Indigenous Image Theory and the Painter’s Materials, lecture by Barbara E. Mundy

The Department of Art History & Urban Design and Architecture Studies at New York University invites you to attend our Annual Robert Rosenblum Lecture for the 2023-24 Academic Year on Thursday, March 28 at 6:30 PM.

This year’s lecture titled “Indigenous Image Theory and the Painter’s Materials” will be given by Barbara E. Mundy, the Robertson Chair in Latin American Art at Tulane University. Please see below and attached for more information.

“Indigenous Image Theory and the Painter’s Materials”

Barbara E. Mundy, Tulane University

 In 16th century New Spain, Indigenous intellectuals theorized about the nature of the image, underscoring the importance of the material basis of painting. In this, they offered a riposte to ideas about painting’s genesis that they encountered in Pliny’s Natural History.

In this talk, I will analyze what Indigenous texts tell us about concepts of image-making, and explore what painted images from in and around Mexico City themselves reveal about the material nature of the image. I close by turning to the challenges that native painters faced as new colonial economic regimes led to both scarcities and excesses of familiar materials.

NYU Medieval and Renaissance CenterDistinguished Lecture Series

Professor Kathryn Smith, NYU Art History

Opening the Space of the Parchment Roll: Imaging Interiority in Two English Copies of the Septenarium pictum. March 26, 6:00 PM, The Great Room, 19 University Place Philadelphia Free Library Lewis MS E 249b In-person attendees from outside NYU, please register here.To attend online, register here Our mailing address is: marc.center@nyu.edu

The Royal Inca Tunic, Lecture by Andrew J. Hamilton, Thursday, March 14, 2024 – 6:30 PM

The Royal Inca Tunic
A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece

Andrew J. Hamilton 
Associate Curator of the Arts of the Americas 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Lecturer, Department of Art History
The University of Chicago

Thursday, March 14, 2024 – 6:30 PM EST
The Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 301

The Department of Art History invites you to attend the first in a series of lectures that forms our Emerging Scholars Series. The aim of this lecture series is to better orient our own faculty, students, and broader NYU community to the exciting field of the arts of the Ancient Americas. Andrew James Hamilton (Associate Curator of Arts of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago; Lecturer in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago) will be presenting the lecture “The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece.”  The most famous work of Andean art in the world is an enigmatic tunic in the collection of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. Thought to be the only surviving royal vestment of the Inca Empire, it has also spawned controversial theories that its intricate patterns are a long-lost writing system. For over a decade, Andrew Hamilton, associate curator of Arts of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago and lecturer in Art History at the University of Chicago, has conducted careful physical studies of this rare, royal, and radiant object. In this talk, he will piece together its remarkable life history and preview his new book forthcoming with Princeton University Press in May 2024.

Date: Thursday, March 14 Time: 6:30 PM Location: The Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 301

Please use the link below to register. Registration is encouraged, but not required.

Reservation Link

TOMORROW!!!!! Mosette Broderick Book Launch!

Spring ’24 Writing Tutors are Available!

Although the Arts and Science College Learning Center has offered subject-specific assistance in the past and continues to do so in biology, chemistry, math, languages and the like, in recent years our own Department has taken the lead in providing art history-specific tutoring to its undergraduates. The program kicked off in October 2008 and, according to our students’ feedback, has proven to be a great success.

A tutor is available via Zoom on Mondays through Fridays from 12.30 pm to 2:00 pm. In-person tutoring can also be arranged. Contact cjr482@nyu.edu to schedule an appointment.

Laura Bergemann is a M.A./M.S. student at the Institute of Fine Arts, focusing on the conservation of objects. Originally from Boston, MA, Laura completed her BS in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2019. Prior to starting her studies, Laura worked at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston and The Rijksmuseum among other institutions. Laura is available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm. 

Nicole Kitsberg is an M.A. student at the Institute of Fine Arts, focusing on object-led curatorial approaches to memory, and arts of the Islamic world. Originally from London, Nicole graduated from the University of Oxford with First Class Honors in History of Art. Prior to moving to New York City, she worked at The Royal Academy of Arts, The Ashmolean Museum and Christie’s. Nicole is available on Wednesdys and Fridays from 12:30pm – 2:00pm.

Prita Meier in conversation with Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (Spanish & Portuguese) about “Race, Representation and the Archive” March 8 at 3pm at KJCC

FRIDAY March 8 at 3pm: Professor Prita Meier will be in conversation with Professor Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (Spanish & Portuguese) about “Race, Representation and the Archive” in conjunction with the “Gabinete Fang” project at KJCC. Moderated by Santana Kavanaugh (Gallatin). Co-sponsored by Museum Studies Student Organization and Association for African Development.

This even is part of KJCC’s “Fridays on the Patio,” which takes place every Friday from 3-5pm and includes food and convivial conversations. 

Mosette Broderick Book Launch!