Faculty Experts- Art
Name: Tamara H. BentleyTitle: Assistant professor of Asian art
Office phone: (719) 389-6368
E-mail: tbentley@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.A. Brown University, 1983; M.A. University of Michigan, 1992; Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2000
Came to CC in: 2001
Courses taught at CC: A Survey of Asian Art; Art of China; Art of Japan; China/Europe/Japan: Art and International Trade 1550-1800; Word and Image in Chinese and Japanese Art; Art East and West
Areas of expertise: Chinese painting and prints; Japanese painting and prints; art in international trade; history of exploration and the early modern period; intercultural interaction
Major publications:
Dissertation on a 17th century Chinese painter and printmaker: "Authenticity in a New Key: Chen Hongshou's Figurative Oeuvre, Authentic Emotion, and the late Ming Market."
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Rapid pace of change in China
Pertinent biographical information: Fulbright fellowship to Republic of China (Taiwan) 1994/95; visiting scholar at the National Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (1992/93)
Name: Ruth E. Kolarik
Title: Professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6372
E-mail: rkolarik@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D. Harvard University; M.A., B.A. University of Kansas
Came to CC: 1978
Courses taught: General surveys of art history and architectural history; upper division courses in ancient and medieval art history such as: Greek, Roman, Late Antique, Byzantine, Islamic, Western Medieval Art; Garden History; organizer of a lecture series: Landscape and the Built Environment
Areas of expertise: The art and architecture of the ancient and medieval worlds, Islamic art, history of gardens; gardens East and West; history of architecture; the monuments of Rome, Istanbul. Archaeology of the late antique city of Stobi in Macedonia, most notably the mosaic floors in palaces, synagogues and churches; archaeology of Stobi . Architecture: history and current trends
Major publications:
Research and publications center on late antique and early Byzantine floor mosaics from Greece and the Balkan Peninsula. For a list of publications, click here.
Other areas of personal/professional interests: Gardening and historic preservation
Other pertinent information: Spent many years as an archaeologist in former Yugoslavia. Faculty web page. |Back to Experts|