Janetta Rebold Benton is an American
art historian
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. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Art History at
Pace University in
New York
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Education
Benton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
Cornell University
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in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree from
George Washington University
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in 1969. She received a PhD from
Brown University
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in 1980. She also earned an MDP diploma from the Management Development Program at the
Harvard University
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Graduate School of Education.
Career
Her main focus of study is the art of the medieval and Renaissance periods. She has a particular interest in iconography, including images of animals, especially fantastic fauna and gargoyles.
In 2018 Benton received a second Fulbright award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History of the
China Academy of Art
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,
Hangzhou
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.
In 2012 she received a
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History, European University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
She taught art history courses at the American Embassy in Paris, 1981-85.
Benton has presented subscription lecture series for th
Smithsonian Associatesin Washington, DC, 1988-today, and at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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in New York every season 1988-2011. She serves as the Expert on trips abroad fo
Smithsonian Journeysand
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1995 she was the guest curator and catalog author for an exhibition on "Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures" at the
Katonah Museum of Art
The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards visual arts, located in Katonah, New York, Katonah, New York (state), New York. It does not have a permanent collection, but holds temporary exhibitions.
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.
Bibliography
Books
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''The History of Western Art'' (2022, ), editions in Latvian, German, Spanish
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''How to Understand Art'' (2021, ). editions in French German, Italian, Spanish, Latvian, Chinese
* Janetta Rebold Benton and Robert DiYanni, ''Handbook for the Humanities'' (2014, ). edition in Chinese
* Janetta Rebold Benton and Robert DiYanni, ''Arts and Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities.'' 4th edition (2012, ), edition in Chinese
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Materials, Methods and Masterpieces of Medieval Art'' (2009, )
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Medieval Mischief: Wit and Humour in the Art of the Middle Ages'' (2004, )
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Art of the Middle Ages'' (2002, )
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings'' (1997, ), edition in French
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures'' (1995, ISBN 0-915171-38-4)
* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages'' (1992, ), edition in French
Other publications
* Contributor to ''The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies''
* Contributor to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition catalog, ''Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture''
References
External links
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Living people
Pace University faculty
American art historians
Women art historians
Cornell University alumni
George Washington University alumni
Brown University alumni
American women historians
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women curators
American curators