes of the deterioration of works of art on awarded a 1982 summer fellowship by the ing the possibilities of neutron activation this program, which provides funds in sup­ 1850; Marc Simpson, Yale Univ.: Anglo­ Treva Pamer, D~partment of Chemistry, paper analyzed by fundamental categories Alden B. Dow Creativity Center at North­ autoradiography, a non-destructive method port of individual research (e.g., travel, American Artists and Writers in Worcester­ JSC, Jersey City, N.J. 07305). There may be a (light, parasites, thermal changes) based on wood Inst., Midland, Mich. for an examina­ used for the examination of underlying paint maintenance, etc.). Among the recipients: shire, 1885-1892; post-doctoral: Maren small fee. For information on organic pig­ various restoration campaigns carried out tion of the relationship of myth and ritual in layers. A mild transient radioactivity is Patricia Bikai, Univ. California, Berkeley: Stange, Smithsonian/ George Mason Univ.: ment identification, write the Rensselaer Col­ during the last fifty years or so. The recent the artworks of Isamu Noguchi. generated by placing the painting in a beam The Phoenician pottery of Palaepaphos­ Farm Security Administration Photography or Measurement Laboratory, Attn. Dr. Fred work tended to reject any intervention that of thermal neutrons for a short period of time. Skales, Cyprus; John B. Cameron, Oakland Project. In addition, Barbara Melosh, Univ. Billmeyer Jr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti­ would change the historical testimony of the Immediately following the activation and for Univ.: The capitals of Notre-Dame at Noyon; Wisconsin, has been named visiting scholar. A Rhodes Visiting Fellowship at Oxford Uni­ tute, Troy, N.Y. 12181. work. The last section of the exhibition was a period of fifty days, a series of photographic Madeline H. Caviness, Tufts Univ.· The She is working on The Iconography of versity has been awarded to Susan Siegfried, Through the magnification of paint sur­ devoted to prevention. Mounting techniques films of the type used in x-ray radiography are stained glass of St.-Remi (Reims) and St.­ Gender: Manhood and Womanhood in New Northwestern Univ. The Fellowship, founded faces and samples through photomacrogra­ were particularly studied. cut and pieced together to form the exact Yved (Braine); Whitney Chadwick, San Deal Art. in 1968, is awarded exclusively to women phy, Joyce Plesters of the British Museum The catalogue begins with a fascinating measurements of the painting. The beta par­ Francisco State Univ.: Women artists of the under 35 with a doctorate in any field. Sieg­ was able to document certain color changes recapitulation by Annamaria Petriolo Tofani ticles (electrons), emitted in the decay of the Dada and Surrealist movements; Wanda M_ fried will spend two years at St. Hilda's Col­ (bright greens turned brown and vennillions of the restoration of works of art on paper in radioactive elements present in the painting, Corn, Stanford Univ.: The French avant· lege for Women at Oxford, studying the role turned black, for example) in paintings by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She sensitize the film. Over this period of time garde and American culture; Dave D. Davis, SAHAWARDS of the art critic in France during the Directory Veronese and Cuyp and also to elucidate provides inventories and formulae drawn several gamma ray energy measurements are Tulane Univ.: The stylistic development of The Society of Architectural Historians pre­ and Napoleonic periods. techniques and procedures for early gilding from documents of the period. Different taken, and with the information gathered English heraldic art; Norman K. Farmer, sented its Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award techniques by Duccio. Ruth Johnston-Feller aspects of the transfonnations caused by time from these readings scientists are able to Jr., English Dept., Univ. Texas: Spenser's il­ to F. Hamilton Hazlehurst, Vanderbilt (Center on the Materials of the Artist, Mellon and climate are then discussed in detail, as Patricia Hills, Boston Univ., is the recipient detennine the various pigments used and are lustrators, 1579-1945; Malcolm Goldstein: University, for his Gardens of Illusion: The Institute, Pittsburgh) has also documented are the material and technical characteristics of not one, but two fellowships for her Social able to reconstruct the artist's working English Dept., Queens Coli., C.U.N.Y.: Art Genius oj Andre Le Nostre at the Society's the changes in the appearance of various col­ and the problems inherent in conservation Concern and Urban Realism: American methods- from the application of the ground dealers and dealing in the ; Ann thirty· fifth annual meeting. Publication of ors applied as glazes by measuring the spec­ and restoration. The catalogue consists of six­ Painting in the 1930s, The fellowships were layer to the addition of multiple paint layers C. Gunter, Univ. Minnesota: The Bronze this volume was supported in part by a grant tral curves of the original and exposed paints ty works from the exhibition described and awarded by the Guggenheim Foundation and in developing the image. The character of Age ceramic artifacts from Gordion; N, John from the CAA's Millard Meiss Publication by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in and computing a color match to reveal how discussed at great length with illustrations. brushstrokes and manner of working of an Hall, English Dept., Bronx Comm. Coll. and Fund. The SAH's 1981 Founder's Award was the color has changed. Any artist knows that The painstaking attention to these works is American History at Harvard University. artist can be studied more comprehensively Grad. Ctr., C.U.N. Y.: Max Beerbohm's illus­ presented to WilliamJ. R. Curtis for his arti­ an Alizarin Lake glaze is fugitive; but Feller made possible by money from the govern­ through this method: brushwork made illegi­ trations to Zuleika Dobson: Eric R. Hostet­ cle Ideas of Structure and the Structure of has been able to record the rapid changes in ment, but the task of maintaining the paint­ ble by time can now be reread; pentimenti ter, Indiana Univ.· Figurative bronzes from Ideas: Le Corbusier's Pav,:zlon Suisse, 1930~ The Philadelphia College of Textiles and hue and value. ings gallery does not appear to be as ade­ can be deciphered, revealing compositional the Graeco-Etruscan city of Spina; Irma B. 31, which appeared in the December, 1981 Science presented its 1982 President's Award Of all parts of the painting, it has been quately funded. I was at the Uffizi on a rainy (and sometimes iconographical) changes. Jaffe, Fordham Univ.: The art and aesthetic SAHJoumal. for Teaching Excellence to Sigrid Weltge. detennined by independent studies and tests Sunday in late March-the one day in the Because this technique can distinguish fine theory of Umberto Boccioni: Alison M. Ket­ Weltge was cited for her "high standards and by such conservators as Gustav Berger in New month when admission was free. Because of details of paint application, it is useful in tering, Univ. California, Santa Cruz: The enthusiasm in teaching ... matched by York, Marion Mecklenburg in Washington, the crowded conditions - frequently there questions of authenticity and attribution. Ter Borch family collection of drawings in the sound research and significant publication in and Caroline Villers and Gerry Hedley at the were 100 or more people in any gallery-win­ Rijksmuseum; Duncan T. Kinkead, Duke FLORIDA STATE AWARDS her field of art history." Developed by Heather Lechtman and Ed­ Court auld Institute in London that the weak­ dows were wide open and there were dramatic Univ.: The career of Francisco de Herrera the Florida State University has given Developing ward Sayre working out of the Brookhaven est link is the canvas. It responds least well to changes in the humidity of rooms where some Younge~ in Madrid; Fred S_ Kleiner, Boston Scholar Awards to Penelope E. Mason and National Laboratory, autoradiography was aging and is most subject to stress. Hedley/ of our most treasured paintings were hang­ Univ.: The Arch of Nero in Rome: Rose­ Nancy T. DeGrummond in recognition of June King McFee, Univ. Oregon, received first employed to investigate some nineteenth­ Villers h~ve used a polyester sailcloth of high­ ing. The size of the crowds was also a stress on Carol W. Long, Queens Coli. and Grad. their scholarly achievements and to assist in an honorary degree from Eastern Michigan century American paintings and later some tenacity polyethylene terephthalate multifila­ the works. Ctr., C.U.N.Y.: German Expressionism: their on-going projects. Mason will continue University in April. McFee is the author of paintings at the Heckscher Museum in Hunt­ ment yarn for the relining of canvases. Its With an enormous heritage to maintain, theory and criticism; Charles B. McClen­ her research on pictorial conventions inJapa­ Preparation for Art, published in 1961, ington, N.Y. Since 1976, a group of art histor­ most significant characteristics -low stretch, even rudimentary housekeeping seems to be a don, Yale Univ.: The Romanesque frescoes of nese narrative scrolls; DeGrummond will co­ which deals with the interaction of art and the ians, conservators, and scientists have been good elastic recovery, lightness, durability problem. The Battle of San Romano by Paolo the medieval abbey at Farfa; Juergen edit A Dictionary oj the History of Classical various groups within society. She developed working on seventeenth-century Dutch and and low water absorption-should make it a Uccello (restored in 1954) had not had its Schulz, Brown Univ.: The Veneto-Byzantine Archaeology, to be published by Greenwood this theme further in Art, Culture, and Envi­ Flemish paintings in the Metropolitan Muse­ potentially good paint surface as well. In dis­ frame dusted in weeks. Over and beyond palaces of Venice. Press. ronment, co-authored with Rogina Degge ... um of Art. (The principal art historians in- cussion that followed their paper, it was also Continued on p. 8, col. 1 Fall 1982 15 14 CAA newsletter • shows by artist members classifieds

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