Art History

The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone

Alison Locke Perchuk, past Member in the School of Historical Studies (2018-19), has authored the first interdisciplinary account of the Monastery of St. Elijah, built circa 1122-26 near Rome. It includes archaeological and historical readings of the monastery’s architecture, frescoes, and sculpture, with an eye toward epigraphy, liturgy, theology, memory, and landscape.

IAS News

Yve-Alain Bois to Deliver Mellon Lectures at National Gallery of Art

May 15, 2019

Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, will give the 2020 A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

The lecture series, titled "Transparence and Ambiguity: The Modern Space of...

Historical Studies

Remembrance in Honor of Irving Lavin

On April 26, the Institute celebrated the life and work of Irving Lavin with an all-day event that began with a series of scholarly discussions in the morning, followed in the afternoon by personal remembrances.

Watch remembrances by (in order of...

Irving Lavin on the Institute for Advanced Study

Professor Irving Lavin (1927–2019) was an art historian distinguished by his conviction that the study of the history of art was the study of the history of ideas. One of the ideas he found most exciting was the idea, born in 1930, of the Institute...

Historical Studies

Leonardo’s Watery Chaos

By Irving Lavin

The Institute Letter Spring 2018

This essay was first presented in Italian in a dialogue with the physicist Tullio Regge, former Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, as the fifth episode in a television series “Dietro lo Specchio,” broadcast by RAI 2, in Turin, Italy...

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Yve-Alain Bois Conferred Nanjing University’s Title of Chun-tu Hsueh Chair Professor

March 16, 2018

On March 14, 2018, Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, was honored with the distinguished title of Chun-tu Hsueh Chair Professor at Nanjing University. Recognized for his expertise in the study of 20th-century European and...

In the Media

A World of Emotions Wins GFAA Audience Award

March 12, 2018

The Onassis Cultural Center New York has won the Global Fine Art Awards’ 2017 Youniversal Award, the audience award determined by popular vote. The exhibition A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 B.C.—200 A.D., co-curated by Angelos Chaniotis...

In the Media

When Picasso Almost Invented Abstract Painting

October 27, 2017

Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, discussed Picasso's complex relationship with abstraction with Artsy's Abigail Cain, saying “I thought that it was a very interesting thing. If someone as fearless as Picasso could...

In the Media

Iconic Plague Images Are Often Not What They Seem

August 18, 2017

Many of the images we associate with the plague actually depict leprosy or smallpox. In fact, there are very few images of the Black Death from the time of the scourge.

Monica H. Green, former Member in the School of Historical Studies, is among the...

IAS News

Former Member Awarded Maria Theocharis Prize

May 15, 2017

Sharon Gerstel, Member (2010-11) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the Maria Theocharis Prize by the Christian Archaeological Society in Greece.