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Anne Morganstern—Professor Emeritus

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Anne Morganstern

Professor Morganstern's primary area of expertise is in the history of European Late Medieval and Northern Renaissance figurative arts, the Iconography of Gothic tombs, Art Patronage, and Medieval French and English heraldry. She has presented her research at a variety of conferences, including those of the College Art Association of America, the Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo (MI), the International Congress of the History of Art, and the Midwest Art History Society. She is a contributing author to Gothic Sculpture in America. Her work has been supported by grants from the ACLS, NEH, and CASVA (National Gallery of Art). She is currently working on a book on a master sculptor at Chartres Cathedral.


Publications

    Articles & Essays

  • "Liturgical and Honorific Implications of the Placement of Gothic Wall Tombs," Hortus Artium Medievalium: Journal of the International Research Center for Late Antiquity and Middle Ages (Zagreb-Motovun), 10, 2004, 81–96.
  • Gothic Sculpture in America: II. The Museums of the Midwest, ed. Dorothy Gillerman. Turnhout, 2001, 315–17.
  • "Art and Ceremony in Papal Avignon: A Prescription for the Tomb of Clement VI," Gesta, XL, 2001, 61–77.
  • "The tomb as prompter for the chantry: four examples from Late Medieval England," in Memory and the Medieval Tomb, ed. Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo with Carol Stamatis Pendergast. Aldershot (UK) and Brookfield,VT, 2000, 81–89.
  • "The Bishop, the Lion and the Two-headed Dragon: The Burghersh Memorial in Lincoln Cathedral," in Memory and Oblivion (Acts of the XXIVth International Congress of the History of Art, Amsterdam, 1–7 September, 1996). Dordrecht, 1999, 515–26.
  • "Le tombeau de Philippe le Hardi et ses antécédents," Actes des Journées Internationales Claus Sluter, Dijon, 1992, 175–91.
  • "Le Mécénat de Clement VII et Maître Pierre Morel," Génése et Débuts du Grand Schisme d'Occident (Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, no. 586), Paris, 1990, 423–429.
  • Gothic Sculpture in America: I. The New England Museums, ed. Dorothy Gillerman. New York and London, 1989, 30–33, 38–39, 41, 47–48, 111, 129–130, 136–137, 141–142, 149–150, 150–151, 264–265, 317–318, 332–333, 357–358, 358–359.
  • ."The Rest of Bosch's Ship of Fools," The Art Bulletin, LXVI, 1984, 295–302.
  • "The Pawns in Bosch's Death and the Miser," National Gallery of Art Studies in the History of Art, XII, 1982, 33–41.
  • "Pierre Morel, Master of Works in Avignon," The Art Bulletin, LVIII, 1976, 323–349.
  • "The La Grange Tomb and Choir: A Monument of the Great Schism of the West," Speculum, XLVII, 1973, 52–69.
  • "Quelques observations à propos de l'architecture du tombeau du cardinal Jean de La Grange (+1402)," Bulletin monumental, CXXVIII, 1970, 195–209.

    • Books, Edited Volumes, & Exhibition Catalogues

  • Gothic Tombs of Kinship in France, the Low Countries and England. University Park (PA), Penn State University Press, 2000.

Seminars, Lectures & Presentations

    Invited Lectures

  • "Inside Gothic Tombs of Kinship," CMRS Colloquium, The Ohio State University, 1993.
  • "Systems of Thought in the Paintings of Hieronymus Bosch," University of Virginia, Department of Art, 1987.
  • "The 'Burgundian Tomb' during the Reign of Philip the Good," Seminar on France and Burgundy in the l5th Century, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, 1984.
  • "Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins, and the Washington/Yale/Louvre Connection," Colloquium XXIII, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, 1982.
  • "Art in the Service of Diplomacy: Some Aspects of the Patronage of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy," Court Patronage and the Arts, Eleventh Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, The Ohio State University, 1980.
  • "The Vassar Virgin and a Close Relative," Recent Research on Medieval Art in Upstate New York, Syracuse University Symposium, 1974.

Professional Activities

    Papers Delivered at Professional Meetings

  • "The Tomb of Edward II at Gloucester: Plantagenet Shrine and Insignia, CAA Annual Meeting, 1999.
  • "The Boston Pleurant: A Case for a Rhône Valley Provenance," 20th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 1985.
  • "Facilities for Art Historians in France," Annual Meeting of the Historians of Netherlandish Art at CAA, 1984.
  • "Two Late Gothic Statuettes and a Parisian Prototype," 17th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 1982.

    • Sessions Chaired at Professional Meetings

  • Chair of Session, "Sluter, ses contemporains et héritiers," Colloque Claus Sluter et son époque, Dijon, 1990.
  • Chair of Session, "Art and Society" in The Ohio State University College of Humanities 8th Annual Symposium in the Humanities, "Renaissance Perspective," 1988.
  • Organizer and Chair, "Hieronymus Bosch at Ohio State," Department of History of Art Alumni and Graduate Student Symposium, 1985.

Fellowships, Grants & Awards

  • Ohio State University, College of the Arts and Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, periodic Research Grants, 1975–2001
  • Kress Foundation, Grant for Graduate Seminar in Museum Problems, 1997
  • Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Kress Senior Fellow, 1982–1983
  • NEH to Dorothy Gillerman, ed., and collaborators for Census of Gothic Sculpture in America, 1983
  • ACLS Grant-in-Aid, 1973
  • Société Flandreysey-Esperandieu, Avignon, Summer Fellow, 1963
  • Fulbright Fellowship for France, 1961–1963