Jaroslav Folda
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Jaroslav Folda is a medievalist, in which field he is a Haskins Medal
winner; he is a scholar in the history of the Art of the Crusades
and the N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art at the University of North Carolina
. His area of interest for teaching and research is the art of the High Middle Ages
in Europe and the Mediterranean World. His area of study includes Medieval Manuscript illumination, Medieval Icon and Panel painting
, and Medieval sculpture from the 11th century to the 15th century, and the Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land
, 1098 - 1291. Folda's approach is art in historical context in which the work of art is examined in terms of form and function, meaning and content, along with what we can know about the patron, the artist, the workshop process by which it was produced, and the audience for whom it was intended.
His recent publications include The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098 - 1187 (Cambridge University Press, 1995), and articles such as "Icon to Altarpiece in the Frankish East: Images of the Virgin and Child Enthroned," in Italian Panel Painting of the Duecento and Trecento, ed. V.M. Schmidt, Symposium Papers XXXVIII, Studies in the History of Art, 61 (2002), pp. 122-145, entries on Crusader Icons in the exhibition catalogue, Byzantium: Faith and Power, 1261 - 1557, ed. H.Evans, et al., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, and Crusader Art in the Holy Land, 1187 - 1291 (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Folda's current research studies the issue of golden highlighting (chrysography), with regard to its origins, development, and distinctive characteristics in Byzantine and Crusader icon painting and Italian panel painting, mainly in the 13th century.
2. (contributor, pp. 251-288, and assisting editor) K.M. Setton, ed., A History of the Crusades, vol. IV, H.W. Hazard, ed., The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States (Madison, 1977).
3. (editor) Crusader Art in the Twelfth Century, British Archeological Reports, International Series, vol. 152 (Oxford, 1982), 269 pp.
4. (chairman, editorial committee) Hugo Buchthal, Art of the Mediterranean World: A.D. 100 to 1400 (Washington, D.C., 1982), 207 pp., 367 pls.
5. The Nazareth Capitals and the Crusader Shrine of the Annunciation, College Art Association Monograph Series, vol. XLII (University Park and London, 1986), 101 pp., 77 pls.
6. The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098-1187, Cambridge, New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xxx + 672 pp., 41 color plates, 735 halftones, 9 maps, 10 figures.
7. Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291, Cambridge University Press, 2005, lxxvi + 714 pp., 11 color pls., 415 halftones, 10 maps, CD with 501 black-and-white photos. [Two indices for this book are located on the Cambridge University Press website. Go to http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521835836
Note: On the far left side of the page on that site, there is a box that says: resources and resolutions. Click on view material, which will link to each index as a pdf for downloading.]
8. Crusader Art: The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1099-1291, Aldershot and Burlington: Lund Humphries, 2008, 176 pp., 98 color plates, 16 halftones, 13 maps.
Exhibition Catalogues: Selected Contributions:
1. "The Crusader Period and the Church of Saint Anne at Sepphoris,” in Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture, Rebecca M. Nagy, et al., eds., North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1996, pp. 101-107.
2. "Crusader Art," The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261, H.C. Evans and W.D. Wixom, eds., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, pp. 388-391 (essay), and entries, nos. 258-262.
3. "Les Manuscrits enluminés dans les états de la Terre Sainte," Les Croisades, L'Orient et l'Occident d'Urbain II à Saint Louis: 1096-1270, M. Rey-Delqué, ed., Milan and Toulouse: Electa, 1997, pp. 299-305 (published in both a French and an Italian edition).
4. "L'Arte dei Crociati e il Pellegrinaggio nei Luoghi Santi,” In Terrasanta, Dalla Crociata ala Custodia dei Luoghi Santi, ed. M. Piccirillo, OFM, Milan, Palazzo Reale: Skira Artifice, 2000, pp. 35-43 (essay), and entries on pp. 102, 106, 241, 248, 249.
5. Entries on eight Crusader Icons: nos. 214, 216, 223, 229- 232, 235, Byzantium: Faith and Power, Byzantine Art 1261-1557, ed. Helen C. Evans, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (2004): pp. 355-356, 357-358, 365-366, 374, 374-375, 376, 377, 379-381.
6. Two Essays ["What is Crusader Art?" and "Scriptoria and Workshops, Scribes and Painters in Crusader Syria/Palestine in the 13th Century"], and an Introduction and Five Catalogue Entries [on 5 Crusader Manuscripts: London, BL, Egerton MS 1139, Paris, BNF, MS fr. 2628, Dijon, Bibl. Mun., MS 562, Brussels, Bibl. Roy., MS 10175, and Perugia, Bibl. Capit. MS 6] for the Mannheim Exhibition Catalogue: Saladin und die Kreuzfahrer, eds. A. wieczorek, et al., Mannheim and mainz, 2005, pp. 176-189, 204-215, for the essays, and pp. 393-394, 404-407, for the introduction and entries.
Haskins Medal
The Haskins Medal is an annual medal awarded by the Medieval Academy of America. It is awarded for the production of a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies.-Award:...
winner; he is a scholar in the history of the Art of the Crusades
Art of the Crusades
The art of the Crusades, meaning primarily the art produced in Middle Eastern areas under Crusader control, spanned two artistic periods in Europe, the Romanesque and the Gothic, but in the Crusader kingdoms of the Levant the Gothic style barely appeared...
and the N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art at the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. His area of interest for teaching and research is the art of the High Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
in Europe and the Mediterranean World. His area of study includes Medieval Manuscript illumination, Medieval Icon and Panel painting
Panel painting
A panel painting is a painting made on a flat panel made of wood, either a single piece, or a number of pieces joined together. Until canvas became the more popular support medium in the 16th century, it was the normal form of support for a painting not on a wall or vellum, which was used for...
, and Medieval sculpture from the 11th century to the 15th century, and the Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land
Holy Land
The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
, 1098 - 1291. Folda's approach is art in historical context in which the work of art is examined in terms of form and function, meaning and content, along with what we can know about the patron, the artist, the workshop process by which it was produced, and the audience for whom it was intended.
His recent publications include The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098 - 1187 (Cambridge University Press, 1995), and articles such as "Icon to Altarpiece in the Frankish East: Images of the Virgin and Child Enthroned," in Italian Panel Painting of the Duecento and Trecento, ed. V.M. Schmidt, Symposium Papers XXXVIII, Studies in the History of Art, 61 (2002), pp. 122-145, entries on Crusader Icons in the exhibition catalogue, Byzantium: Faith and Power, 1261 - 1557, ed. H.Evans, et al., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, and Crusader Art in the Holy Land, 1187 - 1291 (Cambridge University Press, 2005).
Folda's current research studies the issue of golden highlighting (chrysography), with regard to its origins, development, and distinctive characteristics in Byzantine and Crusader icon painting and Italian panel painting, mainly in the 13th century.
Education
- A.B. Princeton University, 1962.
- Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 1968.
- N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art, University of North Carolina, 1996 - .
Research and Teaching Interests
- Meaning and Content in Medieval art from c. 300 to c. 1500, with emphasis on works of art in their historical context.
- Medieval figural art with special emphasis on manuscript illumination, icons, panel painting, metalwork, and sculpture.
- Artistic interchange and cultural interpenetration in the Medieval Mediterranean World.
- The art and history of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1095 - 1291.
- Methodology for the study of Medieval Art.
Publications
1. Crusader Manuscript Illumination at Saint-Jean d'Acre: 1275-1291 (Princeton, 1976), 231 pp., 299 pls.2. (contributor, pp. 251-288, and assisting editor) K.M. Setton, ed., A History of the Crusades, vol. IV, H.W. Hazard, ed., The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States (Madison, 1977).
3. (editor) Crusader Art in the Twelfth Century, British Archeological Reports, International Series, vol. 152 (Oxford, 1982), 269 pp.
4. (chairman, editorial committee) Hugo Buchthal, Art of the Mediterranean World: A.D. 100 to 1400 (Washington, D.C., 1982), 207 pp., 367 pls.
5. The Nazareth Capitals and the Crusader Shrine of the Annunciation, College Art Association Monograph Series, vol. XLII (University Park and London, 1986), 101 pp., 77 pls.
6. The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1098-1187, Cambridge, New York and Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1995, xxx + 672 pp., 41 color plates, 735 halftones, 9 maps, 10 figures.
7. Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291, Cambridge University Press, 2005, lxxvi + 714 pp., 11 color pls., 415 halftones, 10 maps, CD with 501 black-and-white photos. [Two indices for this book are located on the Cambridge University Press website. Go to http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521835836
Note: On the far left side of the page on that site, there is a box that says: resources and resolutions. Click on view material, which will link to each index as a pdf for downloading.]
8. Crusader Art: The Art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1099-1291, Aldershot and Burlington: Lund Humphries, 2008, 176 pp., 98 color plates, 16 halftones, 13 maps.
Exhibition Catalogues: Selected Contributions:
1. "The Crusader Period and the Church of Saint Anne at Sepphoris,” in Sepphoris in Galilee: Crosscurrents of Culture, Rebecca M. Nagy, et al., eds., North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1996, pp. 101-107.
2. "Crusader Art," The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261, H.C. Evans and W.D. Wixom, eds., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1997, pp. 388-391 (essay), and entries, nos. 258-262.
3. "Les Manuscrits enluminés dans les états de la Terre Sainte," Les Croisades, L'Orient et l'Occident d'Urbain II à Saint Louis: 1096-1270, M. Rey-Delqué, ed., Milan and Toulouse: Electa, 1997, pp. 299-305 (published in both a French and an Italian edition).
4. "L'Arte dei Crociati e il Pellegrinaggio nei Luoghi Santi,” In Terrasanta, Dalla Crociata ala Custodia dei Luoghi Santi, ed. M. Piccirillo, OFM, Milan, Palazzo Reale: Skira Artifice, 2000, pp. 35-43 (essay), and entries on pp. 102, 106, 241, 248, 249.
5. Entries on eight Crusader Icons: nos. 214, 216, 223, 229- 232, 235, Byzantium: Faith and Power, Byzantine Art 1261-1557, ed. Helen C. Evans, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art/New Haven and London: Yale University Press, (2004): pp. 355-356, 357-358, 365-366, 374, 374-375, 376, 377, 379-381.
6. Two Essays ["What is Crusader Art?" and "Scriptoria and Workshops, Scribes and Painters in Crusader Syria/Palestine in the 13th Century"], and an Introduction and Five Catalogue Entries [on 5 Crusader Manuscripts: London, BL, Egerton MS 1139, Paris, BNF, MS fr. 2628, Dijon, Bibl. Mun., MS 562, Brussels, Bibl. Roy., MS 10175, and Perugia, Bibl. Capit. MS 6] for the Mannheim Exhibition Catalogue: Saladin und die Kreuzfahrer, eds. A. wieczorek, et al., Mannheim and mainz, 2005, pp. 176-189, 204-215, for the essays, and pp. 393-394, 404-407, for the introduction and entries.