Bruce Cole

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Bruce M. Cole (born August 2, 1938 in Cleveland , † January 8, 2018 in Cancún , Mexico ) was an American art historian and professor at Indiana University .

Bruce Cole (left), Susie Montgomery and Bill Helfand (Nov 2009)

Life

Cole received a bachelor's degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1962 and a master's degree in art history from Oberlin College in 1964 . He then received his doctorate in 1969 from Bryn Mawr College . From 1969 he taught art history at the University of Rochester . In 1973 he was appointed Distinguished Professor of Art History and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. His specialty was the art of the Italian Renaissance .

Cole was chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2001 to 2009 . After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , Cole changed the orientation of the NEH. While the NEH previously appeared primarily as a sponsor for art projects, Cole expanded the programs that advocate improved education in the field of art and history in American schools. He also launched the Picturing America project , which uses paintings to illustrate American history.

Cole died of a heart attack while on vacation in Mexico. He was married and had a son and a daughter.

Awards

In 2008, Cole received the Presidential Citizens Medal from US President George W. Bush . He was also awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and the "Medal for Excellence" from Indiana University in the same year . In 2010 he was appointed to the University's Board of Trustees. In 2013, Cole was appointed to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission. Cole was a corresponding member of the Accademia degli Intronati .

Works

  • Giotto and Florentine painting: 1280-1375 . Harper & Row, New York 1979
  • Sienese painting: from its origins to the fifteenth century . Harper & Row, New York 1980
  • Giotto: the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua . George Braziller, New York 1993
  • Studies in the history of Italian art 1250-1550 . Pindar Press, London 1996
  • Titian and Venetian painting 1450–1590 . Westview Press, Boulder 1999
  • Informed Patriotism: We the People at Five Years .
  • The Renaissance artist at work: from Pisano to Titian . Westview Press, Boulder
  • Sienese Painting in the Age of the Renaissance .
  • Italian Art, 1250-1550: The Relation of Art to Life and Society .
  • Titian and Venetian Art, 1450-1590 .
  • Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post-Modernism .
  • The Informed Eye: Understanding Masterpieces of Western Art .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Cole , Ethic and Public Policy Center, accessed February 5, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c Bruce Cole, renaissance scholar who led National Endowment for the Humanities, dies at 79 , Washington Post, January 12, 2018
  3. ^ Obituary , Indiana University, Jan. 9, 2018
  4. ^ Cole Prof. Bruce , Official Residence of the President of the Italian Republic
personal data
SURNAME Cole, Bruce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cole, Bruce M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 2018
Place of death Cancun