Heidi Gearhart, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Art History

508-767-7611 Founders Hall - Room 027

Degrees Earned

B.A., Pomona College, 1998
M.A., Art History, Tufts University, 2002
Ph.D., History of Art, University of Michigan, 2010

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Medieval Christian and Islamic Art
Art Theory in the Middle Ages
Romanesque and Gothic Art
Illuminated Manuscripts and the History of the Book
History of Architecture
The Artist through the Ages

Publications & Editorships

In Progress: Crafting an Ideal: Theory and Practice in Medieval Art.

“Work and Prayer in the Fiery Furnace: The Three Hebrews on the Censer of Reiner in Lille and a Case for Artistic Labor.” Studies in Iconography, 2013.

“Transforming the Natural World: Hierarchies of Material in Theophilus’ On Diverse Arts.” Art and Nature. Laura Cleaver and Kathryn Gerry, eds. Illuminations series. London: Courtauld Institute, 2009.

Presentations

“The Practice of Art and the Written Word: Translating Technical Knowledge,” The Middle Ages in Translation, Mellon Symposium, Northwestern University, 2013. 

“Looking Across Media: Ornament and Illusion in the Gospels of Helmarshausen (Getty Museum Ludwig MS II 3),” 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2013. 

“Rethinking Artistic Skill: Craft and Virtue in On Diverse Arts,” 39th Annual Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Saint Louis University, 2012. 

“Reading a Manuscript and Remembering an Artist: Theophilus, Author of On Diverse Arts, and the Goldsmith Roger of Helmarshausen,” College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, February, 2011.