 | Visual Arts Department
Fields: Early modern art, architecture, and urbanism |
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| Email: dkarmon@holycross.edu Office Phone: 508-793-2253 Office: Fenwick 438 PO Box: 60A |
Biography
David Karmon is Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Arts at 51С»Æ³µ. Author of (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and (Oxford University Press, 2011), his writings on architecture, urbanism, and the history of archaeology have appeared in numerous journals, anthologies, and exhibition catalogues. He has received numerous accolades for his work, including the Lily Auchincloss / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Rome Prize in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the American Academy in Rome, as well as fellowships from the Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Newberry Library, the Clark Art Institute, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Bogliasco Foundation, and Dumbarton Oaks. As Book Review Editor for Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1750 (2018-20), and Chief Editor at the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2021-23), his expertise extends across many areas of the global built environment. He is currently working on a new book on Renaissance architecture and natural history.
Courses
These typically involve the close study of objects and sites, and thematic approaches to situate these works within broader social and cultural contexts.
- ENVS 199 Introduction to the Environmental Humanities
- VAHI 111 History of Pre-Modern Global Architecture
- VAHI 112 History of Modern Global Architecture
- VAHI 137 Destruction and Renewal
- VAHI 205 Global Commerce in 15c Italy
- VAHI 206 Art and Antiquity in 16c Italy
- VAHI 207 Art, Science, and Power in the 17c
- VAHI 350 City Nature
- VAHI 400 Concentration Seminar
- VAHI 420 Fenwick Tutorial
- HNRS 495 Honors Thesis
Research
