Irene J. Winter (born 1940 in New York City[1]) is an American art historian who is an influential and pioneering scholar of ancient Near Eastern art.[2]

Irene J. Winter
Born1940 (age 83–84)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materBarnard College
Columbia University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineArt
InstitutionsHarvard University

Life edit

BA Barnard College, Anthropology, 1960; MA University of Chicago, Near Eastern Studies, 1967; PhD Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology. She has taught at Queens College, CUNY, 1971-1976, The University of Pennsylvania, 1976-1988, and Harvard University since 1988, chairing the department of Fine Arts from 1993-1996, and served on the Faculty Council, 2006-2009; retired June 2009. Slade Professor, University of Cambridge, 1997.[3] She was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999 and the American Philosophical Society in 2016.[4][5]

Awards edit

Works edit

  • On Art in the Ancient Near East, 2 Vols. Brill Academic Publishers, 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17500-6

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 Plenary Address".
  2. ^ Cheng, Jack (2007). Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context: Studies in Honor of Irene J. Winter by Her Students. Leiden: Brill. p. 3. ISBN 9789004157026.
  3. ^ TheCrimson.com
  4. ^ "Newly Elected - April 2016 | American Philosophical Society". amphilsoc.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Irene J. Winter". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  6. ^ HarvardMagazine.com

Further reading edit

  • Marian Feldman; Jack Cheng, eds. (1 June 2007). Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context: Studies in Honor of Irene J. Winter by Her Students. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-15702-6.