Description
How did printed images translate and circulate ideas, both as independent objects and in early modern books? This graduate course will interrogate the culture of print and its many manifestations in the early modern period (fifteenth through eighteenth century) with a focus on Europe and its zones of contact.
Through class discussions online and hands-on sessions at the Newberry, the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Library at the University of Chicago, and the Art Institute of Chicago’s Prints and Drawings Department, the course will track the form, use, collection, and dissemination of the printed image. The course will culminate with a visit to the Art Institute exhibition, Lines of Connection, curated by Jamie Gabbarelli (AIC) and Edina Adam (Getty).
Guest Presenters
Susan Dackerman, Princeton University
Nora Epstein, Newberry Library
Jamie Gabbarelli, Art Institute of Chicago
Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Newberry Library
Lia Markey, Newberry Library
Stephanie Porras, Tulane University
Schedule and Format
This hybrid seminar will consist of seven virtual meetings on Zoom, and four in-person meetings at museums and libraries in Chicago.
January 16 - Zoom
January 23 - Gray Special Collections Research Library, University of Chicago
January 30 - Zoom
February 6 - Newberry Library
February 13 - Zoom
February 20 - Zoom
February 27 - Art Institute of Chicago
March 6 - Zoom
March 13 - Zoom
***Final meeting in April at the Art Institute, date TBA***