Category Archives: Historic Sites
The College Today did a story on us
The College Today did a story on us: http://today.cofc.edu/2014/11/20/art-history-students-build-wall-gaining-resume-building-skills/ Here’s an out-take photograph of our officers. Thanks to Sherry Wallace for taking the photo:
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Brick-by-Brick: Building a Curriculum on a Brick Wall (Call for Participation)
The College of Charleston Architecture & Art History Club will host Brick-by-Brick: Building a Curriculum on a Brick Wall on Saturday, November 22 at the American College of Building Arts. The purpose of this event is to give the College of Charleston students hands-on experience with masonry and curriculum development. Students will develop educational modules […]
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“Reappraising the Fortress City: Risk, Security, and Military Urbanism”
Jon Coaffe, Ph.D.-University of Warwick, UK 2014 Urban Studies Convocation Speech After listening to Jon Coaffe’s convocation speech on October 16, 2014, I developed this summary and analysis of his presentation. Coffee’s research was inter-disciplinary involving different fields of knowledge including urban studies, architecture, geography, and political science. The research presented by professor Coaffe concerns […]
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Silencing Homer, a Response
On October fifteenth I ventured to Sotille Theater to see “Silencing Homer, The Iliad and the Odyssey in Early Cinema”. The production was put on by The Archaeological Institute of America and the College of Charleston. It consisted of three short films with piano accompaniment. The audience was supplied with programs that contained a list […]
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Heyward-Washington House Tour TODAY
Calling all students interested in seeing a house museum! Today, October 10, Architecture and Art History Club will be visiting the Heyward-Washington house at 87 Church Street at 3pm to have a specialized tour about the decorative arts within the house as well as the architecture of the house itself. The tour will be $8 […]
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Dr. Compton’s “The Glory of Color: Pigments in Early Florentine Altarpieces”
On September 10th I was given the opportunity to attend a very unique lecture presented by Dr. Rebecca Compton about Florentine altarpieces. Not fully knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised at how fascinating and intricate this early form of art was. I found the lecture to be incredibly fascinating and valuable to me […]
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The Cultural Significance of Color: Absorbing Professor Compton’s Lecture on Early Florentine Altarpieces
In early September I had the pleasure of attending Professor Rebekah Compton’s lecture entitled “The Glory of Color: Pigments in Early Florentine Altarpieces” in the College of Charleston’s Simons Center for the Arts. By using Giovanni Dal Ponte’s Madonna and Child Enthroned as a means to introduce the subject and as a central point of […]
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Fall 2014 Events
Save these dates: F 8/29 @ 2:00 pm, 12 Bull Street | Architecture & Art History Club Meet & Greet. We will decide on our fall term events and choose officers as necessary. F 9/5 @ 5:00, Text for meeting location 843-725-8957 (Audrey) or 321-544-7460 (Caroline)| Architecture & Art History Club will meet and go […]
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Aiken Rhett House Tour
As a Historic Preservation major, I have had my fair share of house tours and have actually visited the Aiken Rhett house in the past, but going with the Architecture and Art History Club was a whole new experience. Normally when a member of the public tours the house, you are given a headset and […]
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“Sacred Houses” in Early Iron Age Greece?