PAPER: THE PLACE OF DISCOVERY
a symposium in honor of James Watrous

In honor of the eightieth anniversary of James Watrous, a noted expert on prints and drawings, joining the Art History faculty at UW, our department is pleased to announce a symposium, "Paper: The Place of Discovery."
Our speakers will investigate the importance of works on paper to art historical investigation, demonstrating how fifteenth-century silverpoint drawings reveal creative process, how the prints of a jewelry designer indulge the geographic imaginary, how letter writing was vital to the artistic process, and how surviving sheets reveal Rembrandt's failures. In keeping with Professor Watrous’s dedication to making art historical knowledge accessible, our keynote speaker will present his path-breaking development of software to promote techniques of art historical analysis.

Thursday, October 8, 6pm: L160 Elvehjem Building
"Computer Vision as Art Historical Investigation"
John Resig, Developer, Khan Academy; Creator, jQuery Java Script Library

Friday, October 9, 10am-12:30pm Chazen Museum Auditorium
10:00-10:10am: Introduction: "Paper: The Place of Discovery"
Shira Brisman, Assistant Professor, Art History, University of
Wisconsin-Madison

10:10-10:30am: "Multiple Identities of Eyckian Silverpoint Drawings"
Stephanie Buck, Curator of Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London

10:30-10:50am: "Rembrandt's Papers"
Thomas Rassieur, Curator of Prints and Drawings, The Minneapolis Institute of Art

10:50-11:20am: "The Unassembled Grammar of the Drawing in the Era of Reform"
Shira Brisman, Assistant Professor, Art History, University of
Wisconsin-Madison

11:20-11:40am: "Christopher Jamnitzer, Cosmographo"
Madeleine Viljoen, Curator of Prints, The New York Public Library

11:40-12:10pm: Questions and Discussion
Andrew Stevens (Moderator), Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs,
Chazen Museum of Art