Janetta Rebold Benton is an American

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 ...

. She is currently Distinguished Professor of Art History at

Pace University Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, United States. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace. Pace enrolls about ...

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Education

Benton received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree from

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

in 1969. She received a PhD from

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

in 1980. She also earned an MDP diploma from the Management Development Program at the

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Graduate School of Education.

Career

Her main focus of study is the art of the medieval and Renaissance periods. She has a particular interest in iconography, including images of animals, especially fantastic fauna and gargoyles. In 2012 she received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History, European University, St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2018 Benton received a second Fulbright award to teach at the Graduate School of Art History of the

China Academy of Art The China Academy of Art (CAA; ) is a provincial public college of fine arts in Hangzhou. Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Zhejiang. The academy is part of the Double First-Class Construction The World First-Class Un ...

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. She taught art history courses at the American Embassy in Paris, 1981–85. Benton has presented subscription lecture series for th
Smithsonian Associates
in Washington, DC, 1988–today, and at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

in New York every season 1988–2011. She serves as the Expert on trips abroad fo
Smithsonian Journeys
and

the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the third-largest museum in the world and the largest art museum in the Americas. With 5.36 million v ...

. In 1995 she was the guest curator and catalog author for an exhibition on "Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures" at the

Katonah Museum of Art The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards visual arts, located in Katonah, New York. It does not have a permanent collection, but holds temporary exhibitions. The museum was founded in 1953, in one room at the loc ...

Bibliography

Books

* Janetta Rebold Benton, ''The History of Western Art'' (2022, ), editions in Latvian, German, Spanish * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''How to Understand Art'' (2021, ). editions in French German, Italian, Spanish, Latvian, Chinese * Janetta Rebold Benton and Robert DiYanni, ''Handbook for the Humanities'' (2014, ). edition in Chinese * Janetta Rebold Benton and Robert DiYanni, ''Arts and Culture: An Introduction to the Humanities.'' 4th edition (2012, ), edition in Chinese * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Materials, Methods and Masterpieces of Medieval Art'' (2009, ) * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Medieval Mischief: Wit and Humour in the Art of the Middle Ages'' (2004, ) * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Art of the Middle Ages'' (2002, ) * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings'' (1997, ), edition in French * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''Medieval Monsters: Dragons and Fantastic Creatures'' (1995, ISBN 0-915171-38-4) * Janetta Rebold Benton, ''The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages'' (1992, ), edition in French

Other publications

* Contributor to ''The Encyclopedia of Humor Studies'' * Contributor to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition catalog, ''Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Janetta Rebold Living people Pace University faculty American art historians American women art historians Cornell University alumni George Washington University alumni Brown University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American women curators American curators