Janetta Rebold Benton is an American

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Art History at

Pace University Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pac ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

Education

Benton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree from

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

in 1969. She received a PhD from

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

in 1980. She also earned an MDP diploma from the Management Development Program at the

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 ...

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 2012 she received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History, European University, St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2018 Benton received a second Fulbright award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History of the

China Academy of Art China Academy of Art (), also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first a ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whi ...

. She taught art history courses at the American Embassy in Paris, 1981–85. Benton has presented subscription lecture series for th
Smithsonian Associates
in Washington, DC, 1988–today, and at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

in New York every season 1988–2011. She serves as the Expert on trips abroad fo
Smithsonian Journeys
and

the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 F ...

. 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. The museum was foun ...

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Janetta Rebold 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