Corine Schleif (February 20, 1949-December 8, 2023) was a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

and

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

who researched, taught and wrote about

Medieval art The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional ar ...

Renaissance art Renaissance art (1350 – 1620) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurr ...

, feminist art theory, and the motivations behind the creating and destroying of art. She was faculty at

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

's School of Art.

Education and career

Corine Schleif studied

art history Art history is the study of Work of art, artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Tradit ...

at Philipp University of Marburg and went on to

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth ...

to receive an M.A. in 1980. She then attended

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

with a

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which was renewed at

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. She received her Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in art history (

medieval history In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

and

religious studies Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and definition of religion, its definition is h ...

minors) from

University of Bamberg The University of Bamberg () in Bamberg, Germany, specializes in the humanities, cultural studies, social sciences, economics, and applied computer science. Campus The university is partly housed in historical buildings in Bamberg's Old Town. ...

in 1986. In addition to being a Professor at ASU's School of Art, she is an Affiliate Professor at the

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) was established in 1981, by the Arizona Board of Regents as a state-wide, tri-university research unit that bridges the intellectual communities at Arizona State University, Northern ...

(ACMRS). Schleif received the

Berlin Prize The Berlin Prize is a residential fellowship at the Hans Arnhold Center, awarded by the American Academy in Berlin to scholars and artists. Each year, about 20 fellows are selected. The stated mission of the program is to improve the transatlan ...

from the American Academy as the John P. Birkelund Fellow in the Humanities for the Class of Spring 2016. Schleif's recent work has included ''opening the Geese Book'': "A multisensory work of the past is explored through multimedia technologies of the present. A team of experts headed by Volker Schier and Corine Schleif opens the Geese Book to scholars and provides a window for broader audiences." She and Schier also developed a

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(VR) experience called ''Extraordinary Sensescapes: The Sensual World of Late Medieval Nuns''.

Partial list of publications

For a more complete and detailed list, see her CV external link below. * Volker Schier, Corine Schleif, and Anne Simon (2019), ''Pepper for Prayer: The Correspondence of the Birgittine Nun Katerina Lemmel, 1516–1525, Edition and Translation'', Stockholm: Runica et Mediaevalia. * Corine Schleif (2018), Adam Kraft's Seven Falls of Christ: Walking the History of Emotions in Nuremberg. Video version (in two parts) of a presentation given in Melbourne in November 201

an

* Corine Schleif and Volker Schier, eds., ''Manuscripts Changing Hands.'' Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016. * Corine Schleif (2013), “The Art of Walking and Viewing: Christ, the Virgin, Saint Birgitta, and the Birgittines Processing through the Cloister,” in ''The Birgittine Experience: Papers from the Birgitta Conference in Stockholm 2011,'' ed. Claes Gejrot, Mia Akestam and Roger Anderson, Stockholm, 241-267. * Corine Schleif (2010), "Albrecht Dürer between Agnes Frey and Willibald Pirckheimer," ''The Essential Dürer'', ed. Larry Silver and Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Philadelphia, 85–205 * Corine Schleif and Volker Schier (2009)
''Katerina’s Windows''
''Donation and Devotion, Art and Music, as Heard and Seen Through the Writings of a Birgittine Nun'', University Park: Penn State Press. . Contains an English translation of the letters and other sources integrated with extensive narrative commentary. Reviews by Hans van Miegroet in ''Choice'' (April 2010); Roger Rosewell in
Vidimus
' 36 (January 2010); Jeffrey Chipps Smith in ''Renaissance Quarterly'' 63.2 (2010), 611-13; Stanley Weed in

' 2010-10; Megan Cassidy-Welch in ''Burlington Magazine'' 152 (November 2010), 746; Judith Oliver in ''Speculum'' 86 (2011), 546-48; Pia F. Cuneo in ''Mediaevistik: Internationale Zeitschrift für interdisziplinäre Mittelalterforschung'' 24 (2011), 586-89. * Volker Schier and Corine Schleif. "The Holy Lance as Late Twentieth-century Subcultural Icon." ''Subcultural Icons,'' edited by Keyan Tomaselli and David Scott. Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, 2009, 103–134. *Corine Schleif and Volker Schier, '' Katerina's Windows: Donation and Devotion, Art and Music, as Heard and Seen Through the Writings of a Birgittine Nun,'' University Park: Penn State Press, 2009, 237, 242-244, * Volker Schier and Corine Schleif. "Die heilige und die unheilige Lanze. Von Richard Wagner bis zum World Wide Web he Holy and the Unholy Lance. From Richard Wagner to the World Wide Web" '' Die Heilige Lanze in Wien. Insignie - Reliquie - Schicksalsspeer,'' edited by Franz Kirchweger. Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2005, 111–144. * Corine Schleif (2005), “Forgotten Roles of Women as Donors: Sister Katerina Lemmel’s Negotiated Exchanges in the Care for the Here and the Hereafter,” in ''Care for the Here and the Hereafter: Memoria, Art, and Ritual in the Middle Ages'', ed. Truus van Bueren, Turnhout: Brepols, 137–54. * Corine Schleif and Volker Schier (2005), “Views and Voices From Within: Sister Katerina Lemmel on the Glazing of the Cloister at Maria Mai,” in ''Glasmalerei im Kontext: Bildprogramme und Raumfunktionen: Akten des 22. Internationalen Colloquiums des Corpus Vitrearum Nürnberg, 29. August–1. September 2004'', ed. Rüdiger Becksmann, Anzeiger des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, wissenschaftlicher Beiband 25, Nuremberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 211–28. * Volker Schier and Corine Schleif. "Seeing and Singing, Touching and Tasting the Holy Lance. The Power and Politics of Embodied Religious Experiences in Nuremberg, 1424–1524." '' Signs of Change. Transformations of Christian Traditions and their Representation in the Arts, 1000–2000,'' edited by Nils Holger Petersen, Claus Cluver, and Nicolas Bell. Amsterdam – New York: Rodopi, 2004, 401–426. * Corine Schleif (2003), “Katerina Lemmels Briefe als Spiegel Nürnberger Privatfrömmigkeit,” in ''Im Zeichen des Christkinds: Privates Bild und Frömmigkeit im Spätmittelalter: Ergebnisse der Ausstellung Spiegel der Seligkeit'', ed. Frank Matthias Kammel, Nuremberg: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 109–12. * Corine Schleif (1998), Chapter "The Role of Women in Challenging the Canon of 'Great Master' Art History" in ''Attending to Early Modern Women'' edited by Susan Dwyer Amussen and Adele F. Seeff * Corine Schleif, ''Donatio et memoria. Stifter, Stiftungen und Motivationen an Beispielen aus der Lorenzkirche in Nürnberg.'' München:

Deutscher Kunstverlag The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and bu ...

, 1990.

References

External links

Corine Schleif at the School of Art at Arizona State University

Corine Schleif on academia.edu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schleif, Corine Living people German art curators German art historians Feminist historians Women art historians Arizona State University faculty University of Marburg alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni Free University of Berlin alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni University of Bamberg alumni American art historians 1949 births

Education and career

Partial list of publications

See also

References

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