MA, PhD, Rutgers University
Research Interests
The interplay between images and texts in
early medieval manuscripts, particularly the ways in which images
interpret the meanings of texts through visual references to
extra-textual elements such as popular sermons, liturgical rites,
political necessities, and catechisms.
The fluid and diverse iconography found in early christian catacombs and sarcophagi, with rich references to death rituals.
Irish
high crosses as potential sculptural responses to pilgrimage to
Rome.
Courses Taught
Publications
Early Medieval Book Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Co-author, revised edition, James Snyder, Medieval Art, Prentice-Hall, Inc. forthcoming, 2005.
"The Font is a Kind of Grave: Remembrance in the Via Latina Catacombs," in Between the Living and the Dead: Strategies for Commemoration in the Middles Ages, E. del Alamo and C. Pendergast, eds., Ashgate, 2000.
"Roman Manuscript Illumination 400-700 AD and the Ashburnham Pentateuch," in Imaging the Early Medieval Bible, J. Williams, ed., Penn State Press, 1999, 97-120.
"Moral Structure of the Ashburnham Pentateuch," in Image and Belief: Studies in Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Index of Christian Art, C. Hourihane, ed., Princeton University Press, 1999, 71-89.
Celtic Art & Cultures
- 1999 Medal Winner, EDUCAUSE in association with the College Art Association
- linked, On-line Dictionary of Art
- linked, On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
- featured as a case study in Syllabus: Technology for Education, Feb. 2000.
"Job and Sitis: Curious Figures in Early Christian Funerary Art,"
Mitteilungen zur Christlichen Archäolgie 3, 1997, 20-29.
"Exodus and Easter Vigil in the Ashburnham Pentateuch,"
Art Bulletin, 77, 1995, 94-105.
"Pilgrimage
Ad Limina Apostolorum in Rome: Irish Crosses and Early Christian Sarcophagi," in
From Ireland Coming..., C. Hourihane, ed., Princeton University Press, 2000.
"Black Servant, Black Demon: Color Ideology in the Ashburnham Pentateuch,"
Journal for Medieval and Early Modern History, 2001.
"Ashburnham Pentateuch," "Patronage: Imperial, Ecclesiastical, Private," and "Liturgy and Art" entries in
Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology, P. Corby Finney, ed., Garland Press, New York, forthcoming.
The Carver's Art: Medieval Sculpture in Ivory, Bone, and Horn
(exh. cat.), The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1989. Essays: "The
Material: Antler," pp. 11-16; "Book Covers," 26-28; "Decorative
Plaques," 65-67; "Objects for Ecclesiastical Use," 85-88; "Gaming
Pieces," 97-98; "Sculpture in the Round," 115-117. Catalogue nos. 2, 6,
19, 38, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 52-60, 61, 64, 70, 71, 72, 74.
Roger Duvoisin: The Art of Children's Books (exh. cat.), The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1989. "Annotated Catalogue," 15-36.
"The Rutgers Collection of Children's Literature,"
The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 49, 1987, 30-39.
Medieval Seals: Impressions from the Past (exh. cat.), The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1985. "Seals of Religious Institutions," 39-41. Catalogue nos. 77-84.
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