Kenneth John Conant

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Kenneth John Conant (born June 28, 1894 in Neenah , Wisconsin , † March 3, 1984 in Bedford (Massachusetts) ) was an American art historian. His main focus was the architecture of the Middle Ages.

Life

Conant studied at Harvard University and in Europe. He served in the US Army and taught at Harvard from 1920 to 1955 inclusive. In 1932 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1954 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1978 he became a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Conant's life theme was the Abbey of Cluny near Mâcon , which was destroyed during the French Revolution . He saw Cluny as the "greatest architectural achievement in world history" and carried out excavations there from 1927 to 1950. Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800–1200 (1959) is considered to be his main work .

In 1940 a group of his students founded the Society of Architectural Historians .

Publications

  • Mediaeval Academy excavations at Cluny, VIII: final stages of the project. Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass., 1954
  • The original buildings at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Medieval Academy of America, Cambridge, Mass., 1956
  • Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture 800-1200 . Penguin Books, 1959.

literature

  • Robert Cecil Cook: Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. : Volume 13. Who's Who in American Education, Nashville, Tenn., 1948, p. 233.
  • Society of Antiquaries of London: The Antiquaries Journal. : Volume 64, Part 2. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984, p. 614.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kenneth John Conant , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed October 16, 2018
  2. ^ Member History: Kenneth J. Conant. American Philosophical Society, accessed June 25, 2018 .
  3. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Conant, Kenneth John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Neenah , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1984
Place of death Bedford, Massachusetts