Art and Art History
Emeriti: (Professors) Keith Boyle, Kristina Branch, Wanda M. Corn, Elliot Eisner, Lorenz Eitner, David Hannah, Suzanne Lewis, Frank Lobdell, Dwight C. Miller, Nathan Oliveira, Richard Randell, Michael Sullivan, Paul V. Turner
Chair: Richard Vinograd
Area Director for Art History: Richard Vinograd
Area Director for Film and Media Studies: Pavle Levi
Area Director for Art Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Art Practice: Joel Leivick
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Art History: Jody Maxmin
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Film and Media Studies: Scott Bukatman
Director of Graduate Studies in Art History: Pamela M. Lee
Director of Graduate Studies in Art Practice: Gail Wight
Director of Graduate Studies in Documentary Film: Jan Krawitz
Professors: Enrique Chagoya (Painting/Drawing/Printmaking), Paul DeMarinis (Electronic Media; on leave), Matthew S. Kahn (Design), Jan Krawitz (Documentary Film), Pamela M. Lee (Contemporary Art), Michael Marrinan (18th- and 19th-century European Art; on leave Spring 2010), Kristine Samuelson (Documentary Film; on leave), Melinda Takeuchi (Japanese Art), Richard Vinograd (Chinese Art), Bryan Wolf (American Art)
Associate Professors: Scott Bukatman (Film Studies), Jody Maxmin (Ancient Art; on leave Winter 2010), Gail Wight (Electronic Media)
Assistant Professors: Terry Berlier (Sculpture), Morten Steen Hansen (Renaissance Art), Pavle Levi (Film Studies), Jean Ma (Film Studies), Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz (African Art), Jamie Meltzer (Documentary Film), Bissera Pentcheva (Medieval Art)
Professor (Teaching): Joel Leivick (Photography)
Lecturers: Kevin Bean (Drawing/Painting), Robert Dawson (Photography), John Edmark (Design), Brendan Fay (History of Photography), Lukas Felzmann (Photography), Julie Russo (Media Studies), Adam Tobin (Screenwriting)
Affiliated Professor: John H. Merryman (Law, emeritus)
Department Offices: Room 101, Cummings Art Building
Mail Code: 94305-2018
Phone: (650) 723-3404
Web Site: http://art.stanford.edu
Courses offered by the Department of Art & Art History are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under the subject codes ARTHIST (Art History), ARTSTUDI (Art Practice), FILMSTUD (Film Studies), and FILMPROD (Film Practice).
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY
The department offers courses of study in: (1) the history of art, (2) the practice of art (studio), and (3) film and media studies, leading to the following degrees: B.A. degree in Art History; B.A. degree in Art Practice; B.A. degree in Film and Media Studies; M.F.A. degree in Art Practice; M.F.A. degree in Design; M.F.A. degree in Documentary Film and Video; Ph.D. degree in Art History.
The undergraduate program is designed to help students think critically about the visual arts and visual culture. Courses focus on the meaning of images and media, and their historical development, roles in society, and relationships to disciplines such as literature, music, and philosophy. Work performed in the classroom, studio, and screening room is designed to develop a student's powers of perception, capacity for visual analysis, and knowledge of technical processes.
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University is a major resource for the department. The center offers a 22,000-object collection on view in rotating installations in 18 galleries, the Rodin Sculpture Garden, and special exhibitions, educational programs, and events. Through collaborations with the teaching program, student internships, and student activities, the Center provides a rich resource for Stanford students.