Background
Barkan, Leonard was born on October 6, 1944 in New York City. Son of Benjamin Barkan and Frances Katz.
(A fascinating story of the impact of the rediscovery of a...)
A fascinating story of the impact of the rediscovery of antique objects, long-forgotten and often physically buried, on the consciousness and art of 15th- and 16th-century Rome. Barkan brings to life the inspired attempts to bridge the huge gap between ancient and Renaissance Rome, a rebirth which not only transformed art but also poetry and history. Stories of the rediscovery of statues such as the Lacoon and the Torso Belvedere is accompanied by extracts of Roman descriptions of statues and art as well as Renaissance accounts of uncovering them and their attempts to understand them. Finally, Barkan examines the influence of sculptures on specific Renaissance artists and works, notably Bandinelli.
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Barkan, Leonard was born on October 6, 1944 in New York City. Son of Benjamin Barkan and Frances Katz.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1965. AM, Harvard University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1971.
Director dramatic association Yale University, New Haven, 1969-1971. Assistant professor English University California, San Diego, 1971-1974. Associate professor, then professor English and art history Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1974-1988, F.B. Snyder professor English, 1988-1990.
Professor English and fine art University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990-1994. Samuel Rudin University professor humanities New York University, New York City, 1994-1997. Director New York Institute for Humanities, since 1997.
(A fascinating story of the impact of the rediscovery of a...)
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Institute for Humanities (board directors since 1997), Phi Beta Kappa.