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9th Annual Spring Student Symposium
in Art History
Thursday. April 2. 2009.
10:50 am/ Visual Arts Center

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2009 - 9th Annual
Spring Student Symposium
in Art History

Thursday, April 2
10:50 am, VATC120
Visual Arts Center
San Antonio College Campus

Visual Arts students were selected to present their outstanding research papers from art history I & II and art appreciation classes from the past year. A reception will follow the event.
The presentations are:

The Art of Tattoo in Ancient Egypt
by Erika Mullins

Catacombs of the Mediterranean
by Jeremy A. Chavez

Vedas Vs. the Ancient Hindu Temple
by Clare Little

Masters of Deception - The Evolution and Impact of Trompe L’oeil
by Dede Lane

GESTAMTKUNSTWERK: The Spirit of Transcendence in Symbolist Art
by Jonathan Trevino

Sound in Art
by Sharon Milford

2008 - 8th Annual
Spring Student Symposium
in Art History

Thursday, April 10
10:50 am - 12:05 pm, VATC120
Visual Arts Center
San Antonio College Campus

Visual Arts students were selected to present their research papers from art history and art appreciation classes from the past year.
A reception will follow the event.
In order of presentation, the students are:

Chantal Harrison,
who took art history online with Associate Professor Marleen Hoover in 2007, researched ancient Chinese bronzes, a topic made more alive by Harrison's visit to China at that time. Her presentation is titled "Ancient Chinese Bronzes: Shapes and Uses."

Kate Carey,
education staff person at the McNay Museum of Art. Carey studied art history with Associate Professor Debra Schafter and is already continuing her art history studies at UTSA. Her topic, based on an object at the McNay, is "St. George: A Medieval Superhero."

Annie Davis,
a junior at Texas A & M, took art history with Hoover last summer. With a professional interest in medical work, Davis explored the tradition of death portraits. The title of her presentation is
"Memento Mori: Remembering Life by Capturing Death."

Laura Rodriguez,
a second semester fine art major at San Antonio College, studied art history with Schafter, who helped her arrange an internship at ArtPace. The internship led to her research and presentation, "Interview with Matthew Buckingham, Contemporary Artist."

Spring Student Symposium in Art History
2001-2009
(3/27/2009) compiled by Debra Schafter, Associate Professor

2001

“Through Their Eyes: the Brotherhood of the Pre-Raphaelites”
Becky Backlund

“The Origins of Glass”
Kimberly Branson

“Classical Connections: Greek & Roman Comparisons”
Lee Briedenbach

“The Art of Propaganda”
Analisa Cantu

2002

"The Beauty of the Taj Mahal"
Valeriu Popovich

"Dreamscapes and Recollections: Marc Chagall's Dream Village"
William McClure

"Inside the Bungalow: the Arts and Crafts Movement in America"
Laura Enns

"Bacon: Study After Velázquez"
William McClure (presenter), Larry White, Eduardo Rodriguez, Luis Godinez, Monica Mojica, Yoriko Nakata

"Spirit of Healing: Jesse Trevino"
Yoriko Nakata

2003
“Ibeji, African Deities of Duality”
Brandon Haynes

“The Paintings at Dura-Europos: Art of a Chosen People”
Beth Shapiro

"Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Parks”
Vanessa Centeno

"The Role of a Woman: the Photographs of Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman"
Lisa Alvarado

"Architecture of the King William District"
Damian Tenorio

2004

“Stock Market Culture: The Art of the Trading Phoenicians and Carthage”
Michael Perez

“The Destruction of Images: an Iconoclast Vision”
Brad Angotti

“The Appetite of One Man: Dutch Still Life Painting and the Art of
Abraham van Beyeren”
Gina Santillan Villalvazo

“Looking at the World through the Eyes of Dada”
Mary Ester Cortez

“Richard Estes: Reflections of a Photorealist
Katherine Muniz

2005

“The Continuous Dream: Aboriginal Art through Time”
Seth A. Faerber

“The Illuminated Visions of Hildegard of Bingen”
Susan Yurick

“Catching the Matuto: The Cover Art Tradition of the Brazilian Literatura de
Cordel”
Ian Doumit

“Carolingian Illuminated Manuscripts”
Stacey Ziegler

“The Cult of Aesthetics: Art and Social Structure in Vanuatu”
Brian Rhoades

2006

“Buddhism in Tibetan Thangka Painting”
Sixto-Juan Zavala

“Japanese Literati Painting and the Nanga School “
Heather Klebs

“Pre-Raphaelites and Prostitutes: Rossetti's Obsession”
Deborah Scheibler

“Robert Rauschenberg: An American Perspective”
Emily deLarios,

2007

“Akhenaten: The Good Father and Family Man”
Sarah Jones

“Style of the Minoan Potter”
Melanie Reposa

“The Evolution of Church Architecture From Byzantium to Kievan Rus
Adam Vega

Racial Tensions Through the Eyes of Faith Ringgold”
Allison Parry

“A Philosophy of Soup Cans: An Interpretation of Andy Warhol through Abstract
Expressionism”
Victoria Campbell

2008

“Ancient Chinese Bronzes: Shapes and Uses”
Chantal Harrison

“St. George” A Medieval Superhero”
Kate Carey

“Momento Mori: Remembering Life by Capturing Death”
Annie Davis

“Interview with Matthew Buckingham”
Laura Rodriguez

2009

“The Art of Tattoo in Ancient Egypt”
Erika Mullins

“Catacombs of the Mediterranean”
Jeremy A. Chavez

“Vedas vs. the Ancient Hindu Temple”
Clare Little

“Masters of Deception - The Evolution and Impact of Trompe L’oeil”
Diedre Lane

“Gesamtkunstwerk: The Spirit of Transcendence in Symbolist Art”
Jonathan Trevino

“Sound in Art”
Sharon Milford