Amy Morris
Art History
Amy Morris teaches survey courses and upper division courses in Greek and Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque art. She received her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2007 in Northern Renaissance art.
Her research focuses on a contextual examination of German painting in the Late Gothic period. In her scholarship, she addresses many issues current in her field, including the function of indulgence altarpieces, Magdalene iconography in Northern Europe, and artistic self-awareness in the Late Middle Ages.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
“Art and Advertising: Indulgence Altarpieces in Late Medieval Germany.” Forthcoming in Push Me, Pull You: Art and Devotional Interaction in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, ed. Laura Gelfand and Sarah Blick. Brill.
“St. Magdalene Altarpiece, Tiefenbronn.” Forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage. Brill, 2009.
“Indulgence Prints.” Forthcoming in the Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage. Brill, 2009.
Book Reviews:
Rubens and Brueghel: A Working Friendship, Anne T. Woollett and Ariane van Suchtelen, Review for the Renaissance Quarterly, (Spring, 2007).
Jan Brueghel the Elder. The Entry of the Animals into Noah’s Ark, Arianne Faber Kolb, Review for the Renaissance Quarterly, Winter 2005.
Unpublished Dissertation: “Lucas Moser’s St. Magdalene Altarpiece: Solving the Riddle of the Sphinx,” Indiana University, 2007
Presentations:
“Transforming Franciscan Magdalene Iconography: Benedictine symbols of Power and Prestige in Lucas Moser’s St. Magdalene Altarpiece,” Midwest Art History Society, March, 2007.
“Late Gothic Painting and Artistic Identity: A New Consideration of Lucas Moser’s Inscription on the St. Magdalene Altarpiece,” Midwest Art History Society, March, 2006.
“Lucas Moser’s St. Magdalene Altarpiece and its German Iconographic Sources,” Renaissance Society of America, Cambridge, UK, April, 2005.
“The Interpretation of Lucas Moser’s Signature on the St. Magdalene Altarpiece: Individualism or Humility?” German Studies Association, September-October, 2005.
“The Motivations Behind the Sixteenth-Century Renovation of Lucas Moser’s St. Magdalene Altarpiece,” Midwest Art History Society, April, 2004.
“Italian Motifs in German art: Direct contact or via Upper-Rhenish painting?” Midwest Art History Society, April, 2003.
“Official practice vs. popular piety: What qualifies a work of art or a church as a pilgrimage destination?” International Congress on Medieval Studies, May, 2003.
“Lucas Moser’s St. Magdalene Altarpiece: A Stylistic, Iconographical, and Contextual Re-evaluation,” Participant in Medieval History Seminar, German Historical Institute and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, October, 2002.
“Private Property in a Public Space: The Dual Nature of Altarpiece Imagery,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, May, 2001.