Classical
FRED S. KLEINER
725 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 302E
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Telephone: (617) 353-1455
Fax: (617) 353-3243
E-mail: fsk@bu.edu
curriculum vitae
Chair, Art History Department, Professor of Art History and Archaeology; Etruscan and Roman Art. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor Fred Kleiner joined the BU faculty in 1978. He has served as both Chair and Director of Graduate Studies of the Art History Department, and from 1985-1998 was Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Archaeology. In 2002 he received Boston University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the College Prize for Excellence in Academic Advising, and has twice been awarded the Distinguished Teaching Prize of the College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program. Professor Kleiner's publications number well over 100 and include The Arch of Nero in Rome (1985), A History of Roman Art (2006), and sole or co-authorship of the 10th (1995), 11th (2000), 12th (2004), and 13th (2008) editions of Gardner's Art through the Ages, as well as Art through the Ages:The Western Perspective, Art through the Ages: Non-Western Perspectives, and Art through the Ages: A Concise History. In 2001 Art through the Ages won both the Texty and McGuffey book prizes for the best college textbook in the humanities and social sciences. A History of Roman Art won the Texty Prize in 2007. His articles on classical art and architecture have appeared in all the major archaeological journals of North America and Europe. Professor Kleiner has been awarded several national grants and fellowships, including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1988-1989. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and in 2009 was elected Fellow of the Text and Academic Authors Association in recognition of lifetime achievement in publication and teaching. He teaches AH 111, Introduction to Art History I, every fall and a variety of undergraduate and graduate lecture courses and seminars on topics that cover the full range of Roman art and architecture and extend into late antiquity and the Early Christian period.
HILDA WESTERVELT
725 Commonwealth Ave, Rm 215D
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Telephone: (617) 353-8393
Fax: (617) 353-3243
E-mail: hwesterv@bu.edu
curriculum vitae
Assistant Professor; Greek Art. B.A., Colby College, Ph.D. Harvard University
Professor Westervelt joined the Art History Department at Boston University in 2004, after receiving her Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology from Harvard University. She spent two years traveling and conducting research in Greece as a Regular Member at the American School of Classical Studies (2001-2002) and as the Edward Capps Fellow (2002-2003), also at the American School. Her dissertation, "The Centauromachy in Greek Architectural Sculpture", examines the sculptural programs of four major temples of the fifth century. She is currently revising it for publication. Professor Westervelt’s areas of special interest include sculpture and painting of the Archaic and Classical periods, and Greek literature, especially of the Epic, Lyric and Tragic genres.
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