Bell, Gertrude
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Architecture; History of Art; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); 19th-Century Art; Islamic Art; 20th-Century Art; Art of the Middle East and North Africa; East Asian Art. 596 words.
(Margaret Lowthian)
(b Washington, Co. Durham, July 14, 1868; d Baghdad, 11/July 12, 1926).
English archaeologist and architectural historian. The first woman to achieve...
Butler, Howard Crosby
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Architecture; Art Education; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); Art of the United States; Greek and Roman Art; 20th-Century Art. 365 words.
(b Croton Falls, NY, March 7, 1872; d Paris, Aug 13, 1922).
American archaeologist and teacher. After receiving his MA in 1893 from Princeton University with a fellowship in...
Castel Sant’Elia
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online September 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Painting; Architecture; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); Christian Art; 20th-Century Art. 585 words.
Italian village in Lazio, north of Rome, known for its church. The church of SS Anastasius and Nonnosus is all that remains of the 6th-century Benedictine monastery, which submitted to...
Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online September 2010 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Architecture; History of Art; Book Arts and Illustration; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); 19th-Century Art; Christian Art; 20th-Century Art; Contemporary Art. 338 words.
[CESCM]
French organization founded in Poitiers in 1953. The Centre d’études supérieures de civilisation médiévale (CECSM) is affiliated with the Université de Poitiers, the...
Conant, K(enneth) J(ohn)
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online February 2012 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Architecture; History of Art; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); Early Medieval, Romanesque and Gothic Art; Art of the United States; 19th-Century Art; 20th-Century Art. 356 words.
(b Neenah, WI, June 28, 1894; d Bedford, MA, March 4, 1984).
American architectural historian. Conant was the leading 20th-century American architectural historian specializing...
Orlandos, Anastasios
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Conservation, Preservation, and Care of Artworks; Archaeology; Architecture; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); Greek and Roman Art; 20th-Century Art. 388 words.
(b Athens, Dec 23, 1887; d Athens, Oct 6, 1979).
Greek architect and archaeologist. He graduated from the National Polytechnic at Athens as an architect in 1908 and gained his...
Underwood, Paul Atkins
in Oxford Art Online
P ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Archaeology; Architecture; History of Art; Byzantine and Medieval Art (500 CE to 1400); Art of the United States; 20th-Century Art. 405 words.
(b Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Feb 22, 1902; d Knoxville, TN, Sept 22, 1968).
American archaeologist and art historian. He gained BSc and MFA degrees in architecture from...