Ingrid D. Rowland (b. August 19, 1953[1]) is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame.[2] She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books.
Ingrid Drake Rowland | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 19, 1953 |
| Alma mater | Pomona College Bryn Mawr College |
| Occupation(s) | Classical scholar, professor, author |
Biography
editShe is the daughter of Nobel Chemistry Prize laureate Frank Sherwood Rowland.
Rowland completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in classics at Pomona College in 1974[3] and earned her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Greek literature and classical archaeology at Bryn Mawr College.[2]
Based in Rome, Rowland writes about Italian art, architecture, history and many other topics for The New York Review of Books.
Publications
edit- The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in Sixteenth Century Rome (1998)
- The Place of the Antique in Early Modern Europe (1999)
- The Scarith of Scornello: a Tale of Renaissance Forgery (2004) based on the "Etruscan" forgeries of Curzio Inghirami
- The Roman Garden of Agostino Chigi (2005)
- From Heaven to Arcadia: The Sacred and the Profane in the Renaissance (2005)[4]
- Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic (2008)
- From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town (2014)
- The Divine Spark of Syracuse (2019)
Awards and honors
edit- Grace Dudley Prize for Arts Writing, Robert B. Silvers Foundation, 2021[5]
- Socio Corrispondente, Accademia dei Sepolti, Volterra, Italy, 2005
- Founding Member, Academia Bibliotecae Alexandrinae (Egypt), 2004
- Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2002
- Fellow, Getty Research Institute, 2000–2001
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2000–2001
References
edit- ^ Sourced from http://authorities.loc.gov. Retrieved on July 25, 2011.
- ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Ingrid Rowland". University of Notre Dame, School of Architecture. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Starr Named to Academy". Pomona College Magazine. Pomona College. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Ingrid D. Rowland". New York Review of Books. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
- ^ Caplan, Walker (2022-01-05). "Here are the winners of the inaugural Silvers-Dudley Prizes for criticism and journalism". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2022-01-07.