David Rosand
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David Rosand is an American
art historian, university professor and writer.
. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University
in 1959.
In 1961, he married Vassar graduate Ellen Fineman.
Columbia awarded Rosand his PhD in 1965. His dissertation was supported in part by a Fullbright scholarship for study in Italy.
Professor of Art History. He plans to take emeritus status in June 2010.
Rosand's area of academic expertise is Italian Renaissance art. He is known for his scholarly work on Venice
and Venetian]] artists like Titian
. Rosand was honored at a one-day symposium at Columbia University in October 2008. The event brought together Professor Rosand’s colleagues and former graduate students to present research and personal reflections on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and retirement. The symposium was organized around papers on a wide variety of topics related to Professor Rosand’s past and current research.
Complementing his career as an academic, he serves on the Art Advisory Council of the International Foundation for Art Research
(IFAR).
/WorldCat
encompasses roughly 80+ works in 170+ publications in 8 languages and 9,000+ library holdings.
United States
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art historian, university professor and writer.
Education and early life
Rosand was born in Brooklyn; and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High SchoolBrooklyn Technical High School
Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech or just Tech, and also administratively as High School 430, is a New York City public high school that specializes in engineering, math and science and is the largest specialized high school for science, technology, engineering, and...
. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 1959.
In 1961, he married Vassar graduate Ellen Fineman.
Columbia awarded Rosand his PhD in 1965. His dissertation was supported in part by a Fullbright scholarship for study in Italy.
Honors
- 1961 — Fulbright fellowshipFulbright ProgramThe Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
for the study of the Renaissance in Venice. - 1974 — Guggenheim fellowship for the study of "pictorial structure and narrative mode in Venetian paintings of the Renaissance."
- 2007 — Renaissance Society of America, Paul Oskar KristellerPaul Oskar KristellerPaul Oskar Kristeller was an important scholar of Renaissance humanism. He was awarded the Haskins Medal in 1992. He was last active as Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University in New York, where he mentored both Irving Louis Horowitz and A...
Award for Lifetime Achievement
Career
Since 1964, Rosand has taught at Columbia, where he was Meyer SchapiroMeyer Schapiro
Meyer Schapiro was a Lithuanian-born American art historian known for forging new art historical methodologies that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art...
Professor of Art History. He plans to take emeritus status in June 2010.
Rosand's area of academic expertise is Italian Renaissance art. He is known for his scholarly work on Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
and Venetian]] artists like Titian
Titian
Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...
. Rosand was honored at a one-day symposium at Columbia University in October 2008. The event brought together Professor Rosand’s colleagues and former graduate students to present research and personal reflections on the occasion of his seventieth birthday and retirement. The symposium was organized around papers on a wide variety of topics related to Professor Rosand’s past and current research.
Complementing his career as an academic, he serves on the Art Advisory Council of the International Foundation for Art Research
International Foundation for Art Research
International Foundation for Art Research is a non-profit organization which was established to channel and coordinate scholarly and technical information about works of art. IFAR provides an administrative and legal framework within which experts can express their objective opinions...
(IFAR).
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about David Rosand, OCLCOCLC
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/WorldCat
WorldCat
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encompasses roughly 80+ works in 170+ publications in 8 languages and 9,000+ library holdings.
- Titian and the Venetian Woodcut (1976)
- Titian (1978)
- Painting in Sixteenth-Century Venice: Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto (1997)
- Robert Motherwell on Paper: Drawings, Prints, Collages (1997)
- The Meaning of the Mark: Leonardo and Titian (1998)
- The Myths of Venice: The Figuration of a State (2001)
- Drawing Acts: Studies in Graphic Expression and Representation (2002)
- The Invention of Painting in America (2004)
External links
- Reed CollegeReed CollegeReed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon wilderness...
online streaming-audio lecture: "Things Never Seen: Graphic Fantasy and the Dreaming Draftsman" (October 26, 2009)