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10/01/2009: "The Jeffrey H. Loria Center for the History of Art. Yale University, New Haven, CT."
The new art complex at Yale University (2008-9) includes renovations of the Rudolph Building (originally built in 1963), and the Library (Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library) and incorporates an entirely new element--the Jeffrey H. Loria Center for the History of Art. Charles Gwathmey M.Arch. - 62 (Gwathmey, Siegel & Associates, NYC) served as architect for all three projects.
The Loria Center is of special importance because it brings a focus to the entire field of study that had been missing. The recent Alumni Conference (April, 2009) highlighted theoretical considerations from earlier leaders in the visual arts at Yale--Henri Focillon (1881-1943), George Kubler (1912-1996) that could stimulate the entire field beyond the campus. In my view, the Loria Center, by its mere existence, will serve as more than an edifice; it will serve as a catalyst for innovative studies in the Visual Arts. Which is to say that the the History of Art is also the future of art.
Loria Yale - 62, is the owner of the Florida Marlins and an art dealer.
Bailey Ph.D., 72 has numerous scholarly publications on the image in various cultures and is a full-time painter in Estero, FL. She is currently writing a book on the "perfection of form," a study of her recent, large scale oils in the light of formal choices.
