Gauvin Alexander Bailey is an American-Canadian

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and

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. He is Professor and Alfred and Isabel Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen's University. Bailey is a correspondent étranger at the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

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and a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

. He held the 2017 Panofsky Professorship at the

Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte (ZI; engl. ''Central Institute for Art History''), is an independent art-historical research institute in Germany. The institute resides in the former administration building of the National Socialist party ...

in Munich.

Early life and education

Bailey was born in Vancouver B.C. on 8 July 1966. He attended the Schillergymnasium Münster among other schools, and graduated from

Trinity College, Toronto Trinity College (occasionally referred to as The University of Trinity College) is a college federated with the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Strachan originally intended Trinity as a university of strong Angl ...

at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

with a B.A. in 1989 and M.A. in 1990, and from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

with a Ph.D. in 1996.

Career

Bailey has taught Renaissance, Baroque, Latin American, and Asian art at King’s College at the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen ( sco, University o' 'Aiberdeen; abbreviated as ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; gd, Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Sc ...

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

and

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...

, where he was program director for Art History and twice won the Hodgkins Junior Faculty Teaching Award (1999, 2002), and he has held guest professorships at the

in Munich (as the 2017 Panofsky Professor),

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

and

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Bailey at Australian National University

Research and publications

He has published nine books including, most recently, ''The Palace of Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti (ca. 1806–13): the Untold Story of the Potsdam of the Rainforest'' (

Deutscher Kunstverlag The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture, and historic preservation. History Deutscher Kunstverlag was fo ...

, 2017) and ''Architecture & Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire: State, Church and Identity, 1604–1830'' (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018). A tenth book entitled ''The Architecture of Empire: France in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, 1664–1962'' will be published by Mcgill-Queen's University Press in 2022. He has also co-authored or co-edited seven other books and over 80 articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Renaissance ivories carved in the Philippines to Baroque paintings in Italy in a time of

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, especially

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and the cult of

Saint Rosalia Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza or "''The Little Saint''", and in Sicilian as "Rusulia", is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo, Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and El Playon. She is es ...

. Bailey maintains an active international lecture schedule and has made over 100 presentations at academic institutions and museums on six continents, including

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, the

New York University Institute of Fine Arts The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) of New York University is dedicated to graduate teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology and the conservation and technology of works of art. It offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philoso ...

, the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts at the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

, the

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

, the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

(London), the

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, the

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, the

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, the

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a Public university, public research university l ...

, the

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, Rome,

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

and the

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, among many others, particularly in South America. His work has been translated into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. He regularly contributes exhibition and book reviews to ''The Burlington Magazine'' and ''The Art Newspaper''.

Major Awards

*2018

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

Research Fellowshi

*2018

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; french: Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada, CRSH) is a Canadian federal research-funding agency that promotes and supports post-secondary research and traini ...

Insight Grant. *2014

Research Fellowship
NEH grant products: Art and Architecture in the French Atlantic World, 1608–1828
*2014

Insight Development Gran
Diverse projects earn funding
*2010

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

. *2010

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

Franklin Research Gran
Franklin Research Grants
*2010

Arts and Humanities Research Council The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), is a British research council, established in 1998, supporting research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities. History The Arts an ...

Fellowship

*2010 Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland Grant
Latin travels unearth ‘architectural treasures’ for Aberdeen academic , News , The University of Aberdeen
*2009

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

Research Gran
Small Research Grants: 2008–09 Round
*2007

Renaissance Society of America The Renaissance Society of America (RSA) is an academic association founded in 1954 supporting the study of the Renaissance period, 1300–1650. The RSA brings together scholars from many backgrounds in a wide variety of disciplines from North A ...

Robert Lehman Foundation Research Gran
RSA Fellowship Winners – Renaissance Society of America
*2006

Franklin Research Gran
Franklin Research Grants
*2005

Research Fellowshi
NEH grants
*2003

Robert Lehman Foundation Research Gran
RSA Fellowship Winners – Renaissance Society of America
*2000

Villa I Tatti Villa I Tatti, The Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies is a center for advanced research in the humanities located in Florence, Italy, and belongs to Harvard University. It houses a collection of Italian primitives, and of Chinese and ...

Hanna Kiel Fellowship *2000

American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. History In 1893, a group of American architects, ...

Rome Prize *2000

Robert Lehman Foundation Research Gran
RSA Fellowship Winners – Renaissance Society of America

Books

*''Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire: State, Church, and Society, 1604–1830'', Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018
Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire , McGill-Queen’s University Press
Reviewed in Transactions of the

Society of Architectural Historians The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. Based in Chicago in the United States, the Society's 3,500 members include ...

br>Review: Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire: State, Church, and Society, 1604–1830, by Gauvin Alexander Bailey
''Canadian Architect'', Journal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Book Review: Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire
Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society
Transactions – Ancient Monuments Society
and the Journal of Modern History]
Architecture and Urbanism in the French Atlantic Empire: State, Church, and Society, 1604–1830. By Gauvin Alexander Bailey. McGill-Queen’s French Atlantic Worlds Series, volume 1. Edited by Nicholas Dew and Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec.Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2018. Pp. xviii+620. $67.50.
*''Der Palast von Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti (ca. 1806–1813): Das vergessene Potsdam im Regenwald/The Palace of Sans-Souci in Milot, Haiti (ca. 1806–13): The Untold Story of the Potsdam of the Rainforest''. Berlin and Munich: Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte and Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2017

Reviewed in

The Art Newspaper ''The Art Newspaper'' is a monthly print publication, with daily updates online, founded in 1990 and based in London and New York City. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments ...

Book review , Henry I of Haiti: the little-known story of a king and his amazing building spree
*''The Spiritual Rococo: Décor and Divinity from the Salons of Paris to the Missions of Patagonia''. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 201
The Spiritual Rococo: Decor and Divinity from the Salons of Paris to the Missions of Patagonia
*''Baroque & Rococo''. London: Phaidon Press, 201
Baroque & Rococo , Art , Phaidon Store
Reviewed in The Spectator
A selection of recent art books , The Spectator
*''The Andean Hybrid Baroque: Convergent Cultures in the Churches of Colonial Peru'', University of Notre Dame Press, 2010
The Andean Hybrid Baroque // Books // University of Notre Dame Press
Spanish edition ''El barroco andino híbrido: culturas convergentes en las iglesias del Sur Andino'' published by Ediciones El Lector, Arequipa, 2018
El Barroco Andino Híbrido. Culturas convergentes en las iglesias coloniales del Sur Andino – LIBROS PERUANOS
*''Art of colonial Latin America'', Phaidon, 2005

Reviewed in The Times and The Observer (a Book of the Year for 2005
Books of the year
*''Between Renaissance and Baroque: Jesuit Art in Rome, 1565–1610''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 200

*''Art on the Jesuit missions in Asia and Latin America, 1542–1773'', University of Toronto Press, 200

Winner of the 2001 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize for Art and Music. *''The Jesuits and the Grand Mogul: Renaissance Art at the Imperial Court of India, 1580–1630''. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 199

References

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