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The power of visual culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Art History<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor of Art History Jim Frakes \u201cgrew up surrounded by good architecture.\u201d Columbus, Indiana, the small town south of Indianapolis where he lived, is nicknamed \u201cAthens on the Prairie\u201d because of buildings by designers such as I.M. Pei, Robert Venturi, C\u00e9sar Pelli, and Richard Meier. That impressive cityscape, with public art by the likes of Henry Moore, Dale Chihuly, and Jean Tinguely, to name a few, surely prepared Frakes for a lifetime of looking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it was as a student at Indiana University, where as a French major he took a course in French cultural history, that he became consciously aware of the power of visual culture. So he added an art history minor and upon graduation took a job at the university\u2019s art museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his two years there, he \u201cbecame passionate about Rome.\u201d The city, he says, \u201cis like an onion that you have to peel,\u201d with its layer upon layer of history. \u201cIt just seemed like a playground for exploring issues that matter in our contemporary world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frakes received a PhD in ancient Roman art history from Columbia University in 2002, and the empire built by the \u201cEternal City\u201d has continued to fascinate him throughout his career. He published Framing Public Life: the Portico in Roman Gaul <\/em>in 2009, contributed an essay to the 2013 Companion to Roman Architecture<\/em>, and co-edited Beyond Boundaries: Visual Culture in the Roman Provinces<\/em>, published in 2016. Among his current research interests is an ongoing study of the visual cultural systems that marked the era of the Severan Dynasty (193-235 CE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Frakes came to UNC Charlotte in 2002, there two art historians and \u201cnot even a hint of a B.A. in Art History,\u201d he says. The program, which he coordinated for 11 years, now has five fulltime faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every other summer, Frakes and several colleagues lead a study tour to Rome, where, as in his classes, he teaches students to critically engage with what they see. \u201cIf you are passive in the face of what you\u2019re looking at, you are susceptible to its persuasion. If you are skillful, you are a much more engaged citizen of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important, he emphasizes, to be aware of history \u2013 the social and cultural history represented by the art and also the history of the object, itself. He is currently working on a prototype database for an online resource that reviews museum collections and evaluates the ethics of the works\u2019 histories and the context of their acquisition \u2013 whether, for instance, they were looted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll these things we experience now have deep histories, often really problematic. Knowing that history makes you a much more effective agent of change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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