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Lindsay Alberts

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., history of art and architecture, Boston University
  • M.A., history of art, University College London
  • B.A., art, music, and theatre, Georgetown University

Credentials

  • Professor of art history, 2018-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Visiting assistant professor, 2016-2017, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
  • Part-time faculty, 2018, Boston College, Boston, MA
  • Lecturer, 2014-2018, Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Visiting lecturer, 2015, 2018, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
  • Lecturer, 2017-2018, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
  • Lecturer, 2017-2018, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
  • Guest lecturer, 2011-2018, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • Instructor, 2012, 2015, Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Lecturer, 2013, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
  • Adjunct professor, 2009, Midway University, Midway, KY

Organizations

  • Renaissance Society of America
  • SECAC
  • Italian Art Society

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • “Leonardo: Discoveries from Verrocchio’s Studio.” Exhibition review, Art Inquiries, Fall 2019.
  • “Teaching Art History and Writing I: SECAC Conference Panel Review.” Art History Teaching Resources blog, Feb. 2019.
  • “Embedded Collections: The Cappella dei Principi and Its Forerunners.” Comitatus: UCLA Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Vol. 49, Oct. 2018.
  • "Francesco I's Museum: Cultural Politics at the Galleria degli Uffizi.” Journal of the History of Collections, July 2018.
  • “Renaming the Baroque: An Alternative Art History Term Paper.” Art History Teaching Resources blog, March 2018.
  • “The studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici: A Recently-Found Inventory." Art Histories Supplement 2.0, July 2015.
  • "Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino: Diverging Paths of Mannerism." Exhibition review, Sequitur, Boston University History of Art and Architecture Graduate Student Journal, Fall 2014.

Recent conferences

  • “Maiestate Tantum: Heavenly Jerusalem at the Cappella dei Principi.” Paper presented at Magnificence in the 17th Century, Madrid, Spain, March 2019.
  • “Teaching Art History and Writing.” Panel chair at Southeastern College Art Conference, Birmingham, AL, Oct. 2018.
  • “The Geology of Art: Agostino del Riccio’s Istorie delle Pietre.” Presented at Scientiae 2018, Minneapolis, MN, May 2018.
  • “Rock Hard: The Materiality of Stone in Pre-Electric Italy.” Presented at Southeastern College Art Conference, Columbus, OH, Oct. 2017.
  • "Embedded Collections: The Cappella dei Principi and its Forerunners." Presented at Collecting and Display Seminar Group, Institute for Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, UK, June 2017.
  • "Pietre Dure: Materiality and Meaning in the Hardstone Collection of the Cappella dei Principi.” Presented at Southeastern College Art Conference, Roanoke, VA, Oct. 2016.
  • "A Museum Fit for a Prince: Francesco I de' Medici and the Galleria degli Uffizi." Presented at Renaissance Society of America, Boston, MA, April 2016.
  • "The Power of Ambivalence: Re-Framing Francesco I de' Medici." Presented at Conference of the Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 2015.
  • "What are the Digital Humanities?” Organizing committee member at Digital Humanities BU Symposium, BUDH2015, Boston University, Boston, MA, Oct. 2015.
  • "Transformation: The Studiolo of Francesco I as Educational Space." Presented at Scientiae: Disciplines of Knowing in the Early Modern World, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, May 2015.

Campus talks

  • “What Makes a Masterpiece?” Framingham Public Library Lifelong Learning Program, 2017.
  • “The Birth of a Museum: Francesco I and the Uffizi Gallery.” Boston University Art History Association PhD Perspectives, 2016.