Kim Beil
ITALIC Associate Director
Stanford Introductory Studies
Bio
Dr. Beil is a scholar of visual culture, with an emphasis on the history of photography. Her book, Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography, looks at 50 stylistic trends in the medium since the 19th century. In prior research, she has focused on the relationship between color photography and modern architecture, and on the use of blur to represent speed and individuality in automotive advertising. She writes frequently about contemporary art and publishes in Artforum, Art in America, X-TRA: Contemporary Art Quarterly, as well as scholarly publications including Afterimage, Museums and Social Issues, and Visual Resources.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies
2020-21 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Art Worlds: Conversations between Artists and Scholars
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Immersion in the Arts
ITALIC 99 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Immersion in the Arts
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Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- ITALIC Seminar: Notes to a Young Artist
ITALIC 100 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Interpreting
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win)
2018-19 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Interpreting
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win) - Writing and the Visual: The Art of Art Writing
ARTHIST 294 (Win)
2017-18 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Photography and Time
ARTHIST 243B (Spr) - Writing and the Visual: Photography and Truth
ARTHIST 294 (Aut)
- ITALIC Seminar: Notes to a Young Artist
All Publications
- Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography Stanford University Press. 2020
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The Myth of Black and White Modernism: Color Photographs and the Politics of Retrojective Looking
VISUAL RESOURCES
2015; 31 (3-4): 127–53
View details for DOI 10.1080/01973762.2015.1073972
View details for Web of Science ID 000366809100001
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The Possible
MUSEUMS & SOCIAL ISSUES-A JOURNAL OF REFLECTIVE DISCOURSE
2014; 9 (2): 144–47
View details for DOI 10.1179/1559689314Z.00000000024
View details for Web of Science ID 000214301200006