Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History
Sauer, Anne
Branco, Jessica
Bennett, John
Crowley, Zachary
2000
Ivan Galantic Special Achievement in Humanities Prize,
The Ivan Galantic Special Achievement in Humanities Prize, named after Ivan Galantic, Professor of Art History 1971-1989, is awarded to an undergraduate who has demonstrated the inclination and capacity to cultivate an integrative approach to learning, by reaching for wisdom, not simply knowledge. | |
Ivan Galantic was born and raised in Croatia. He was jailed by Italy's fascist government which occupied his country at the onset of World War II. Emerging from a concentration camp eager to resume serious study, he attended the University of Rome, and then the Academy of Fine Arts, earning an M.F.A. As a young painter, he received numerous awards and was invited to join a prestigious art academy in Spain. Instead, he accepted a UNESCO-sponsored fellowship for study in Florence. | |
He eventually emigrated to the United States, where he painted, exhibited, and taught studio art. He recalls taking a good look in the mirror one day and asking himself, "Do I want to continue on my own artistic path, or do I want to look at and study what I see in the greatest artists-the Rembrandts, Michelangelos and the rest?" He specialized in Italian Renaissance Art and earned a Ph. D. at Harvard. He taught at Tufts University and the Harvard Extension School. Now professor emeritus at Tufts, he continues, after twenty-seven years, to teach History of Art at Harvard. | |
As a tribute to his teaching, his former students created a fund to establish the Ivan Galantic Prize. | |
Source: BTU[Arts and Sciences/Engineering]; 100H | |
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