The State of the Discipline: An Open Art History Session for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

The purpose of this session is to provide a forum for the exceptional undergraduate student and promising graduate student studying the history of art to present their research in a professional venue. We have thus selected art historical projects on a variety of topics, periods, and genres from four art history students for inclusion in this session. With the aim of providing as diverse a forum as possible, selected papers include topics ranging from the influence of humanism as illustrated by the carnal imagery of Renaissance Jesus to an analysis of the bricoleurs of Russian Constructivism