January 30, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will host the 13th annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History Feb. 15, on the UAB campus.

The symposium is presented by the University of Alabama (UA) and the UAB Joint Program for the Master’s of Arts degree in art history. The symposium and lecture are free and open to the public. All sessions will be held in the UAB Arts and Humanities Building, Room 312, 900 13th St. S. For further information or a complete schedule, please contact the UAB Department of Art and Art History at 205-975-0693 or 205-934-4941.

The keynote lecture, “The Game of Looking: Interpreting Franz Xaver Messerschmidt,” will be presented by Professor Michael Yonan of the University of Missouri-Columbia, at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in the UAB Arts and Humanities Building, Room 312, 900 13th St. S.

Among the topics to be presented are “The Journey of the Queen of Sheba and The Meeting of Solomon and Sheba: Two Cassoni Panels From the Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni” by Emma Fox, UAB; “Painting Shakespeare” by Christina Dick, UAB; “Orientalism and Exoticism in Gift Book Illustration” by Andy Jones, UAB; “Analyzing the Chakrasamvara Mandala: The Relevance of Western Context of Eastern Art” by Jason Anderson, UAB; “The Photographs of Dr. Hugh Welch Diamond and The Iconography of Mental Illness” by Amber Henson, UAB; and “The Pietá in Modern and Contemporary Memorial Images” by Mary Anna Brown, UA.