Today marks the 60th day this summer to meet or top 100 degrees; unbelievable. During this oppressive heat the Visual Resources Collection has tried to stay busy. This summer saw the scanning of materials pertaining to Chinese painting, Colonial Latin American painting, Garden designs, and Mesopotamian art, among others.
In other news, Dr. Howe was quoted in a USA today article: "Digging Deeper: Archaeologists race to show Pompeii Daily Life". Kodak announced that it would cease production of Kodachrome film after 74 years; sorry Paul Simon :(. And a crazy woman literally hurled a mug at possibly the most famous mug in art history, the Mona Lisa.
The coming semester looks to be a good one. We excitedly welcome the 4th full-time tenure-track faculty member to our department (more details in separate post). November will see a gallery installation of some of our fantastic facsimile Chinese painting scrolls, curated by capstone students. If you missed the similar exhibit a few years back you really should check it out; the large scale and intricate details of the scrolls are quite impressive.
Here's our fall class lineup:
(you can view the course offerings in a more attractive format by clicking the video on the sidebar to the left)
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