Robert Michael Neuman is a professor of

art history 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 ...

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, where he specializes in early modern European art, with an emphasis on social and religious history, gender studies, and the intersection of high art and popular culture. His scholarship encompasses all media -

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sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

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decorative art ] The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose object is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional. It includes most of the arts making objects for the interiors of buildings, and interior design, but not usual ...

s, and

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. His 1994 book,
Robert de Cotte and the Perfection of Architecture in Eighteenth-Century France
', is the first comprehensive examination of the French royal architect,

Robert de Cotte Robert de Cotte (1656 – 15 July 1735) was a French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France from 1699, the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced. First a pupil of Jules Hard ...

, during a period when

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became the center of courtly fashion. He also regularly serves on doctoral dissertation committees.

Biography

Neuman holds a

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from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

and was formerly a book review editor for th
''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH)''
He was the 1986-87 recipient of the Florida Stat
University Teaching Award
the 199
Millard Meiss Publication Fund
as well as various other teaching awards.

Current projects

He is currently working as principal investigator for
project with the Florida Center for Advising & Academic Support (FCAAS)
as well as researching the role of

American movies The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of Ame ...

in shaping perceptions of historic architecture.

Selected publications

*"Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King." I
''Gardening Philosophy for Everyone: Cultivating Wisdom''
edited by Dan O'Brien, 163-77. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2010. *"Main Street, USA." I
''Disneyland and Culture: Essays on the Parks and Their Influence''
edited by Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010.
Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A., and Its Sources in Hollywood, U.S.A.
''Journal of American Culture'' 31 (2008); 83-97.

''Visual Resources'' 14.3 (1999): 249-61. *Biographical entries
Oxford Art Online
(''Dictionary of Art''., Ed. Jane Turner. 36 vols. New York: Grove: 1996).
''Robert de Cotte and the Perfection of Architecture in Eighteenth-Century France''
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. *"Projects for the Church of Saint-Louis de Versailles in the Parc-aux-Cerfs.
''Eighteenth-Century Life''
17 (1993): 182-93. *"Watteau's L'enseigne de Gersaint and Baroque Emblematic Tradition." ''

Gazette des Beaux-Arts The ''Gazette des Beaux-Arts'' was a French art review, founded in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as its first chief editor. Assia Visson Rubinstein was chief editorial secretary under the direction of George Wildenstein from 1936 ...

'' 104 (1984): 153-64.

References

Faculty webpage page
at Florida State University
Society of Architectural HistoriansFlorida Center for Advising & Academic Support (FCAAS)
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