Keith Moxey

Barbara Novak Professor of Art History and Department Chair at Barnard College

Northern Renaissance Art; Historiography and Philosophy of Art History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1975

Contact Information

Phone: (212) 854-5039 or (212) 854-2118
Email:
Office: 500R Diana
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 4-5:30

Biography

Keith Moxey is Barbara Novak Professor of Art History at Barnard College. He is the author of books on the historiography and philosophy of art history, as well as on sixteenth century painting and prints in Northern Europe. His publications include: The Practice of Persuasion: Paradox and Power in Art History (2001); The Practice of Theory: Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics, and Art History (1994); Peasants, Warriors, and Wives: Popular Imagery in the Reformation (1989). He is also the co-editor of several anthologies: Art History, Aesthetics, Visual Culture (2002); The Subjects of Art History: Historical Objects in Contemporary Perspective (1998); Visual Culture: Images and Interpretations (1994); and Visual Theory: Painting and Interpretation (1991).

Syllabus

Graduate Seminar, Fall 2011: Visual Time PDF

Web Sites

The Barnard Survey (Parts I & II)

Selected Publications

"Mimesis and Iconoclasm", Art History 32, 1 (2009), 52-78.

"Visual Studies and the Iconic Turn", Journal of Visual Culture 7, 2 (2008), 131-146.

The Practice of Persuasion: Paradox & Power In Art History, Cornell University Press, 2001.

Visual Culture: Images and Interpretations, Wesleyan University Press, 1994.