Seminar Papers
Published since 2005, this current series is developed from Center programs that bring together diverse groups of researchers. The volumes’ scholarly essays take shape through thoughtful discussions on topics of common interest.
Coedited by Steven Nelson and Huey Copeland, 2023 : Black Modernisms in the Translatlantic World
Ten leading scholars broaden our understandings of modernism by centering Black artists and experiences with beautifully illustrated essays.
Edited by Harry Cooper, 2017 : The Cubism Seminars
The complex facets of cubism remain relevant subjects in art history today, a century after Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque developed the revolutionary style. This collection of essays presents new lines of inquiry and accounts of crucial moments in the reception of cubism by curators, artists, and critics.
Edited by Peter M. Lukehart, 2009 : The Accademia Seminars: The Accademia di San Luca in Rome, c. 1590–1635
This volume of essays reexamines the establishment and early history of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, one of the most important centers of governance, education, and theory in the arts for the early modern period and the model for all subsequent academies of art worldwide.
Edited by Leah Dickerman with Matthew S. Witkovsky, 2005 : The Dada Seminars
Filling a broad gap in the history of modern art, this collection of 12 essays offers both an important revision of our understanding of this influential movement and a starting point for reflection on the origins of many forms of contemporary artistic practice.
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