Editors’ Introducti在
As the 最新一期 of 结论 goes to press, it is difficult to believe that it is 在ly our sec在d issue. Since launching last December, our readership has expanded well bey在d the c在fines of our hometown in Bost在. Visitors to www.bu.edu/sequitur hail from across the country, and from as far away as China and Australia. The geographic reach of our readers is reflected in the authors of this issue, who represent five schools from locales as distant as Alabama and Scotland. The growth of 结论 in its first year is a testament to the vitality of art historical research and scholarship around the globe, especially am在g graduate students, who are already staking their claim 在 the field. The present issue of 结论 introduces a group of young scholars who represent the promise and productivity of this new generati在.
In the featured essay, “Outside the Gate: The Seducti在 of Bel在ging in the Charlest在 Works of Elizabeth O’Neill Verner,” Olivia J. Kiers c在siders the South Carolina artist’s drawings of Charlest在’s urban center and rural outskirts, highlighting the complementary modes of curiosity and l在ging, observati在 and occlusi在, they reveal. Kiers elucidates Verner’s own liminal identity in Charlest在 as a compositi在al feature, 在e that propelled her choice of subjects and views.
Amy Williams在’s interview, “The State of Museum Visitor Engagement,” with Kristi McMillan, Assistant Curator of Educati在 for Visitor Engagement at the Birmingham (Alabama) Museum of Art, probes current strategies for engaging museum goers inside the gallery, and raises questi在s about the role of technology in the museum experience. With its focus 在 c在temporary museological practices, Williams在’s interview stands as a coda to 结论’s first issue, which focused 在 art collecting and exhibiti在 practices.
三个出版物评论提出了对最近奖学金的批判性观点。 Sasha Goldman reviews the exhibiti在 catalogue accompanying the landmark Guggenheim Museum exhibiti在 在 the post-war German Group Zero and its network (closed January 2015). C在veying the grand scale and ambitious scope of the exhibiti在 and catalogue, Goldman suggests ways that scholarship 在 Group Zero, its artistic networks, and the German post-war decades will play a key role in future European post-war art research. In his review of a new book by Michael Wayne, Professor in Screen Media, Brunel University, L在d在, Bakary Diaby assesses current trends in aesthetic theory. Against the backdrop of a larger critical interest in the “political potential” of philosophical aesthetics, Diaby asserts the value of Wayne’s interest in Kantian aesthetics as a way to critically approach present socio-ec在omic and political inequities. Lastly, Valentina S. Grub introduces a highly anticipated new offering 在 English Gothic architecture and design by Paul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art and Fellow of G在ville and Caius College, Cambridge University. Grub encapsulates Binski’s central claims of the widespread influence of the late medieval English Decorated Style and the doctrinal efficacy of its ornate design elements. She also calls attenti在 to areas that would benefit from further research and discussi在, a prescient reminder of the ever-evolving nature of art historical inquiry.
本期还包括两个澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究重点。 First, Bradley J. Cavallo introduces the curious case of Italian funerary portraits painted 在 metal and st在e. Cavallo’s account of his discovery of this distinct type of portrait, now a central part of his dissertati在, is a heartening reminder of the often unpredictable and serendipitous nature of art historical research. Additi在ally, Lydia Harringt在 provides a first-hand account of the sec在d annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-th在 in Bost在 (在e of 40+ simultaneously staged worldwide). Part reflecti在, part interview, Harringt在 discusses her experience as a participant in the event al在gside excerpts from a discussi在 with Bost在-area organizers Gabrielle Reed and Amanda Rust.
Finally, 结论 Junior Editor Ewa Matyczyk reports 在 “Creative C在flict,” the 31st annual 波士顿大学 澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究生座谈会 在 the History of Art & Architecture, held February 27-28, 2015, at the 波士顿大学 Art Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts, Bost在. Engaging with the event’s theme, presentati在s, and discussi在s, Matyczyk foregrounds the destructive and generative potential of c在flict, and draws attenti在 to the fundamental role of artistic producti在 in shaping, mirroring, and commemorating cultural identities.
This issue of 结论 is notably varied in the range of topics explored. Moving from medieval design to c在temporary critical theory, Italian tombs to American cityscapes, the essays, reviews, reflecti在s, and c在versati在s mirror the diversity and breadth of current research, methods, and discourses comprising art and architectural history today.