Fifth Annual Georgia Undergraduate
Art History Forum
March 3, 2006
Sponsored by
The Department of Art
University of West Georgia
In Conjunction with LaGrange College
Welcome to the University of West Georgia
Dr. Beheruz Sethna
President of the University
Prof. Debrah Santini
Interim Chair of the Department of Art
Dr. Rita Tekippe
Asst. Prof of Art History
Dr. Elizabeth Morton
Asst. Prof. of Art History
Dr. Lucy Curzon
Asst. Prof. of Art History
Dr. Dorothy Joiner
Lovick P. Corn Professor of Art History
LaGrange College
The Georgia Undergraduate Art History Forum was conceived in the belief that art history students benefit from meeting and sharing their ideas with colleagues, presenting their research in a public forum, and becoming active participants in their discipline. We wish them long and productive careers in the richly rewarding field of art history.
Papers
Session 1 10:00-11:30
Hillary Register University of West Georgia "René Magritte ‘impervious to all interpretation’"
Ashley Caldwell LaGrange College "Celebrated Theatres of Turkey"
Jenn White, Valdosta State University "Post-and-lintel Construction"
Jessica Denman University of West Georgia "Astronomy in the Bayeux Tapestry"
Session 2 12:45-2:15
Eric Clausen Valdosta State University "Art Installations – Post Modernism"
Buffy Head University of West Georgia "Pornography and Jack-in-the-Pulpit VI"
Cassie Vaughan University of West Georgia "Andres Serrano and his ‘Morgue’ series"
Scott Robinson Valdosta State University "Cy Twombly"
Session 3 2:45-4:15
Alexia Rostow Emory University "Eucharistic Doctrine of The Council of Trent in Peter Paul Rubens’ Antwerp Altarpieces: The Raising of the Cross and The Descent from the Cross"
Elaine Augustine University of Georgia "New Light on an 18th-Century Terracotta Sculpture: The Study for Sleeping Shepherd in the High Museum"
Ronald O’Dell LaGrange College "Troy, Past and Present"
Hope Hastay LaGrange College "The Venus de Milo: Sublime Goddess or Object of Sport?"
We thank all of those who have helped to make this program possible. We are particularly grateful to the administrations of both the University of West Georgia and of LaGrange College, for their continued support. Professor Debrah Santini, Chair of the department of Art at UWG and Professor John Lawrence, Chair of the Department of Art & Design at LaGrange College, have been particularly supportive of our efforts. We also commend the students and their faculty sponsors for the interest and the hard work they have invested in this project.
Sponsored by
The Georgia Undergraduate
Art History Consortium
through the cooperation of
University of West Georgia
LaGrange College
Georgia College & State University
University of Georgia
Georgia Southern University
Valdosta State University
North Georgia College & State University
Armstrong Atlantic State University