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One of the grant programs of the Getty Foundation, is Connecting Art Histories. The initiative aims to strengthen the discipline of art history globally and increase opportunities for sustained intellectual exchange across national and regional borders. The initiative springs from the recognition that art history develops fresh lines of inquiry when scholars from diverse regions, career stages, and academic training are able to inform each other’s ideas and methodologies. This is the second time UNICAMP is awarded with a grant, intending to expand the field of non-European art history in Brazil.
“”The power and vitality of any scholarly discipline rest on its ability to forge connections—among people and ideas and across international boundaries. “
“The Getty Foundation fulfills the philanthropic mission of the Getty Trust by supporting individuals and institutions committed to advancing the greater understanding and preservation of the visual arts in Los Angeles and throughout the world. Through strategic grant initiatives, it strengthens art history as a global discipline, promotes the interdisciplinary practice of conservation, increases access to museum and archival collections, and develops current and future leaders in the visual arts.”
The program has already collaborated with a previous initiative called “Teaching Non-European Art at UNICAMP” (2013-2017), which preceded and opened the way for our current project. The original project brought eight foreign researchers and professors to teach and co-supervise master’s and doctoral degrees at PPGH – UNICAMP, in four different areas: pre-Columbian art, African art, Japanese art and Art theory. This resulted in the publication of the book “Non-European Art: historiographical connections from Brazil“, presenting a sample of the research carried out in the context of the project and an expanded art history.
