Ingrid D. Rowland (b. August 19, 1953) is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame. She is a frequent contributor to ''

The New York Review of Books ''The New York Review of Books'' (or ''NYREV'' or ''NYRB'') is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs. Published in New York City, it is inspired by the idea that the discussion of ...

''.

Biography

She is the daughter of Nobel Chemistry Prize laureate Frank Sherwood Rowland. Rowland completed her

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degree in

classics Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

Pomona College Pomona College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalism in the United States, Congregationalists ...

in 1974 and earned her

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and Ph.D. degrees in

Greek literature Greek literature () dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today. Ancient Greek literature was written in an Ancient Greek dialect, literature ranges from the oldest surviving wri ...

and classical archaeology at

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh language, Welsh: ) is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a ...

. Based in Rome, Rowland writes about Italian art, architecture, history and many other topics for ''The New York Review of Books''.

Publications

*''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) *''

Giordano Bruno Giordano Bruno ( , ; ; born Filippo Bruno; January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, alchemist, astrologer, cosmological theorist, and esotericist. He is known for his cosmological theories, which concep ...

: Philosopher/Heretic'' (2008) *''From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town'' (2014) *''The Collector of Lives:

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

and the Invention of Art'' (2017). Coauthored with Noah Charney *''The Divine Spark of Syracuse'' (2019)

Awards and honors

* Grace Dudley Prize for Arts Writing, Robert B. Silvers Foundation, 2021 *Socio Corrispondente, Accademia dei Sepolti, Volterra, Italy, 2005 * Founding Member, Academia Bibliotecae Alexandrinae (Egypt), 2004 * Elected Member,

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

, 2002 * Fellow,

Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts".

, 2000–2001 * John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2000–2001

References

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