Dictionary of Art Historians

Recording the Past and Looking to the Future

Caitlin Childers — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:20:10 +0000

January 29th, 2024 The Dictionary of Art Historians is always striving to improve. Our latest update to our site includes a move from Drupal to WordPress. This transition provides the opportunity for expanded functionality along with the addition of new content, including: As the dictionary continues to evolve, we hope to add visualizations of how… Read More »Recording the Past and Looking to the Future

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New Drupal 9 Website Launch

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000

The Dictionary of Art Historians is thrilled to announce the launch of its updated website, https://arthistorians.info. The site was updated from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 and is planned to be updated to Drupal 10 in 2023. The Dictionary of Art Historians is a free biographical dictionary of historians of Western art written and maintained… Read More »New Drupal 9 Website Launch

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New Interviews of Art Historians and Artists

admin — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Thomas Hill has been interviewing and making available interviews of contemporary art historians and artists through his radio and blog page, Library Café on Poughkeepsie radio WVKR https://www.wvkr.org/

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Humanities Professional Pathway Fellow Reflects on Work with the Dictionary

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000

For the past year, Emily Crockett has worked as a Humanities Professional Pathway Fellow and then Research Assistant with the Dictionary of Art Historians. In Spring 2020, she completed a dual Master’s degree in Art History and Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she studied depictions of women in… Read More »Humanities Professional Pathway Fellow Reflects on Work with the Dictionary

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Art History’s History Gets a New History

admin — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000

It’s rare that a new general history of art history appears. The discipline is so flooded with narratives and partial narratives and metanarratives that few scholars would consider writing a general history of art history. If anyone were capable, it would be the author of the most recent history, Christopher S. Wood, The History of Art… Read More »Art History’s History Gets a New History

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W. Eugene “Gene” Kleinbauer Dies

admin — Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000

W. Eugene Kleinbauer died in Bloomington, IN, where he had been professor of art history at Indiana University. Though a Byzantinist, many considered him the father of art historiography in the United States https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2798985996838000&set=a.2799035300166403&type=3&theater. While still a professor of art history at UCLA, Kleinbauer wrote Modern Perspectives in Western Art History, 1971, which would become the cornerstone survey of art… Read More »W. Eugene “Gene” Kleinbauer Dies

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‘Dictionary’ a Staple of Dissertation Scholarship

admin — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:27:00 +0000

According to ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis Full Text (PQDT), fifty-four dissertations have cited the Dictionary of Art Historians in the last fourteen years, (2004-2018). The Dictionary has had a long history assisting scholars ever since it’s first electronic appearance in the 1990s but came into higher profile with the emergance of the internet as a scholarly research tool. … Read More »‘Dictionary’ a Staple of Dissertation Scholarship

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Biographical Dictionary of Historic Art Historians Launches Rebirth

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Duke University, Durham, NC: A thirty-year-old resource emerged today as a modern reference tool for art history. The Dictionary of Art Historians, www.arthistorians.info, announced a new interface, data structure, and user options, the product of a year-long redesign. The original tool, a website since 1996, was developed privately by Lee Sorensen, the art and visual… Read More »Biographical Dictionary of Historic Art Historians Launches Rebirth

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