Art History

In the Art History Senior Seminar, students pursue their own interests, conduct independent research, and discover new ways of learning.

Anger's "Four Metaphors of Modernism: From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme" follows artists who participated in both the German (Der Sturm [storm]) and American (Société Anonyme [anonymous society]) organizations and who found inspiration in metaphor. Join us on February 7 from 4:15-5:45 pm in Burling First Floor Lounge.

Within the Revolution: Art, Media, and the Built Environment was a course centered on art, architecture, and visual culture in Havana, Cuba, with a focus on the role of nationalism and revolution, says Fredo Rivera ’06, assistant professor of art history.

When Fredo Rivera ’06, who grew up in Miami, first came to Grinnell, what he found surprised him. Iowa, it turns out, has one of the largest concentrations of Haitian art in the world.

Fredo Rivera '06, assistant professor of art history, lectured on art, performance, and gender expression.

Cultural Films screens VIVA, a hit film at the 2015 Telluride Film Festival, with panel discussion and Cuban-themed dinner buffet.

Students travel to San Francisco to put their learning in context.

Faulconer Gallery exhibition “Against Reason: Anti/Enlightenment Prints by Callot, Hogarth, Piranesi and Goya,” explores the darker side of the Enlightenment, opens Friday, April 3.

Jenny Anger, associate professor of art history, discussed German Expressionism in America, exploring how two world wars and cultural francophilia bear some responsibility for the uneven American…

The Department of Art and Art History will host its third annual reception at the College Art Association Conference in New York on February 12, 2015.