Bryan J. Zygmont 1550 Clarke Drive, MS 1776§ Dubuque, Iowa 52001 (563) 588-6350 § [email protected]
Education 2001—2006 University of Maryland Doctor of Philosophy in Art History • Area of Specialization: American Art, 1670-1913 • Secondary Area: English Art, 1700-1900 • Doctoral Dissertation title: “Portraiture and Politics in New York City, 1790—1825: Stuart, Vanderlyn, Trumbull, and Jarvis” • Dissertation Advisor: Professor Sally M. Promey
1998—2000 University of Arizona Master of Arts in Art History • Area of Specialization: American Art • Masters Thesis title: “The Return of the Prodigal: The New York Patronage of Gilbert Stuart, 1793-1795” • Thesis Advisor: Professor Ellwood C. Parry, III
1994—1998 University of Arizona Bachelor of Arts in Art History
Teaching Experience 2014-Present Associate Professor of Art History Promotion & Tenure approved by Board of Trustees, January 2014 Clarke University Dubuque, Iowa
2007-2014 Assistant Professor of Art History Clarke University Dubuque, Iowa
2013 Fulbright Professor of American Studies University of Łódź Łódź, Poland
2006-2007 Assistant Professor of Art History Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, Missouri
2003- 2006 Adjunct Professor University of Maryland College Park, Maryland
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2001—2006 Graduate Teaching Fellow University of Maryland College Park, Maryland
2005 Assistant Professorial Lecturer of Art History The George Washington University Washington, D.C.
2003-2004 Adjunct Lecturer of Art History Trinity College Washington, D.C.
2001 Adjunct Lecturer of Art History University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona
1999—2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona
Courses Taught Clarke University ARHS 133: Art of the Western World I ARHS 134: Art of the Western World II ARHS 135: Introduction to World Art ARHS 152: Introduction to American Art ARHS 250: History of Modern Art, 1880-1940 ARHS 255: Greek and Roman Art ARHS 256: Medieval Art ARHS 257: Renaissance Art ARHS 258: Baroque and Rococo Art ARHS 259: Nineteenth-Century Art ARHS 280: Environmental Art ARHS 280: History of Graphic Design ARHS 282: Honors: Film Theory and Literature ARHS 282: Honors: Epic Cinema, 1935-75 ARHS 282: Film Noir ARHS 390: Readings in American Art ARHS 499: Research and Methods of Art History GNED 100: Transitions
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University of Łódź Graduate Course: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American Portraiture: Politicians, Heroes, and History Making Graduate Course: In Pursuit of the American Dream: Family and Immigration in American Art, Film, and Literature
Northwest Missouri State University ART 102: Art Appreciation ART 110: Survey of Art History ART 313: Renaissance and Baroque Art ART 317: Twentieth-Century Art
University of Maryland Art History 100: Introduction to Visual Culture Art History 200: Prehistoric to Gothic Art Art History 346: European Art: 1850-1900 Art History 360: American Art and Architecture Until 1876
The George Washington University Art History 031: Prehistoric to Gothic Art
Trinity College Fine Arts 100: Prehistoric to Gothic Art Fine Arts 101: Renaissance to Modern Art
University of Arizona Art History 202: Renaissance to Modern Art
Courses Assisted University of Maryland Art History 100: Introduction to Visual Culture Art History 200: Prehistoric to Gothic Art Art History 201: Renaissance to Modern Art Art History 275: Introduction to African Art
University of Arizona Art History 201: Prehistoric to Gothic Art Art History 202: Renaissance to Modern Art
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Academic Publications Bryan J. Zygmont. “Charles Willson Peale’s The Exhumation of the Mastodon and the Great Chain of Being: The Interaction of Religion, Science, and Art in Early-Federal America.” Text Matters, Vol. 5 (December 2015), 95-110.
Zygmont, Bryan J. Portraiture and Politics in New York City: Gilbert Stuart, John Vanderlyn, John Trumbull, and John Wesley Jarvis. (Berlin: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 2008).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “George Washington by Gilbert Stuart,” in Michael K. Komanecky, ed. Phoenix Art Museum: Collection Highlights. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002), 10.
SmartHistory Essays Zygmont, Bryan J. “Thomas Jefferson, Rotunda, University of Virginia.” http://smarthistory.org/jefferson-rotunda-uvirginia. (Accessed 12 May 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “David’s The Emperor Napoleon in His Study in the Tuileries.” http://smarthistory.org/david-the-emperor-napoleon-in-his- study-in-the-tulieries. (Accessed 6 March 2016)
Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Singleton Copley, The Copley Family.” http://smarthistory.org/copley-the-copley-family. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark.” http://smarthistory.org/copley-watson-and-the-shark. (Accessed 4 March).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence.” http://smarthistory.org/trumbull-declaration. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Charles Willson Peale and The Artist in His Museum.” http://smarthistory.org/charles-willson-peale-the-artist-in-his-museum. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Napoleon on His Imperial Throne.” http://smarthistory.org/ingres-napoleon-on-his- imperial-throne. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere.” http://smarthistory.org/john-singleton-copley-paul-revere. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
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Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Smibert, The Bermuda Group.” http://smarthistory.org/john-smibert-the-bermuda-group. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Singleton Copley, A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham).” http://smarthistory.org/copley-boy-with-a-squirrel. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People.” http://smarthistory.org/delacroix-liberty-leading-the-people. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Between Neoclassicism and Romanticism: Ingres’ La Grande Odalisque http://smarthistory.org/between-neclassicism-and- romanticism-ingres-la-grande-odalisque-2. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Venus of Willendorf.” http://smarthistory.org/venus- of-willendorf. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Gilbert Stuart, The Skater.” http://smarthistory.org/gilbert-stuart-the-skater. (Accessed4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Portraits of John and Elizabeth Freake (and their baby).” http://smarthistory.org/portraits-of-john-and-elizabeth-freake-and- their-baby. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Rembrandt’s The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.” http://smarthistory.org/rembrandt-anatomy-lesson-of-dr-tulp. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Thomas Jefferson, Monticello.” http://smarthistory.org/jefferson-monticello. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington.” http://smarthistory.org/houdon-george-washington. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Thomas Cole, The Oxbow.” http://smarthistory.org/cole-the-oxbow. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. and Scott Mestan. “Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty—The Fugitive Slaves.” http://smarthistory.org/johnson-a-ride-for- liberty-the-fugitive-slaves. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
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Zygmont, Bryan J. “John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos.” http://smarthistory.org/vanderlyn-ariadne-asleep-on-the-island- of-naxos. (4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Church’s Niagara and Heart of the Andes.” http://smarthistory.org/church-niagara-and-heart-of-the-andes. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Emmanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware.” http://smarthistory.org/leutze-washington-crossing-the- delaware. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Gilbert Stuart’s Lansdowne Portrait.” http://smarthistory.org/gilbert-stuarts-lansdowne-portrait. (Accessed 4 March 2016).
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe.” http://smarthistory.org/benjamin-wests-the-death-of-general-wolfe. (Accessed 4 March 2016)
Non-Academic Writings Zygmont, Bryan J. “How One Teacher Models Life-Long Learning.” http://www.educationdivas.com/?p=289, 7 October 2015.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Smarthistory is professors and Instructors too…” http://smarthistoryblog.org/2015/07/26/smarthistory-is-for-professors-and- instructors-too.html, 26 July 2015.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “The Brain is Greater than the Hand: Simple Advice for Aspiring Artists.” Grain Magazine (June 2014), 33-34.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Graphic Design Marks 15 Years.” Clarke: The Magazine of Clarke University (Spring 2014), 20-22.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Clarke community cheering Rion on.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), 23 February 2014.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Fulbright trip one of adaptability and flexibility.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), June 25, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Appreciating Dubuque and the tri-states from afar.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), June 18, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “4 sweet reasons to go to Belgium.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), June 11, 2013.
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Zygmont, Bryan J. “Movies and TV impact how Americans are viewed.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), June 4, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Comparing size and ‘family’ of U.S. and Poland.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), May 28, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Reunion will help relieve isolation of Poland trip.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), May 21, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Amsterdam: Beautiful city, great people.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), May 14, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “People, places never stay the same.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), May 7, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “With the return of sun comes spring and cheeriness.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), April 30, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Sometimes, professor can’t help but miss home.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), April 23, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “When 1 historical site is closed….” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), April 16, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Land of small cars and high gas costs.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), April 9, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Good deeds don’t have to cost a lot.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), April 2, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “1975 movie creates a solid connection.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), March 26, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Professor teaches—and learns—from Polish students.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), March 19, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Poland’s ‘free’ higher education lacks extras.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), March 12, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Krakow continues to awe its visitors.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), March 5, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Weather Warsaw builds onward.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), February 26, 2013.
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Zygmont, Bryan J. “Language barrier in Poland causes some reflection.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), February 19, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Flight to Poland proves it’s a small world.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), February 12, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “From the Southwest to the Midwest, now Poland.” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque), February 5, 2013.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “Romey the Hound.” Tenth Muse 2 (2012): 32-35.
Zygmont, Bryan J. “I Believe in Cologne.” Tenth Muse 1 (2011): 67-68.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards 2016-18 Participant (with Susan Burns, Ph.D., Vice President of Academic Affairs and Kent Anderson, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy) in the Council of Independent Colleges’ Consortium for Online Humanities Instruction.
2015 Research Sabbatical, Clarke University
2014 Summer Fellow, Council of Independent College’s “The Uses of Antiquity” Program, The Smart Museum of Art and the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL: July 2014.
2013 Fulbright Scholar, University of Łódź, Poland.
2013 Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, Clarke University
2010 Summer Fellow, Council of Independent College’s “Teaching Pre- Modern European Art in Context” Program, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL: July 2010.
2010 Group Study Exchange to Poland with the Dubuque Rotary Foundation: May-June 2010.
2010 Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, Clarke College
2009 Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, Clarke College
2008 Guy D. McElroy Trust Grant for Faculty/Student Research
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2008 Faculty Research and Professional Development Grant, Clarke College
2008 Summer Fellow, Freeman Summer Institute for Infusing Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum, Honolulu, HI: May- June 2008.
2001—2006 Jenny Rhee Fellowship, University of Maryland
2005—2006 Visiting Scholar, Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery
2005 Henry R. Luce Foundation Dissertation Research Award in American Art
2005 Kathy Canavan Award for Community Development, Department of Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland
2004 Distinguished Teaching Assistant, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland
2004 Mark K. Sandler Award for Teaching Excellence in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, University of Maryland
2000 Smithsonian Institution Graduate Student Fellowship, National Portrait Gallery
2000 Graduate Student Final Project Grant, University of Arizona
2000 Ari Blattstein Memorial Scholarship, University of Arizona
2000 Albert M. Haldeman Scholarship, University of Arizona
1998—1999 University of Arizona Faculty Grant Award
Recent and Forthcoming Public Lectures “On Han Solo and Brittney Spears: How Popular Culture Aids and Abets Art History.” Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Conference, Kansas City, MO, 6-8 April 2017.
“Alexander Hamilton. His Name is Alexander Hamilton: Friendship, Portraiture and Political Alliances.” The Detroit Institute of Arts, 4 November 2016.
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“Charles Willson Peale, the Enlightenment, and the Great Mastodon: Identity, Science, and Art in Early Federal America.” Wordstruck Conference: American Artists as Readers, Writers, and Literati. Marie Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 13 May 2015.
“From Athens to Rome to Constantinople: The Classical Roots of Byzantine Architecture.” Clarke University Quigley Gallery, 23 November 2014.
“From Dubuque to Łódź and Back Again: A Fulbright Tale.” Clarke University Homecoming Weekend Presentation, 21 October 2014.
“The Herculean Body: The Transmission of the Ideal Male Form from Rome to the Renaissance.” The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 16 July 2014.
“A Short Stroll in Rome: From the High Empire to the Baroque.” University of Wisconsin, Platteville, 10 March 2014.
“Small Obstacles: Opportunities for Big Growth.” Mackin Mailander Lecture Series, Clarke University, 25 February 2014.
“Nine Countries in Six Months: Stories from the Great Fulbright Adventure.” Mosaics Club, Dubuque, IA, 14 November 2013.
“Harmless White Lies and Giving People What They Want: Edward Curtis, Photography, and Twentieth-Century Perceptions of Native Americans.” Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI, 15 August 2013.
“George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson: The Interaction of Aesthetics and Politics in Early American Portraiture.” The American Corner, The University of Łódź, 13 June 2013.
“Why My Universities Are the Greatest Universities Ever: A Look at American College Life.” Zespol Szkol Licealno- Gimnazjalnych, Glowno, Poland, 15 April 2013.
“From Thomas Cole to Thomas Moran: The Westward Development of American Landscape Painting.” Dubuque Museum of Art, 15 July 2012
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“’The Search for Fact, not Truth’: Edward Curtis, Photography, and the Depiction of Native Americans.” Dubuque Museum of Art, 13 November 2011.
“Eleven Cities in Thirty-Six Days: How Five Weeks in Poland Changed My Life.” Presentation to Dubuque Rotarians, 14 June 2011. “From Greek Mythology to Harry Potter: Thoughts on Life-Long Learning.” Remarks to the National Honor Society Induction, Edgewood High School, Edgewood, IA, 12 April 2011.
“Roads, Paths, and Secrets.” Remarks at the National Honor Society Banquet, West Delaware High School, Manchester, IA, 3 March 2011.
“Bernardino Zenale, St. Peter, and Sixteenth Century Milanese Painting.” Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 29 July 2010.
“Charles Willson Peale’s The Exhumation of the Mastodon and the Great Chain of Being: The Interaction of Religion, Science, and Art in Early-Federal America.” St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 30 July 2009.
“Whispers from the Past: What American Art Tells Us of American History.” Women of Wisdom Presentation. Clarke University, 10 July 2009.
“"...a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture:’ Reasons to Care about the Edward S. Curtis Collection.” Remarks at the Elisha Darlin Awards on behalf of the Dubuque County Fine Arts Society, 24 April 2009.
“The Curious Case of the Jay Commission: Vanderlyn and Burr, Hamilton and Trumbull.” Figee Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa, 13 November 2008
“The Politics of the American Art Union: Ellwood C. Parry and the Finding of Scholastic Inspiration in Unlikely Places.” Second Annual Lecture on American Art in Honor of Professor Ellwood C. Parry, III. The University of Arizona, 9 October 2008.
“…and They Weren’t Even Allowed in the Room”: A Discussion of Women in the Arts, 1600-1850. Clarke University History Club, 26 March 2008.
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“Embracing Those Who Don’t Look or Talk Like Us: A Discussion of Jim Sheridan’s In America.” Human Rights Action Group, Clarke University, 11 November 2007.
“Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo: Mexican Muralists in the United States: 1930-45.” Lecture for Multicultural Student Services in honor of Dia de los Muertos, Clarke University, 2 November 2007. “Inventing America.” Guest lecture in Professor Janice Brandon- Falcone’s American Historical Survey Class, Northwest Missouri State University, 3 October 2006.
“John Vanderlyn and Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton and John Trumbull: How Friendships Mattered in Early-Federal Portraiture.” Philadelphia Symposium on the History of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 25 March 2006.
“Sapere Aude! Art in the Age of the Enlightenment, c. 1750- 1800.” College of Charleston, 3 February 2006.
“‘I expect to Make a Fortune by Washington Alone’: Gilbert Stuart’s Triumphal Return to America.” Riversdale House Symposium, 6 March 2004.
“The Gilbert Stuart Method to Eluding Creditors.” University of Arizona “Art Break” Series, 17 March 2001.
Miscellaneous Academic Service 2016- Co-Director of the Clarke University Scholars Program
2015- Academic Innovation Team, Clarke University
2015- Fulbright Scholar Campus Representative for Clarke University
2014- Faculty Athletics Representative, Clarke University
2013- Academic Integrity Board, Clarke University (vice-chair, 2013-2016, 2016-2018)
2011- Faculty-Athletics Advisory Committee, Clarke University
2016 Search Committee: Interim Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse Coach, Clarke University
2008-2016 Advising Committee, Clarke University
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2014-2015 Football Exploratory Taskforce, Clarke University
2013-2015 Strategic Planning Committee, Clarke University
2014 Search Committee: Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Clarke University
2014 Compass Subcommittee: Faculty Education, Clarke University
2011-2014 Retention Committee, Clarke University
2012-2013 Academic Integrity Taskforce, Clarke University
2008-2012 Faculty Advisor: Gentlemen of Clarke, Clarke University
2011 Football Exploratory Taskforce, Clarke University
2011 Search Committee: Head Men’s Soccer Coach, Clarke University
2011 Search Committee: Head Women’s Soccer Coach, Clarke University
2007-2011 Catholic Identity Committee, Clarke University
2007-2011 Honors Committee, Clarke University
2010 Search Committee: Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Clarke University
2008-2010 Faculty Development Committee, Clarke University (co-chair, 2009-2010)
2009 Search Committee: Associate Men’s Volleyball Coach, Clarke College
2008 Campus Ministry Review Committee, Clarke University
2008 Search Committee: Admissions Representative, Clarke University
2007 Search Committee: Director of Library, Clarke University
2007 Search Committee: Director of Campus Ministry, Clarke University
2006-2007 Search Committee: Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Department of Art, Northwest Missouri State University
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2005—2006 Search Committee: Assistant Professor, Ancient Roman Art History and Archaeology, The University of Maryland
2004—2006 Academic Mentor: Academic Support and Career Development Unit, The University of Maryland
2003—2006 Tutor: Writing Center, The University of Maryland
2003—2004 Student Academic Advisor: Department of Art History and Archaeology, The University of Maryland
2001—2002 Co-Editor, Department of Art History and Archaeology Newsletter, The University of Maryland
2000—2001 Research Assistant for Professor Sarah J. Moore on her book, John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity (Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 2003)
1999—2000 Coordinator: Fine Arts Writing Center, University of Arizona
1997—1999 Consultant: Writing Center, University of Arizona
Formal Faculty Reviews 2016-2017 Septennial review for Dr. Paulette Skiba, BVM, Professor of Religious Studies
2015-2016 Midcourse review for Dr. Colleen Mahoney, Assistant Professor of Social Work
2014 Promotion and tenure review for Dr. Melissa DeMotta, Assistant Professor of Biology
2013-2014 Midcourse review for Dr. Terry McGovern, Assistant Professor of Business
2012-2013 Midcourse review for Dr. Amanda Matson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
2010 Septennial review for Dr. Norm Freund, Professor of Philosophy
Miscellaneous Professional Experience 2016-2019 Fulbright Scholar CORE Review Panel
2014- Peer Reviewer, Higher Learning Commission
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2013- Contributing Editor of American Art, Smarthistory
2011-2013 Contributor of American Art, Smarthistory
Languages French (reading, speaking) German (reading) Dutch (working) Latin (working) Polish (working)
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