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Revision Description: Removed outdated link. </span></p> contemporaneity@mail.pitt.edu (Emi Finkelstein and Katie Loney) e-journals@mail.pitt.edu (OJS Technical Support) Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:32:32 -0500 OJS 3.3.0.13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/321 <p>Essay</p> Alex J. Taylor Copyright (c) 2021 Alex J. Taylor https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/321 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/314 <p>A curatorial conversation between Nina Blomfield and Katie Loney on the work and practice of Lockwood de Forest and The Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company. This conversation is based on a public conversation held on October 3, 2019 at the University of Pittsburgh.</p> Nina Blomfield, Katie Loney Copyright (c) 2021 Katie Loney, Nina Blomfield https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/314 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/315 <p>Editors' Letter</p> Emi Finkelstein , Katie Loney Copyright (c) 2021 Katie L Loney, Emi Finkelstein https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/315 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/326 <p><em>The Metabolic Museum</em> by&nbsp;Clémentine Deliss</p> Marina Tyquiengco Copyright (c) 2021 Marina Tyquiengco https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/326 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/327 <p>how the light gets in</p> Adriana Miramontes Olivas Copyright (c) 2021 Adriana Miramontes Olivas https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/327 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/328 <p class="AbstractText">Exhibition Schedule: The Block Museum, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, January 26–July 21, 2019; Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada, September 21, 2019–February 23, 2020; Smithsonian Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, TBD–TBD</p> Jake Eisensmith Copyright (c) 2021 Jake Eisensmith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/328 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/329 <p class="AbstractText">Exhibition Schedule: Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation Gallery, Pittsburgh PA, January 24 – September 1, 2020.</p> Paulina Pardo Gaviria Copyright (c) 2021 Paulina Pardo Gaviria https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/329 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/330 <p class="AbstractText">Robert Brennan, <em>Painting as a Modern Art in Early Renaissance Italy</em>. London: Harvey Miller, Renovatio Artium Series in the Arts of the Renaissance, 2019. 366 pp; 11 b/w ills. + 115 color ills., 1 b/w table. Hardcover &nbsp;€125</p> <p class="AbstractText">(9781912554003)</p> Christopher J. Nygren Copyright (c) 2021 Christopher J. Nygren https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/330 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/322 <p>The Contingent Body</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti Copyright (c) 2021 Katie L Loney; Sepideh Tajalizadeh Dashti https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/322 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/323 <p>Eight Views of the Sun Setting on the South Pacific</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Kio Griffith Copyright (c) 2021 Kio Griffith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/323 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/324 <p>La Gente/The People</p> Jonathan Christensen Caballero Copyright (c) 2021 Jonathan Christensen Caballero https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/324 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/325 <p>Address the Issue</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Joel Addison Fuller , Seth Adam Cook Copyright (c) 2021 Seth Adam Cook, Joel Addison Fuller https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/325 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/316 <p>Introduction to the Questionnaire</p> Paula Kupfer , Jacob Eisensmith Copyright (c) 2021 Paula Kupfer; Jacob Eisensmith https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/316 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/317 <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> Sahar Hosseini Copyright (c) 2021 Sahar Hosseini https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/317 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/318 <p class="AbstractText">Response to the questionnaire: “Stationary Women Moving Through the World: The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Calcutta, founded by Mrs. Pascoa Barretto de Souza, 1834”</p> Mrinalini Rajagopalan Copyright (c) 2021 Mrinalini Rajagopalan https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/318 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/319 <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> Lee Veeraraghavan Copyright (c) 2021 Lee Veeraraghavan https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/319 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/320 <p>Response to the questionnaire</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Lindsey french Copyright (c) 2021 Lindsey french https://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/contemporaneity/article/view/320 Sun, 21 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0500