Marilyn Stokstad is a professor of art history at the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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, and an author of art-history

Art history

Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...

 textbooks, the most recent of which is Art History (Third Edition). Her textbooks can be compared to Janson

Janson

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's Art History.

Her Ph.D. thesis, from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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, was "The Pórtico de la Gloria of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela". Her M.A. thesis , from Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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, was "Norwegian Mural Painting from 1910 to 1950".

She was also president of the College Art Association

College Art Association

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Books

• Stokstad, M., Grayson, M. S., & Addiss, S. (2008). Art history. 3rd ed. (1st ed. 1995, 2nd ed., 2002) New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 9780810919600 (found in 1868 libraries according to WorldCat
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• Stokstad, M. (2004). Medieval art. 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1985) Boulder, Colo: Westview Press. ISBN 9780813336817 (found in 858 libraries according to WorldCat
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• Orel, H., Stokstad, M., & Snyder, H. L. (1981). The Scottish world: history and culture of Scotland. New York: Abrams. ISBN 9780810916302
• Stokstad, M. (1978). Santiago de Compostela in the age of the great pilgrimages. The Centers of civilization series. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806114545
  • • Reviews, The Catholic historical review. 84, no. 4, (1998): 734
• Enggass, R., & Stokstad, M. (1974). Hortus imaginum: essays in Western art. Lawrence: University of Kansas. OCLC 1689214
• Stokstad, M. (2005). Medieval castles. Greenwood guides to historic events of the medieval world. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313325250
• Stokstad, M., & Stannard, J. (1983). Gardens of the Middle Ages. Lawrence: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. ISBN 9681549
• Stokstad, M. (1968). Renaissance art outside Italy. Art horizons series. Dubuque, Iowa: W.C. Brown. OCLC 438469

Exhibition catalogs

• Broun, E., Benton, T. H., Hyland, D., & Stokstad, M. (1980). Benton's Bentons: selections from the Thomas Hart Benton and Rita P. Benton trusts : catalogue and essays. Lawrence: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas. OCLC 11915624
• Addiss, S., & Stokstad, M. (1982). Tōkaidō: on the road, pilgrimage, travel and culture. Lawrence, Kansas: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. OCLC 9755206
• De Unger, E., & Stokstad, M. (1983). Medieval enamels and sculptures from the Keir Collection: [exhibition]. Kansas City, Mo: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. ISBN 9780942614091
• Stokstad, M., & Waller, B. (1965). Optics, illusion and art: Museum of Art, the University of Kansas, May 14-June 7, 1965. Kansas: The Museum. OCLC 84603451
• Stokstad, M. (1964). The Salzer collection: trompe-l'oeil and still life paintings : a loan exhibition. Lawrence, Kan: Museum of Art, University of Kansas. OCLC 222187152

Selected peer-reviewed articles

• The Horny Hobo in Medieval Art and Thought M Stokstad - Journal of American Folklore, 1973
• Teaching History of Art in German and Spanish. Marilyn Stokstad. Art Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, 142. Winter, 1963–1964
• Vikings, Vesterheim, and Scandinavian Studies M Stokstad, D Watkins - Art Journal, 1981
• The Cathedral of Granada: A Study in the Spanish Renaissance. Marilyn Stokstad. Art Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, 178-
• An Angel from Toul. Marilyn Stokstad. Gesta, Vol. 15, No. 1/2, 173-178.