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R1 Research Profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Art History is proud to contribute actively to 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s role as one of only two R1 universities in Wisconsin, with the unique, but fundamental, goal of serving as an institution of access. art history faculty maintain a robust research and publishing agenda that spans global visual and material culture from prehistory to the present, in addition to representing the department through professional and academic service at the regional, national, and international level. Faculty and staff regularly curate exhibitions, present papers at professional conferences, direct archaeological fieldwork, and serve on the boards of professional organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

51ÁÔÆæ Art Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Art History stewards one of the premier university art collections in the Midwest. The 51ÁÔÆæ Art Collection<\/a> encompasses approximately 8,000 objects representing global visual and material culture from ancient to contemporary. Areas of special strength include prints from the 15th to 20th century, Greek and Russian Icons, American folk art, and ethnographic collections of Africa and Oceania from nearly one hundred different cultural areas and twenty-three different countries. This donor-based collection includes works by Rembrandt, D\u00fcrer, Hogarth, Kollwitz, Whistler, Renoir, Calder, Chagall, Picasso, O\u2019Keefe, Warhol, Rauschenberg, and many others. The 51ÁÔÆæAC also holds large single-artist collections for Max Arthur Cohn and Robert von Neumann, which offer students distinct research and exhibition opportunities. The collection, in conjunction with the state-of-the-art Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery, provides experiential learning opportunities for 51ÁÔÆæ students across the curriculum and serves as a research engine for graduate theses and exhibitions, as well as for ongoing collaborative study by faculty and students. More importantly, the collection and exhibition spaces allow the department to align its own mission with that of the university by enhancing undergraduate and graduate education through innovative teaching and experiential learning, promoting research through exhibitions and critical inquiry, and engaging community partners through programming and outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n