Announcing the 38th Annual Cleveland Symposium

Things Fall Apart:
Fragmentation in Visual Culture

An Art History Graduate Student Symposium  Hosted by Case Western Reserve University,  Department of Art History and Art Friday, March 23, 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio The 2012 Cleveland Symposium invites graduate submissions exploring the theme of fragmentation in the visual arts. This trope has manifested itself in a variety of ways in response to political, social, ideological, or aesthetic trends of a particular epoch. Students are encouraged to interpret this theme broadly, through avenues such as iconoclasm, revolution, political upheaval, physical fragmentation of materials, or particular aesthetic movements. We welcome submissions from graduate students in all stages of their studies and from all fields and geographic regions, ranging from ancient through contemporary art. We will also consider papers from a wide range of methodologies and approaches. A monetary prize will be awarded to the speaker whopresents the most innovative research in the most successfully delivered paper.

Above: (detail) Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900). Storm in the Mountains, 1847. Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 62.8 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift of various donors by exchange and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1969.52