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History of Art & Design

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Contents

Welcome,

New Students!

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Important Numbers

Published by History of Art and Design

School of Art and Design
Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Tel. 718-636-3598
Fax. 718-687-5925
ha@pratt.edu
pratt.edu/arthistory
Dorothea Dietrich, Ph.D., Chair
Gayle Rodda Kurtz, Ph.D., Assistant Chair
Jill Song, Assistant to the Chair

2013 HA&D, Pratt Institute
Designed by Tianyun Liu

Campus Resources

Pratt Galleries

Web Resources

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Free Museums

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Contents

Memberships

Contents

Libraries

Local Info

Foreign Language

10 11 12
Where to Eat!

Requirements

Degree Program
Worksheet

13 16 17
Museum Studies

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Thesis Guidelines

Grading Assistantship

Internship Program

21 23 25
Department Staff

Faculty

Academic Calendar

27 28 36

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Welcome!

Important Numbers

MS G2160

Brooklyn Main 718-636-3600

Cox, Diana

Manhattan Main 212-647-7199

Robinson, Kate
Sapega, Christine
Torija-Nieto, Natalia

Security (Brooklyn) 718-636-3540

Security (On Campus) x3333
Security (Manhattan) 212-647-7199

MS/MFA G2161

Welcome,
New
Students!

Emergency Closings 718-636-3700

Graves, Holly
Ryan, Catlin

Athletics 718-636-3700
Bursar 718-636-3639

MS/MS G2162

Copy Center 718-636-3691

Alleman, Katherine

Financial Aid 718-636-3599

Arbuckle, Emily

Health & Counseling 718-399-4542

Berge, Elizabeth

Library (Brooklyn) 718-636-3420

Lee, Chantal

Library (Manhattan) 212-647-7546

Miller, Marie

Pratt Store 718-789-1105

Moyer, Emily

Registrar 718-636-3663

Provo, Alexandra
Seegers, J.E. Molly
Whittaker, Heather

Residential Life 718-399-4551

Student Activities 718-636-3422

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Web Resources

Campus Resources

History of Art & Design

pratt.edu/arthistory
HADpratt (Department newsletter)
hadpratt.wordpress.com

PRATT

HADSA (Student Organization)

prattweekly.wordpress.com
HAD Twitter
twitter.com/pratthad
PRATT Twitter
twitter.com/prattinstitute

COMPUTER/PRINTING LABS
DOC LAB (LARGE FORMAT PRINTING)
Engineering Building, 2nd Floor
EDS LAB (COMPUTERS, SCANNERS &
PRINTING)
Engineering Building, 2nd Floor
MCC LAB (COMPUTERS AND PRINTING)
Machinery Building, 1st Floor

DISCOUNTS
Art & Education
artandeducation.net
ArtBabble
artbabble.org

ART
HISTORY

THEATER TICKETS, MOVIE TICKETS &

CAR SERVICE
For discounted tickets and neighborhood car service,
visit the student involvement office, located in the
Chapel Hall 007.

Getty Research Institute

getty.edu/research
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
metmuseum.org/toah
Google Art Project
googleartproject.com
The Pratt Library website also offers full
access to a number of useful resources
including JSTOR, ARTstor and Oxford
Art Online.
Visit library.pratt.edu/find_resources to
find out more.

ATHLETICS
FREE YOGA, DANCE & EXERCISE CLASSES
In addition to a spacious indoor-track and a weight
and exercise room, Pratts athletic center in the ARC
building offers a number of free classes every day of the
week. For more information, pick up a class schedule
from the athletics center or check out pratt.edu/
student_life/athletics_and_recreation.

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Pr att Gr alleries

Free Museums

Throughout the year, students and faculty show their work and thesis
exhibitions in a number of galleries on Pratts campus. Here are a few:

Your Pratt ID can get you into a number of museums and

attractions for free.*

the BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
bbg.org

THE RUBELLE
and NORMAN
SCHAFLER GALLERY

the BROOKLYN MUSEUM

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
brooklynmuseum.org

Pratt Brooklyn Campus

Chemistry Building, 1st Floor
Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
718-636-3517

the COOPER HEWITT

NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM
2 East 91st Street, Manhattan
cooperhewitt.org
PRATT MANHATTAN
GALLERY
Pratt Manhattan Building
144 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor
Wednesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm
Tuesdays 11am - 8pm
212-647-7778

the FRICK COLLECTION

1 East 70th Street, Manhattan
frick.org
the MUSEUM of ART and DESIGN
2 Columbus Circle, Manhattan
madmuseum.org
the MUSEUM of MODERN ART
11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan
moma.org

DEANS OFFICE GALLERY

Pratt Brooklyn Campus
Main Building, 4th Floor
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
718-636-3619

the WHITNEY MUSEUM

of AMERICAN ART
945 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
whitney.org
* Some museums offer weekly free nights. On Thursday evenings,
the New Museum offers free admission for students and on Friday
nights, the Guggenheim offers pay-what-you-wish admission.

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10 | Memberships

There are several organization memberships that are beneficial to

art history students. Here are a few:

AMERICAN ALLIANCE of MUSEUMS

Most accredited museums throughout the country offer free
admission to AAM members. Students can join for a mere $50!
aam-us.org
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION
The CAA is an organization consisting of students and
professionals with the goal of promoting visual arts both
nationally and internationally. With a membership, students have
access to a number of perks including discounted admission to
CAA conferences and a subscription to either The Art Bulletin
or Art Journal.
collegeart.org
CONSORTIUM of ART and
ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS
Keep up to date and in the know with this listserv-based
community of art and architectural historians.
Bit.ly/caah-listserv

Libr aries | 11

PUBLIC LIBRARIES
BROOKLYN CENTRAL LIBRARY
10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
718-230-2100
NYPL STEPHAN A. SCHWARZMAN BUILDING
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan
917-275-6975

MUSEUM LIBRARIES
COOPER HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM
2 East 91st Street, Manhattan
212-849-8330, by appointment only
the FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY
10 East 71st Street, Manhattan
212-547-0641
the MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM
225 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
212-685-0008, by appointment only
MUSEUM of MODERN ART
4 West 54th Street, Manhattan
212-708-9433, by appointment only
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of ART:
THOMAS J. WATSON LIBRARY
1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
212-650-2312, by appointment only
(For a complete list of the Mets libraries,
visit metmuseum.org/education)
* Pratts library also offers special access to other academic libraries
throughout Brooklyn with the ALB Card. For more information,
speak with a librarian or call 718-636-3420

12 | Local Info

Where to Eat! | 13

CLINTON HILL/FORT GREENE

LUNCH/DINNER

CLINTON HILL BLOG

clintonhillblog.com

CHEZ OSKAR
A beautiful French Bistro with great food.
Also great for their amazing brunch!
211 DeKalb Ave 718-852-6250

NEW YORK TIMES FORT GREENE BLOG

fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com

GENERAL GREENE
Classic American tapas for the foodie and locavore. Amazing
homemade ice cream!
229 DeKalb Ave 718-222-1510

BROOKLYN FLEA
brooklynflea.com

CITYWIDE
FLAVORPILL
flavorpill.com/newyork
GOTHAMIST
gothamist.com
HOPSTOP (Subway Directions)
hopstop.com

ART/GALLERIES
ART FAG CITY
artfagcity.com
ARTCARDS
artcards.cc
ARTINFO GALLERY GUIDE
artinfo.com/galleryguide
CREATIVE TIME
creativetime.org

LOS POLLITOS III

Mexican/Italian food. Great atmosphere.
Also great for their unlimited mimosa brunch!
499 Myrtle Ave 718-636-6125
MAGGIE BROWN
Funky and cozy. A new spin on Southern American classics.
Also great for: Drinks, Brunch.
455 Myrtle Ave 718-643-7001
OLEA
A beautiful, relaxing Mediterranean restaurant.
171 Lafayette Ave 718-643-7003
THAI 101
Tasty and affordable Thai food.
448 Myrtle Ave 718-855-8518
WAZA
Sushi & Ramen
485 Myrtle Ave 718-399-WAZA(9292)/718-399-3839
YAMASHIRO
An intimate and inexpensive Sushi restaurant.
466 Myrtle Ave 718-230-3313
ZAYTOONS
The best Middle-Eastern food in
the neighborhood. BYOB!
472 Myrtle Ave 718-623-5522

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CHEAP BREAKFAST
PILLOW CAF
A warm, cozy, and low-key spot for a light meal and coffee.
Try their homemade tea!
505 Myrtle Ave 718-246-2711
MIKES COFFEE SHOP
A charming neighborhood diner frequented on weekend
mornings by hungry Pratt students and churchgoers. Directly
across the street from Pratt!
328 DeKalb Ave 718-857-1462
MEGA BITES
A casual Greek/American diner.
Perfect for a quiet breakfast when Mikes is full!
245 DeKalb Ave 718-398-8112
BERGEN BAGELS
The best bagels in the neighborhood
(and maybe the world).
536 Myrtle Ave 718-789-9300

TAKEOUT
BAGUETTEABOUDIT!
Where Paris meets Brooklyn
270 Vanderbilt Ave 718-622-8333
CHOICE MARKET
A cute, casual caf with amazing coffee,
mouth-watering sandwiches and gourmet pastries.
318 Lafayette Ave 718-230-5234

Where to Eat! | 15

TAKEOUT
CASTROS
Cheap, fun, and (very) filling Mexican food.
511 Myrtle Ave 718-398-1459
LUIGIS PIZZERIA
The most amazing slice of pizza you will ever have in your life.
Right next to Pratt!
326 DeKalb Ave 718-783-2430
NEW GRACE CHINESE KITCHEN
Tasty, cheap, and friendly Chinese food.
484 Myrtle Ave 718-789-6296

BARS
ALIBI
The local seedy (and awesome) dive bar.
Complete with pool table and jukebox.
242 Dekalb Ave 718-783-8519
FIVE SPOT
A funky soul food restaurant that doubles as a bar after hours.
Great for live music, cheap beer, and their kitchen that closes at
2am!
459 Myrtle Ave 718-852-0202

16 | Requirements

REQUIRED COURSES (all programs)

HA 602 Art Historical Theory & Methodology
HA 650 Chemistry of Materials, Techniques, & Conservation
HA 605 Thesis
MS DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
36 credits in History of Art & Design
DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
MFA/MSLIS requirements + 30 credits in History of Art & Design.
DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
One course, or its equivalent, in each of the following categories:
Photo/Film/Design
Architecture
Non-Western
Pre-Renaissance
Renaissance/Baroque/18th Century
19th/20th/21st Century
For more information about distribution requirements, please see
the worksheet available in the History of Art & Design Office, &
bring your questions to your next advising appointment with your
faculty advisor.
Course offerings are subject to change.

Degree Progr am Worksheet | 17

HISTORY OF ART & DESIGN DEGREE PROGRAM WORKSHEET

Name:
ID#:

G2160

G2161 G2162

Degree Program (CIRCLE ONE): MS MFA/MS MS/MS

HA&D Credits Required:
36 30
30

Required Courses

Core course

Total Credits:

HA 602Art Historical Theory & Methodology

HA 650Materials, Techniques & Conservation
HA 605Thesis

Core course
Thesis

3
3
3

75

YR/SEMESTER

60

Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement (FRENCH or GERMAN or OTHER approved by the chairperson)___
Date Passed:

Elective Courses in HA, HD, and ARCH

French / German / Other

______________________

DISTRIBUTION AREA COURSE NUMBER + NAME

CREDITS

YR/SEMESTER

Elective Courses in other areas (up to 6 credits in studio, language, LIS, etc. approved by the chairperson)

CERTIFICATE IN MUSEUM STUDIES

Core Courses (9 CREDITS)

HA 560Museology
HA 9603Internship (at
HA 9603BInternship (at

)
)

COURSE NUMBER + NAME

Elective Courses (6 CREDITS)

YR/SEMESTER

CREDITS

YR/SEMESTER

3
3
3

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Museum Studies | 19

CERTIFICATE IN MUSEUM STUDIES

History of Art & Design
Distribution Areas for Graduate Programs G2160/G2161/G2162

At least one class in each category is required

Photo/ Film/ Design Electives (COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
HD 501
Survey of Design History
HD 610 - 2cr
HD 505 - 2cr
History of Modern Design
HD 640
HD 506 - 2cr
Concepts of Design
HA 514
HD 511 - 2cr
History of Illustration
HA 517
HD 606
Concepts of Design II
HA 552
HD 608 - 2cr
History of Industrial Design
HA 551/651
HD 609 - 2cr
History of Interior Design I
HD 551/651




Architecture Electives (ALL COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS
HA 551/651
Issues in Art History
HD 609 -2cr
HD 551/651
Issues in Design History
HD 610 -2cr




Non-Western (ALL COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS)
HA 502
Asian Art
HA 533
HA 510
Chinese Landscape Painting
HD 640
HA 512
African Art
HA 551/651
HA 522
Pre-Columbian Art
HD 551/651
HA 526
Native American Art


Pre-Renaissance (ALL COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS)
HA 504
Aegean and Greek Art
HA 631
HA 529
Roman Art
HA 551/651
HA 531
Medieval Art I
HD 551/651
HA 532
Medieval Art II




Renaissance / Baroque / 18th Century (ALL COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS)
HA 501
Renaissance Art
HA 590I
HA 623
HA 507
Art by Women: 15th Ctry-Pres
HA 515
Southern Baroque Art
HA 630
HA 516
Northern Renaissance Art
HA 632
HA 519
Drawings and Prints Seminar
HA 551/651
HA 523 Rembrandt & His Contemporaries
HD 551/651




19th / 20th / 21st Century (ALL COURSES ARE 3 CREDITS)
HA 509
Impressionism & Post-Imp.
HA 633
HA 511
Picasso/Matisse Seminar
HA 634
HA 513
David to Delacroix

HA 635
HA 520
American Art 1770-1940
HA 670
HA 552
Women in Photography
HA 551/651
HD 551/651
HA 553
Dada and Surrealism

HA 627
Contemporary Art Seminar

History of Interior Design II

Aspects of Japanese Design
Film Criticism
Documentary Film
Women in Photography
Issues in Art History
Issues in Design History
History of Interior Design I
History of Interior Design II
Oceanic Art
Aspects of Japanese Design
Issues in Art History
Issues in Design History

Making Medieval Manuscripts

Issues in Art History
Issues in Design History

Art History of Venice (Pratt in Venice)

Dutch Art Seminar
Michelangelo Seminar
Venetian Renaissance Seminar
Issues in Art History
Issues in Design History
German 19th-Century Art
The Beginnings of Abstract Art
Creating Exhibitions
The Current Season
Issues in Art History
Issues in Design History

Some courses can fulfill different requirements, but a single course cannot fulfill two requirementS.

The Advanced Certificate in Museum Studies complements

the MS degree in History of Art and Design by offering both a
solid educational base in art and design history and a practical,
in-depth experience in the museum world. The faculty members
are museum professionals who bring their diverse expertise
and experience to the classroom. The Certificate is particularly
helpful to graduate students seeking employment in museums
and galleries. The Certificate is available to graduate students
in the History of Art and Design only, and will not be awarded
without completion of the MS degree. Some of the certificate
courses may also be used towards the MS degree requirements.
The required courses (9 credits):
HA 560
Museology (3 cr)
HA 9603
Internships at two different museums
HA 9603B
(6 cr total)
Elective course options (6 credits):
Materials & Techniques of Venice, Pratt in
HA 600I
Venice program (3 cr)
Student Teaching in the Gallery (2 cr)
ADE 524
Museum & Library Research (3 cr)
LIS 629
Conservation & Preservation (3 cr)
LIS 632
Strategic Marketing (2 cr)
ACM 621
Fundraising for the Arts & Culture (2 cr)
ACM 622
Arts & Cultural Education (2 cr)
ACM 624
Nonprofit Law & Governance (2 cr)
ACM 642
Finance & Financial Reporting for
ACM 651
Nonprofit Managers (2 cr)
Please sign up for the Certificate in the Registrars Office or the
History of Art & Design Department (East 205).
Please email any questions to the department at ha@pratt.edu.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT

It is essential to the conduct of research in art history to acquire
reading knowledge of several languages. The department requires
that students demonstrate proficient reading comprehension in
French or German prior to commencing work on the thesis. In
rare cases, and only if required for a major part of thesis research, a
different language may be substituted with permission of the Chair.
The student can fulfill the foreign language requirement in either
of the following ways:
* Pass the departments exam, which consists of translating a
short passage into English; dictionary allowed (45 minutes).

* Pass one of CUNYS Reading Comprehension Language
courses with a grade of B+ or better.

Thesis Guidelines | 21

THESIS GUIDELINES
You must be enrolled each term during which you work on the
thesis, with the exception of the summer semester.
Select a faculty advisor who has professional expertise and
personal interest in your thesis topic. Approach the potential
advisor early in the process to insure s/he is available to advise
your thesis.
Prepare a two to three page proposal that outlines your topic and
research methodology and includes a working bibliography (not
included in page suggestion). Once your advisor has approved the
proposal, have two additional faculty members read and comment
on the proposal, addressing strengths and weaknesses and making
any recommendations needed. The readers should return a copy
of the proposal with comments to you, your advisor, and the
department (in hard copy or via email). It is your responsibility to
recruit the two readers, submit the proposal to them and follow up
on their comments.
The thesis should be prepared using the Chicago Manual of
Style. We recommend purchasing the most recent edition of
K.L.Turabians A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses,
and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. You
must also follow the formatting guidelines established by the
Library (and kept up to date on their website: http//libguides.
pratt.edu/thesisguide). The manuscript should not be longer than
65-70 pages, excluding the bibliography and images. We advise
including an acknowledgements page. Copies of deposited theses
are available for consultation in the Graduate Student Office and
in the Library.

22 | Thesis Guidelines

THESIS GUIDELINES
In consultation with your advisor, establish a timeline for your
work and schedule regular meetings with your advisor throughout
your research and writing.
You must submit the final draft of your thesis, approved by your
advisor and formatted according to the Librarys guidelines, to
the Chair five weeks prior to the Librarys deposit deadline. The
Chair will return comments to you no later than a week before
the deposit deadline. The Library website outlines the deposit
procedures; should you need additional guidance, please speak
with one of the reference librarians.
The final thesis manuscript must contain a page with the
signatures of your advisor and the Chair. You should print three
archival copies of the manuscript: one for the Library, one for the
Department, and one for yourself. Two of these you will deposit
with the Library for binding (one for the Library and one for
the Department). The department is collecting digital copies of
all theses. Please submit your thesis in either .doc or .pdf format
to the Assistant to the Chair. If you want to be included on our
website (hadthesis.pratt.edu), please email ha@pratt.edu that you
are granting us the permission for online use. You can have your
personal copy bound at the Copy Center or an offsite service such
as Kinkos.
Make sure to allow yourself sufficient time to explore a potential
topic since the thesis is meant to be completed in two semesters
to assure timely completion of your studies. Should you need to
extend beyond three semesters of work on the thesis, schedule a
meeting with your advisor and the Chair to discuss your situation.

Gr ading Assistantship | 23

GRADING ASSISTANTSHIP
JOB DESCRIPTION
General
Being a Grader constitutes a contractual agreement between a
faculty member and a student in the Department of History of
Art & Design, with obligations to both parties, and with the
Department of History of Art and Design in a supervisory capacity.
The principal responsibility of the grader is to grade student
assignments in consultation with the instructor.
Instructors and graders are advised to maintain open
communication via email or phone.
Graders must attend all class sessions of the sections for which
they grade, unless an alternative arrangement is determined by the
instructor (e.g., attending alternate class sessions of two sections of
the same survey course, for example).
Graders must attend scheduled museum field trips.
Both the instructor and the grader must be present at all
examinations. Graders assist in proctoring the exam.
Grading
Under the supervision of the course instructor, graders grade
quizzes, the mid-term and final exams, and any written homework
for the sections to which they are assigned. In all cases, the
instructor will provide a thorough key and basic written guidelines
for grading and should discuss them with the assistant. The
instructor will check and discuss with the grader sample exams (to
determine a typical grade of A, B, C, etc.).

24 | Gr ading Assistantship

Internship | 25

GRADING ASSISTANTSHIP

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Exam papers and museum assignments must be returned to the

students within two weeks. Final grades are due two days after the
exam period ends, thus the grader must submit final exam grades
to the instructor prior to the grade deadline so that course grades
can be submitted on time. The instructor will set a reasonable
deadline by which s/he needs the final exam grades.

Graduate students in the History of Art and Design have had

internships at a wide variety of institutionsincluding major
museums, non-profit cultural institutions, auction houses and
galleries. Offering a wide range of experiences that have often
been career-defining.

Graders will meet with the instructor in the last week of the term
to help compile grades and, particularly, to help decide border-line
case grades, since often the grader will be more familiar with a
given students work than the instructor. Final responsibility for
grades rests with the instructor. The instructor must review the
graders work and communicate any concerns. The instructor must
be prepared to explain all assigned grades.
Grading assistants cannot be assigned the responsibility of
teaching a class in the instructors absence.
Graders are hired, and their paperwork is processed, by the Assistant
to the Chair (please pick up hiring paperwork in the HA&D office
no later than 2:00 pm on the second Friday of the semester).
Both grader and instructor should report any concerns over the
course of the semester to the Assistant to the Chair.
HA&D Main Office: East Hall, Room 205.
e: ha@pratt.edu
p: 718 636 3598

One of the projects for the internship is an interview with

someone who is a potential role model for the students and their
own aspirations. This project has proved to be informative and,
in some cases, fascinating. There are three meetings with the
departments coordinator during the semester for students to share
issues about the internship experience. Students contribute to a
blog about their weekly activities and learning opportunities.
Graduate students in the Certificate of Museum Studies are
required to do two internships at different museums.
The department maintains a list of the institutions that have
sponsored our students in the past. It is an important goal for
the department that all internships done for credit are valuable
learning experiences.

26 | Internship

Department Staff | 27

DOROTHEA DIETRICH
Chair and Professor
Twentieth-Century Art History and Aesthetic Theory
Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A. and B.A., Yale University
Primary research areas: The Weimar Republic and post-WW II
German Art and Culture. Publications include: The Collages of
Kurt Schwitters: Tradition and Innovation and German Drawings
of the 60s, and contributions to exhibition catalogues and
scholarly volumes in the United States and Europe. She was also
Contributing Editor to Art on Paper and Critical Matrix.
Before coming to Pratt, Dietrich was Chair of Arts and
Humanities at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and
earlier, Curator of Prints and Drawings and Director of the
Morse Research Center at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art
Museum at Rutgers. She held teaching appointments at Yale
University, Princeton University, MIT, Washington University,
Duke University and Boston University. She recently was a Senior
Research Fellow at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, England.
She is currently working on Art and Technology in the former
Republic of East Germany.
ddietric@pratt.edu

GAYLE RODDA KURTZ

Assistant Chair, Assistant Professor
Eighteenth-Century Art, Nineteenth-Century Art
Ph.D., CUNY - The Graduate Center
M.A. Hunter College
Concentration in European Art of the 18th and 19th Centuries.
From 1995 to the presentContractual Lecturer at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art with a focus on the African Art Galleries.
gkurtz@pratt.edu

28 | Faculty

SAM BRYAN
Associate Professor
Documentary Film, Film Criticism
DA, History, Carnegie-Mellon University
M.A.T., Howard University
Publications include: Effective Use of Films in the Classroom;
The Gettysburg Address.

Faculty | 29

EVA DAZ
Assistant Professor
Institutional Critique, Exhibiting Race,
Critical Models: 1965 to the Present, The Current Season
Ph.D., M.A., Princeton University

Hes a past president of the New York Film Council and continues
as Executive Director of the International Film Foundation.

Curator for Art in General; on faculty at Whitney Museum

of American Art Independent Study Program, Parsons New
School for Design and Sarah Lawrence College; contemporary
and modern art critic for Art in America, Time Out New York, and
Modern Painters.

sbrya995@pratt.edu

ediaz3@pratt.edu

ED DECARBO
Associate Professor
African Art, Pre-Columbian Art

MARY EDWARDS
Professor
Trecento Art, Native American Architecture,
Native American Art

Ph.D., M.A., Indiana University

M.A., University of Chicago
Research on Oceanic art and aesthetics in Africa. Former Director
of Education, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian.
Taught in interdisciplinary programs and served as a university
administrator for many years.
edecarbo@pratt.edu

Ph.D., M.L.S., M.A., Columbia University

Publications include: Wind Chant and Night Chant Paintings,
Iconography, Source, Journal of Architectural Historians; Il Santo, and
Bollettino del Museo Civico di Padova.
Awards include: Samuel H. Kress Dissertation Fellowship; NEH
Travel to Collections Grant; Delmas Foundation Grant.
Executive Council Member at Southeastern Medieval Association.
medw1005@pratt.edu

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Faculty | 31

DIANA GISOLFI
Professor
Art Historical Methodology and Theory,
Italian Renaissance Art, Michelangelo Seminar

FRIMA FOX HOFRICHTER

Professor
Rembrandt and His Contemporaries,
Southern Baroque, Northern Renaissance, Vermeer

Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago

Ph.D., Rutgers University

Publications include: The Rule, The Bible, and the Council:

The Library of the Benedictine Abbey at Praglia (CAA Monograph
Series); On Classic Ground, Caudine Country (Illustrations), Yale
University Art Gallery Bulletin; Artibus et Historiae, Arte Veneta, The
Art Bulletin; The Dictionary of Art, Renaissance Quarterly, Burlington
Magazine, Encyclopedia of Italian Renaissance and Mannerist Art.

Specialist in Northern Baroque Art.

Awards include: American Philosophical Society Grant; Delmas

Foundation Grant.

Awards include: Woodrow Wilson Research Grant in Womens

Studies; ACLS Grant-in-Aid; Millard Meiss (CAA Award);
Visiting Fellow at the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies;
Pratt Faculty Development Award.

dgisolfi@pratt.edu

Publications Include: Judith Leyster, A Woman Painter in Hollands Golden

Age; Leonard Bramer, 1596-1674: A Painter of the Night, and Haarlem:
The Seventeenth Century, published in The Dictionary of Art, The Burlington
Magazine, Renaissance Quarterly, and The Feminist Art Journal.

ffhofric@pratt.edu
DIMITRI HAZZIKOSTAS
Assistant Professor
Aegean and Greek Art, Roman Art, Medieval Art
Ph.D., M.A., Columbia University
Archeological field work in Greece.
Published in the Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography.
Awards include: Sears Distinguished Professor 1991,
Whiting Fellowship.
dhazziko@pratt.edu

IL KIM
Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., M. Phil. and M.A, Columbia University, Architectural History
M.A. and B.A., Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Architecture
Il Kims work and studies focus on architecture and architectural history.
His dissertation is entitled, Nicholas of Cusa, Leon Battista Alberti, and
the Cult of Light in Fifteenth-Century Italian Renaissance Architecture,
in which he discussed how the mutual understanding between Cusa and
Alberti led to the creation of unprecedented Renaissance buildings. He is
in his early stages of developing his dissertation into a book.
Publications include: studies of Italian Renaissance, an essay on
Isamu Noguchi, and several books on contemporary architecture.
Il Kim is an architect as well, and his work has been published in the US.
ikim6@pratt.edu

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ANCA I. LASC
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., M.A., Art History Department, University of Southern California
B.A. Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
Research on the invention and commercialization of the modern
French interior and the development of the profession of interior
designer in the nineteenth-century, as well as the art of commercial
window dressing in nineteenth-century France and America.
Has been the recipient of numerous research grants; published
articles in the Journal of Design History and Interiors: Design,
Architecture, Culture.

alasc@pratt.edu
MARSHA MORTON
Professor
Abstract Art, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism,
German Nineteenth-Century Art
Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
M.A., University of Chicago

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JOYCE POLISTENA
Associate Professor
African Art, American Art, Delacroix
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
M.A., Hunter College
CUNY Dissertation Fellowship, 1994-95; Treadwell Memorial
Scholarship (Oxford University), 1989.
Papers presented at CAA, The University of Washington and The Frick
Collection.
Publications in The Van Gogh Museum Journal; Religion and the Arts and
The Bulletin of the German Historical Institute.
jpoliste@pratt.edu

KATARINA V. POSCH
Associate Professor
Industrial Design, Interior Design,
Japanese Design
Ph.D., Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music

Primary area of research is nineteenth-century German art, with

published articles on interdisciplinary topics in Neoclassicism,
Romanticism, Biedermeier, Impressionism, and Symbolism. She
is currently finishing a book on the printmaker Max Klinger that
explores his art within the context of Darwinism, anthropology,
psychology and the grotesque.

Specialist in Japanese design. Publications in journals of

architecture and sculpture concerning issues of design.

Books include: The Arts Entwined: Music and Painting in the

Nineteenth Century (Garland, 2000); Pratt and Its Gallery: The Arts
and Crafts Years (1998).

kposch@pratt.edu

She has served as the Secretary of HGCEA (Historians of

German and Central European Art) since 2005.
mmorton@pratt.edu

Curated: Isamu Noguchi retrospective. Academic Advisor for

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, and Assistant
Curator, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.

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ANN SCHOENFELD
Assistant Professor
Abstract Art, The Bauhaus, Concepts of Design,
History of Communications Design,
Points of View: Political and Socially Concerned
Art and Design, Revolutionary Challenges of the Avant-Garde
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
M.A., University of Chicago
CUNY Dissertation Fellowship. Lecturer, SUNY Purchase.
Nominator, Joan Mitchell Foundation for Painting and Sculpture.
Published in M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists Writings,
Theory, and Criticism, i-D, Eye.
aschoenf@pratt.edu
DOROTHY SHEPARD
Associate Professor
Gender in Medieval Art, Manuscripts, The Crusades
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr
M.A., Southern Methodist University
AAUW American Fellowship, Haakon Traveling Fellowship.
Invited lectures include: CAA, Kalamazoo and Medieval
Academy; Symposia on History of the Bible held at Barnard,
Rutgers, and Princeton.
Published in Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia; Rutgers Art
Review; The Apocalypse in Word and Image; and Canterbury and the
Medieval Bible.
dshepard@pratt.edu
dshep25784@aol.com

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BOR-HUA WANG
Assistant Professor
Buddhist Art, Modern Arts of China, East Meets West, Asian Art,
Chinese Landscape Painting
Ph.D., Columbia University
M.A., University of Kansas
Specialist in Chinese painting and calligraphy of the Song dynasty.
Other area of research: Contemporary Chinese Art; Buddhist Art
of Southeast Asia and Western art theory.
Curator of Contemporary Koran Art, Abstract Chinese Art,
Taipei Fine Art Museum.
Pan Yuliangs Life and Art: Alienation to Freedom of
Expression, CAA, 2001.
bwan1068@pratt.edu

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Fall 2013 Summer 2014

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

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September 9

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November 15

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