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| − | '''Meyer Schapiro''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1924|24]] [[LittD]] (hon. caus.) '[[1975|75]] was the personification of [[Art History]] at Columbia | + | '''Meyer Schapiro''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1924|24]] [[LittD]] (hon. caus.) '[[1975|75]] was the personification of [[Art History]] at Columbia for much of the 20th century. He attended Columbia on Regents and Pulitzer scholarships, and graduated at age 20 with honors in both [[Art History]] and [[Philosophy]]. He then began his art history doctorate, only to quit when he began teaching four years later, in [[1928]]. He remained a faculty member until [[1973]], becoming a [[University Professors]]. Among Schapiro's accomplishments were the inclusion of art history in the [[Core Curriculum]] even before the formal establishment of an [[Art Hum]] course; an early essay of his appeared on the [[Contemporary Civilization]] syllabus during the 1930s. |
In [[1975]], he was awarded the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]], and in [[1978]], the chair of [[Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History]] was established in his honor. In [[1995]], his brother [[Morris Schapiro]] donated a million dollars to endow another chair, the [[Meyer Schapiro Professorship of Modern Art and Theory]], in Meyer's memory. | In [[1975]], he was awarded the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]], and in [[1978]], the chair of [[Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History]] was established in his honor. In [[1995]], his brother [[Morris Schapiro]] donated a million dollars to endow another chair, the [[Meyer Schapiro Professorship of Modern Art and Theory]], in Meyer's memory. | ||
Revision as of 20:41, 16 July 2007
Meyer Schapiro CC '24 LittD (hon. caus.) '75 was the personification of Art History at Columbia for much of the 20th century. He attended Columbia on Regents and Pulitzer scholarships, and graduated at age 20 with honors in both Art History and Philosophy. He then began his art history doctorate, only to quit when he began teaching four years later, in 1928. He remained a faculty member until 1973, becoming a University Professors. Among Schapiro's accomplishments were the inclusion of art history in the Core Curriculum even before the formal establishment of an Art Hum course; an early essay of his appeared on the Contemporary Civilization syllabus during the 1930s.
In 1975, he was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Medal, and in 1978, the chair of Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History was established in his honor. In 1995, his brother Morris Schapiro donated a million dollars to endow another chair, the Meyer Schapiro Professorship of Modern Art and Theory, in Meyer's memory.
