Alison Mcneil Kettering, William R. Kenan Professor of Art History

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Alison Mcneil Kettering, William R. Kenan Professor of Art History

CURRICULUM VITAE Alison McNeil Kettering, William R. Kenan Professor of Art History Department of Art and Art History, Carleton College, Northfield MN 55057 (507) 222-4344 - office (507) 222-7042 - fax [email protected]

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Education Ph.D. 1974 University of California, Berkeley Dissertation: "The Batavian Arcadia: Pastoral Themes in Seventeenth Century Dutch Art" M.A. 1966 University of California, Berkeley Thesis: "Non-finito in the Early Works of Rosso" B.A. 1964 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Major: Art History

Employment September 1982+ Department of Art and Art History, Carleton College (promoted to Professor, 1987; named William R. Kenan Professor of Art History, l998) Courses: Rembrandt,Vermeer, and Dutch Art; Van Eyck, Bosch, Bruegel and their Visual Culture; The Sistine Chapel and its Contexts; Italian Renaissance Art; Women in Art; El Greco to Goya, Spanish Art in the Golden Age; History of Printmaking; Introduction to Art History I, II; Seminar, Rome: the Age of Michelangelo and Caravaggio; Seminar, The Artist: from Craftsman to Star; The Arts of Power, Painting, Poetry, and Propaganda in Tudor and Stuart England

Fall l993 Catherine Gould Chism Visiting Professor in Humanities and the Arts, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 1980-1982 Visiting Associate Professor, Board of Studies in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz 1974-1980 Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Swarthmore College (promoted to Associate Professor, 1980) 1971-1973 Instructor, Department of Art, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York 1968-1969 Instructor, Department of Art, Carleton College

Publications Books: Rembrandt’s Group Portraits, Zwolle, Waanders, 2006 Gerard ter Borch and the Treaty of Münster/ Gerard ter Borch en de Vrede van Munster, The Hague, Mauritshuis, 1998 (publication for exhibition, 3 July - 11 October l998) Drawings from the Ter Borch Studio Estate in the Rijksmuseum, 2 volumes, The Hague, Staatsuitgeverij, 1988 The Dutch Arcadia: Pastoral Art and Its Audience in the Golden Age, Montclair, N.J., Allanheld & Schram, Ltd. & Woodbridge, Eng., Boydell and Brewer, 1983

Forthcoming Articles and Chapters: “The Rustic Still Life in Dutch Genre Painting: Bijwerck dat Verclaert,” in New Perspectives on Early Modern Northern European Genre Imagery, ed. Art Di Furia, Ashgate Press “Hendrick Goltzius, Painting with Chalk,” in Affect, Agency and Uses of Portrayal: Approaches to the Netherlandish Portrait (1550-1700), ed. Ann J. Adams, Ashgate Press

Published Articles and Essays: “The Friendship Portraits of Hendrick Goltzius,” in Face Book, Studies on Dutch and Flemish Portraiture of the 16th-18th Centuries, Liber Amicorum Presented to Rudolf E.O. Ekkart on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, The Hague, 2012 “Rembrandt and the Male Nude,” for Aemulatio, Imitation,emulation and invention in Netherlandish art from 1500 to 1800, Essays in honor of Eric Jan Sluijter, eds. A. Boschloo, et al, Zwolle, Waanders, 2011, pp. 248-262. “Landscape with sails, the windmill in Netherlandish prints,” Simiolus, Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art 33(2007-08), pp. 67-80. “Men at Work in Dutch Art, or Keeping One’s Nose to the Grindstone,” Art Bulletin 89 (December 2007), pp. 694-714. “Gerard ter Borch’s Portrait of the Magistraat and the Deventer Elite,” Jaarboek van de Vereniging Oud Deventer, Deventer 2006 (in Dutch) “Gerard ter Borch’s ‘Modern Manner’” (essay) and 15 individual entries for exhibition catalogue, Gerard ter Borch, (National Gallery, Washington; Detroit Institute of Art; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), New Haven/London, Yale University Press, November 2004 "Ter Borch's Military Men: Masculinity Transformed," The Public and Private in Dutch Culture of the Golden Age, Proceedings of the Symposium sponsored by the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, University of Maryland, April l993, The University of Delaware Press, 2000, pp.100-119 "La ‘peinture de guerre’ aux Pays-Bas aprés les congrés de Münster et d'Osnabrück," Proceedings of the colloquium "1648: L'art, la guerre et la paix en Europe," Paris, Louvre, November 20-21, l998, Paris, 1999, pp. 515-541 "Gerard ter Borch’s Portraits for the Deventer Elite,” Simiolus, Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, vol.27, no.1/2, 1999, pp.46-69 "Gerard ter Borch's Swearing of the Oath of Ratification of the Treaty of Munster as Historical Representation," 1648, War and Peace in Europe, Munster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, exh.cat., pp.605-614, and CDROM, l998 "Gender Issues in Seventeenth-century Dutch Pastoral Portraiture, a New Look," PennState Papers in Art History, vol.11, l997, pp. 142-175 "Gentlemen in Satin: Masculine Ideals in Later 17th-century Dutch Portraiture," Art Journal, 56, Summer l997, pp.41-47 "Het Portret van Moses ter Borch door Gerard and Gesina ter Borch," Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 43, l995, pp. 317-335 "Ter Borch's Ladies in Satin," Art History, 16:1, 1993, pp. 95-124. Reprinted in Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art, Wayne Franits, ed., Cambridge, l997 "Dutch Pastoral Art," La Pastorale Olandese nel Seicento (exhibition catalogue), Rome, Istituto Olandese, pp.1-29, December, 1983 "Ter Borch's Studio Estate," Apollo, CXVII, June, 1983, 443-51 (in an issue devoted to the Rijksprentenkabinet) "Rembrandt's Flute Player: A Unique Treatment of Pastoral," Simiolus, Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, vol. 9, 1977, pp.14-44.

Book Reviews: Rembrandt in America, exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2012, caareviews 2013 Ann Jensen Adams, Public Faces and Private Identities in Seventeenth-Century Holland: Portraiture and the Production of Community Cambridge University Press, 2009 in caareviews 2010 L.O.Goedde, Tempest and Shipwreck in Dutch and Flemish Art, Convention, Rhetoric and Interpretation, University Park and London, l989 Simiolus, Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, 21:1/2, l992, pp. 102-06 Several for Historians of Netherlandish Art Newsletter Entries: “Satin, Poetry, and Dutch Female Beauty” and “Dutch Male Beauty,” in Beauty, Beauties, Paris, Editions-Babylone, 2008 Entries on members of the Ter Borch Family, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, Munich/Leipzig, K.G.Saur Verlag, l996 "Gesina ter Borch," Dictionary of Women Artists, London, Fitzroy Dearborn, l997 "Women artists in the 17th century and thereafter," "Gerard Ter Borch (1617-1681)," Dutch Art from 1475 to l990: an Encyclopedia, New York, Garland, l996 "Gerard ter Borch Sr., View along the Panisperna toward S.M.Maggiore and Gardens of the Villa Madama, Outside Rome, in Fiamminghi a Roma, 1508-1608, Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, l995 "Gerard Ter Borch Jr." and "The Family of Gerard Ter Borch Sr.," The Dictionary of Art, London, l996 "Biography of Gesina ter Borch" (in Dutch), Overijsselse Biografieën, vol. 2, Kampen (The Netherlands), 1992

Grants, Fellowships and other Honors 2008+ Editor-in-Chief, JHNA (www.jhna.org, Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art) 2001-05 President, Historians of Netherlandish Art [President Emerita, 2006-09] Summer 2003, 2006 Faculty Development Grants, Carleton College December l998 Freeman Fellowship, Carleton College, for travel to India May 1998 Named William R. Kenan Jr., Professor of Art History Summer l998 Faculty Development Grant, Carleton College Spring l997 Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassenaar Summer l993 Faculty Development Grant, Carleton College Summer l992 American Philosophical Society Grant-in-Aid Spring l991 Faculty Development Grant, Carleton College (sabbatical) December 1987 National Endowment for the Humanities Travel to Collections Grant Summer 1987 American Council of Learned Societies Grant-in-Aid Fall 1985 Faculty Development Grant, Carleton College (sabbatical 1985-86) Summer 1984 Faculty Development Grant, Carleton College Summer 1983 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend Summer 1982 American Council of Learned Societies Grant-in-Aid Summer 1981 Affirmative Action Faculty Career Development Grant, University of California, Santa Cruz Summer 1979 American Philosophical Society Grant-in-Aid 1977 Robert and Clarice Smith Fellowship, National Gallery, Washington 1974 Phi Beta Kappa

Lectures and Papers October 16, 2010, “Rembrandt’s Male Nudes,” Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Montreal. ACM December 11, 2008, “Country Home: Caspar Netscher and the South Holland Peasant Interior,” Centrum voor de Studie van de Gouden Eeuw (Center for the Study of the Golden Age), University of Amsterdam, seminar lecture November 16, 2006, “Rembrandt’s Group Portraits,” Netherlands-America Friendship Day Lecture, University of Minnesota September 1, 2006, “Art and Labor: Men at Work in 17th-century Dutch Art,” Werkgroep van de Zeventiende Eeuw annual conference, Amsterdam, keynote speaker April 17, 2005 “Gerard ter Borch’s Portraits for the Dutch Elite,” Detroit Institute of Arts, in conjunction with the exhibition on Ter Borch November 7, 2004 “The Grinder’s Family and its Questions,” Symposium on Gerard ter Borch, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. November 20, 2002 “‘Modernity’ in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art: Ter Borch and Vermeer,” University of Iowa February 9, 2001 “Rembrandt’s Group Portraits and the Image of Community,” University of Alabama Graduate Symposium, keynote speaker November 21, l998 "La peinture de guerre aprés les congrés de Münster et d'Osnabrück," Colloquium "1648: L'art, la guerre et la paix en Europe," Paris, Louvre March 15, l997 "Interpretation and Art History: Some Reflections on the Last Twenty-five Years," Kunsthistorisch Instituut, Leiden University, for the Onderzoekschool Kunstgeschiedenis, Sectie Beeldmotif en Beeldtraditie March 13, l996 "Gentlemen in Satin: Masculinity and Effeminacy in 17th-century Dutch Art," Center for Literary and Cultural Studies, Harvard University May 13, l995 "Ter Borch's Suitor's Visit and Van Dyck's Portrait of Philip Wharton," Perspectives on the Permanent Collection, symposium, National Gallery, Washington April 1, l995 "On Moses, Gerard, and Gesina Ter Borch," lecture on the Portrait of Moses Ter Borch, new acquisition, Rijksmuseum, to Friends of the Rijksmuseum March 2, l995 "Masculinity and Effeminacy in 17th-century Dutch Painting," University of Virginia April 22, l994 "Masculinity Transformed," Silberberg Lectures, New York University, Institute of Fine Arts February 15, l994 "Gender Issues in 17th-century Dutch Pastoral Portraiture: a Postmodern Perspective," Penn State University November 29, l993"Masculinity Transformed," Reed College, Portland May 28, l993 "Reflections on Dutch Pastoral Portraiture," lecture for the opening of the exhibition "Het Gedroomde Land" (The Dream of Arcadia), Centraal Museum, Utrecht April 24, l993 "Ter Borch's Military Men: Masculinity Transformed," Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies, University of Maryland April 20, l992 "Ter Borch's Ladies in Satin," University of Kansas April 12, l991 "Ter Borch's Ladies in Satin," Association of Art Historians, London, Annual Conference October 4, l990 "The Study of Art History in the US," chair of a panel discussion, Kunsthistorisch Instituut, Univ. of Amsterdam September 25, 1990 "The Satin Ladies of Gerard ter Borch," in Dutch, for the Overijsselsch Historisch Vereniging, Zwolle September 20, l990 "Through the Eyes of a Woman: Gesina ter Boarch and the Ter Borch Family," talk given to graduate students, Kunsthistorisch Instituut, University of Amsterdam May 1, l990 "Through the Eyes of a Woman: the Ter Borch Family Studio," University of Delaware February 14, l990"Ter Borch's Courtship Paintings," Swarthmore College January, l990 Series of lectures on art history at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to the Minnesota Discipline-Based Art Education Seminar October 27, 1989 "Cruel Mistresses and Ardent Suitors in Ter Borch's Paintings about Love," Historians of Netherlandish Art, conference, Cleveland Museum of Art March, 1989 Series of lectures on art history at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to the Minnesota Discipline-Based Art Education Seminar December 20, 1988 "The Ter Borch Studio Estate," Rijksmuseum, mid-day lecture series December 19, 1988 "Drawings of the Ter Borch Family," Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam December 16,17, 1988 "Drawings of the Ter Borch Family," Stichting voor Academische Reizen, Amsterdam December 14, 1988 "The Ter Borch Studio Estate," introduction to the exhibition, Rijksprentenkabinet, opening February, 1988 Panel on the application of new Art Historical methodologies to undergraduate teaching, Historians of Netherlandish Art, College Art Association, Houston June 22, 1988 "Art History," Minnesota Teachers Summer Institute in Disciplinary Based Art Education April 1985 "Mirror of Nature or Mirror of Virtue: Realism in Dutch Art," public lecture, National Gallery of Art April 23, 1983 "Art Reformed," Symposium in Honor of Martin Luther, Carleton College February 2, 1976 "Convention and Reality in Rembrandt's Flute Player," College Art Association Annual Meeting, Chicago

Professional Organizations and other activities College Art Association of America Co-chair of session on Gender and the Market, February 2008 Historians of Netherlandish Art (President, 2001-05, Board Member 1993-96) Co-chair of workshop on Studio Scenes, conference, Amsterdam, May 2010 and on Images of Labor, conference, Baltimore, November 2006; Chair of session on Utrecht and its Impact, conference, Baltimore, March l998; Chair of session on representations of men and women, conference, Boston, October l993 Sixteenth Century Society Society for the Study of Early Modern Women (member of Awards Committee, 2008-10) American Association for Netherlandic Studies Chair of session on Netherlandic art, conference, Minneapolis, June 2004 External Reviewer of the Art/Art History Department, Bryn Mawr College, Lake Forest College, Lewis and Clark College Midwest Art History Society Chair of Baroque sessions at annual meetings of the MAHS, 2001, 1988,1985 Consultant, Interpretive materials for reinstallation of the northern art galleries in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, l995 Reader, National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellowships, 1995 Consultant, Interactive Media Program on the Baroque collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, l994 Consultant, Dictionary of Women Artists, D.Gaze, ed., London, Fitzroy Dearborn, l997 Consultant and Lecturer for the Discipline-Based Art Education Consortium of Minnesota, 1980s Consultant for the Inter-active Media Project on the 17th Century, Minneapolis Institute for Arts, 1993

Service at Carleton College 2009-13 Student Fellowships Committee, Chair Fall 2006, 2001-04, 1999,1992-95, Chair, Department of Art and Art History l995-2001, 1989-92 Associate Chair, Department of Art and Art History 1999.2001 , 1983-85 Faculty Affairs Committee 2008 Chair, Internal Review Committee of the English Department 2001-2007 Art Museum Committee, Arts Planning Committee 2004-06 Facilitator, Senior Faculty Development Program 1997-99 Off-Campus Studies Committee, Chair l997-98 21st-Century Committee, Chair, Subcommittee on Curriculum and Programs 1994-96 Fellowships Committee l994-95 President, Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton Chapter l993-94 Vice-President, Phi Beta Kappa, Carleton Chapter 1992-93 College Council; Budget Committee 1991-93 Library Periodicals Task Force, Chair 1988-89 Deans' Search Committee 1986-89 Educational Policy Committee 1988 Internal Review Committee, Dept. of Math and Computer Science 1984-85 Dean's Search Committee 1982-84 Humanities Study Group 1984 Internal Review Committee, Dept. of Political Science 1982+ Advisor, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Florence Program, and London-Florence Program 1990s+ Guest lecturer for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Concentration and European Studies Concentration classes

Languages Dutch - reading, speaking French, German, Italian – reading

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