William Hood
William Hood (born April 20, 1940 ) is an American art historian , author and professor at Oberlin College .
Life
After finishing school, Hood studied art history at the University of Georgia , where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree . Then he achieved his Ph.D. 1977 at the Institute of Fine Arts in New York City . Hood received a position as a college professor and taught from 1974 to 2007 at Oberlin College. He also taught at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti in Florence , where he held two visiting professorships from 1989 to 1990 and from 1999 to 2000. Hood has been teaching Italian Renaissance art history at Columbia University's Department of Art and History since January 2008 .
Hood received an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Research Unit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2005 . His research focuses on works of art from the Italian Renaissance .
Hood published several books, including the work Fra Angelico at San Marco . For this book he received the George Wittenborn Memorial Book Award in 1993 , the Eric Mitchell Prize in 1994 and this book was a finalist in the Premio Salimbeni competition in Italy. The book Made Men: Afterlives of the Classical Nude is in preparation.
Web links
- Publishing site for Fra Angelico at San Marco
- Oberlin College faculty experts website
- Professor Hood at Columbia University
Individual evidence
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art: William Hood
- ↑ George Wittenborn Award: Past Winners ( Memento from November 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Yalepress: Fra Angelico at San Marco
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hood, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |