History of Art and Architecture

Sensory Series Continues in Spring 2019

Join us on April 4 at 5:30 pm in List 120 and April 15 at 5:30pm in List 110.

Sensory HeadMichelle Oing '07, Yale University
The Medieval Cyborg: Performing Objects in the Late Middle Ages

Michelle Oing ’07 is a PhD candidate in the History of Art Department at Yale University. She received her B.A. in Art History from Brown University and her M.T.S. in the History of Christianity from Harvard Divinity School. She will discuss aspects of her dissertation which argues for a more critical understanding of medieval and early modern conceptions of mimesis through an examination of a range of figural objects: bust reliquaries, moveable sculptures of Christ and the saints, mobile effigies, and puppets and automata. 

Niall Atkinson, University of Chicago  The Wandering Body and the Wondering Eye: Italian views of Cairo in Early Modern Travel

Niall Atkinson, Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago researches the soundscapes of Renaissance Florence and the role of the acoustic environment in the meaning of built space and the construction of social communities.

The department's yearlong series explores the specific relationships between the senses and art, as well as methods for sensory scholarship. The series is sponsored by the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, the Anita Glass Memorial Fund, the Margerie Cutler Endowment, and the Marshall Woods Lectureship Foundation of Fine Arts.