Karly Etz
Postdoctoral Associate
School of Art
College of Art and Design
Adjunct Faculty
Karly Etz
Postdoctoral Associate
School of Art
College of Art and Design
Adjunct Faculty
Select Scholarship
Book Chapter
Etz, Karly. "Tattooed Cartographies and the Displaced Body in an Age of Political Conflict." Traveling Bodies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Traveling as an Embodied Practice. Ed. Nicole Maruo-Schröder, Sarah Schäfer-Althaus, and Uta Schaffers. New York, New York: Routledge, 2023. 218-235. Print.
Currently Teaching
ARTH-135
Survey: Ancient to Medieval Art
3 Credits
In this course students will examine the forms, styles, functions, and meanings of important objects and monuments dating from prehistory through the Middle Ages, and consider these works of art in their social, historical and cultural contexts. The primary goals of this course are to learn how to look, how to describe and analyze what we see, and how to use these skills to understand and explain how art visually expresses meaning. At the end of the term, students will have gained a foundational knowledge of the object, scope and methods of the discipline of art history. The knowledge obtained in this introductory course will also guide students in their own creative endeavors.
ARTH-136
Survey: Renaissance to Modern Art
3 Credits
In this course students will examine the forms, styles, functions, and meanings of important objects and monuments dating from the Renaissance through the beginning of the twentieth century, and consider these works of art in their social, historical and cultural contexts. The primary goals of this course are to learn how to look and how to describe and analyze what we see, and to use these skills to understand and explain how art visually expresses meaning. At the end of the term, students will have gained a foundational knowledge of the object, scope and methods of the discipline of art history. The knowledge obtained in this introductory course will also guide students in their own creative endeavors.
ARTH-369
20th Century Art Since 1950
3 Credits
A critical study of the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Major stylistic movements in Europe and America are examined with special attention to innovations in materials, subject matter, and philosophy. Central themes include: Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, West Coast Junk, Funk and Beat, Nouveau Réalisme, CoBRA and Situationism, Arte Povera, Earthworks, Site Specificity, Allegory, Conceptualism, Minimalism, Feminism, Performance, Happenings, Installation, and New Media.
ARTH-549
Topics in Global Art and Architecture:
3 Credits
This course will focus on a critical examination of a select theme within art and architecture beyond the traditions of Europe or modern North America. A topic description will be posted each term the course is offered. This course can be taken multiple times for credit, but Individual topics must be different.
In the News
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October 12, 2022
Their Loved Ones Died. Preserved Tattoos Offer a Way to Keep Them Close.
The New York Times talks to Karly Etz, postdoctoral associate in the School of Art, about tattoo preservation.
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October 17, 2023
Etz publishes essay in ‘Traveling Bodies’