Jesús Escobar is a professor of

art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

in Evanston,

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. Escobar specializes in the art, architecture, and urbanism of early modern

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

and

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and has published articles and reviews in journals of art history and early modern studies. His book ''The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid'' (2003) explores the interchange of

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 construction, constructi ...

and

politics Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...

in the evolution of

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from a secondary city of Castile to the seat of a global empire. The book won the

Eleanor Tufts Eleanor May Tufts (February 1, 1927December 2, 1991) was an American art historian, feminist and professor of art history at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Her work as an author, historian and lecturer was key to the opening o ...

Award from the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies and has been revised in a Spanish-language edition published in 2008 by Editorial Nerea. Escobar is working on a new book that examines seventeenth-century architecture and urbanism at the court of Philip IV in Madrid. Escobar was an associate professor of art history and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at

Fairfield University Fairfield University is a private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In 2023, the university had about 5,000 full-time undergraduate students and 1,200 gra ...

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. He held visiting appointments at

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and

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. At Northwestern, Escobar has taught undergraduate courses on the High

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

and

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

Art in

, and

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, as well as a graduate seminar on Renaissance architecture in

. Escobar won a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Spain where he researched ''The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid''. He has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art is an 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 charge, the museum was privately established in ...

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Escobar serves on the Editorial Board of caa.reviews, the online review journal of the

College Art Association of America The College Art Association of America (CAA) is the principal organization in the United States for professionals in the visual arts, from students to art historians to emeritus faculty. Founded in 1911, it "promotes these arts and their understan ...

, and is editor for the scholarly book series, Buildings, Landscapes, and Societies, published by the

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

Press. Escobar received his bachelor's degree from

and doctorate from

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in 1996.

Bibliography

*''The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid'' (

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, 2003)

References

Department of Art History at Northwestern University Professor Profile
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