Cincinnati Art & Architecture An Honors Seminar led by Theresa Leininger-Miller, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Art History (DAAP) t [email protected]
Cincinnati Art & Architecture
An Honors Seminarled by
Theresa Leininger-Miller, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Art History (DAAP)
Examining the “Mona Lisa” of daguerreotypes, the Cincinnati Panorama (1848)
at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
(left to right) TLM, Kirsten Boone, Brendan Carr, Kelsey Paul, Daniel Kang, Haley Fite,
Woody Stone, Amanda Mares, Frank Bolek, Robin Steyer, Michael Condon,
Rhiannon Zito, Seth Reichenbach, Abigail Yeater, Grant Wagner, Hayley Coleman
“Cincinnati Art & Architecture” at the Public Library in January, 2016
Benn Pitman, designer; Adelaide & Elizabeth Nourse, carvers, Bedstead (ca. 1882-83)
Hiram Powers, Ginevra (1828/41)
Frank Duveneck, Whistling Boy (1872)
Henry Farny, The Unwelcome Guests (1887)
Elizabeth Nourse, La Mère (1888)
Paintings at the Cincinnati Art Museum
James A. Garfield Monument (1887)
William Henry Harrison Monument (1896)
Monuments of Presidents from Ohio
W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates
with Delano & Alrich,
The Hilton Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza (1929-31)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
• clearly articulate the principal aesthetic concepts, visual characteristics, and major issues, styles, and content of art and architecture in Cincinnati, 1788-present
• demonstrate their understanding of the social, political, literary, and theoretical contexts of this work
• recognize the work of scholars well known in their fields and identify their methodological approaches and arguments
• apply this knowledge to readings from class, by evaluating primary and secondary sources, writing a research report, giving an oral presentation, and taking exams which include image identifications and essays
• research a work in Cincinnati and present that knowledge to classmates verbally