One hundred years ago, the excavation of King Tut’s tomb brought us a mummy with a “pharaoh’s curse.” Our fascination with mummies goes back much farther, however. USC Dornsife scholars explain why we’re still so wrapped up in these eerie remains.
A USC Dornsife art historian plumbs the archives of the Documerica project, an Environmental Protection Agency photo project that tried to reveal environmental damage and share how the agency prevents it and repairs the harm.
Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem? at the USC Fisher Museum of Art features works from the 1940s to the early 2000s, including some never-exhibited pieces by the legendary artist.
It’s vital to human life and one of our deadliest foes. USC Dornsife experts look back at how water has helped get the creative juices flowing throughout the ages.
USC experts consider why our sense of wonder at the cosmos — and our desire to try to make sense of our place within it — have inspired creative work for generations.
Art historian Lisa Pon is recognized for exploring Renaissance artist Raphael’s collaborations, while composer Nina C. Young is known for her genre-defying work.
For the first time in its more than 80-year history, the USC Fisher Museum of Art has closed its doors. Yet the museums and galleries of USC remain conduits to the arts for many.
USC Dornsife’s Kate Flint explores the felines that have pawed, posed and preened their way through art around the world.
Portraits of Holocaust survivors appear alongside interactive testimonies in Facing Survival, a USC Fisher Museum of Art and USC Shoah Foundation collaboration open through Dec. 7.
A USC Dornsife professor describes how exploring the work of artists and poets can spur us to embrace and protect the environment.
USC Dornsife senior JaBrea Patterson-West changed her major — and her life’s trajectory — to support underrepresented artists, earning a prestigious fellowship in the process.
The modern Valentine card was born in Victorian England in a time when weight put on marriages based on love and companionship as opposed to convenience, strategic alliances or money.
Max Novak’s fascination with Greek and Roman history could lead to a career as a museum curator.
Elizabeth Holmes Fisher started from humble beginnings to become a renowned collector of the great masters.
USC Dornsife course teaches Trojans how to hone their observational skills and tell a story about eye-catching paintings.
USC Dornsife faculty members collaborate on a new translation of poems by enfant terrible Arthur Rimbaud.
Vittoria Di Palma and Amy Ogata write award-winning books on desolate regions and the history of architecture.
USC Dornsife historian co-edits a special issue of the academic journal Art History exploring ‘Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World.’
USC Dornsife scholar studies tiny wooden replicas of buildings that adorn Buddhist temples and monasteries.
Doctoral dissertation chronicles the innovations in visual culture that followed World War II.
In a new research project, USC professor Kate Flint illuminates the history of technological change and imaginative expression.
A new book from Suzanne Hudson rallies to the defense of a much contested, ever-evolving medium.
Art history professor Megan Luke’s book on Kurt Schwitters, a key figure in Dadaism, receives the Robert Motherwell Book Prize.