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Stephen M. Wagner

Art history professor

Education

  • Ph.D., art history, University of Delaware
  • M.A., art history, Florida State University
  • B.A., Spanish, Emory University

Credentials

  • Professor and graduate studies coordinator, art history, 2004–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Taught Culture in Context: Caves to Cathedrals, Culture in Context: Age of Exploration to Postmodernity, Medieval Art and Architecture, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, First-year Experience Seminar, Medieval Manuscripts, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Roman Art and Archaeology, Medieval Art and Architecture, Early Medieval Art in Western Europe, and Design and Decorative Arts of Medieval Europe.
  • Instructor, department of the arts, 2003–04, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
  • Instructor, department of art history, 1998–2001, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
    Taught introductory art history course entitled, Monuments and Methods in Art History.
  • Administrative assistant, 1997, Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, Newark, DE
  • Administrative assistant, 1996, Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
  • Chief Executive Officer, 1984–91, Southern Alloy Steel Corporation, Tampa

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Robert Silver Award for Non-traditional students, University of Delaware, 1998
  • Tuition Scholarship, University of Delaware, 1997

Organizations

  • Byzantine Studies Association of North America
  • College Art Association
  • International Center of Medieval Art
  • Medieval Academy of America
  • Southeastern College Art Conference
  • Southeastern Medieval Association
  • Georgia Society of Medievalists
  • Textile Society of America

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Visual Evidence of Monastic Reform in Luxury Manuscripts Produced at Echternach in the Eleventh Century," Peregrinations, September 2009.
  • "Review of Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images" (New York: Palgrave, 2002), for caareviews.org, September 2006.
  • "The Impact of Silk on Ottonian and Salian Manuscripts," in Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Symposium of the Textile Society of America, 2003.

Presentations and lectures

  • "Continuity and Innovation in 11th-Century Manuscripts Made at Echternach," presented at 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2007.
  • "The Impact of Silk on Ottonian and Salian Manuscripts," presented at Silk Roads, Other Roads, biennial symposium of the Textile Society of America, Northampton, Mass., September 2002.
  • "Luxurious Trappings in the 10th and 11th Centuries: Textiles and Manuscripts and Their Implications for Ottonian Court Culture," presented at 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 2002.
  • "Theophanu's Gift and the Impact of Byzantine Silk on German Illuminated Manuscripts," presented at Focus on Byzantine Textiles, Dumbarton Oaks workshop, September 2000.

Book reviews

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence, for Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 2015.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Medieval Art: A Resource for Educators, for Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 2012.
  • Sylvan Barnet, A Short Guide to Writing About Art, for Prentice Hall Publishers, 2015.
  • Annette Lezotte, Deconstructing Early Netherlandish Painting: A Statistical and Iconographical Analysis of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Domestic Images, for Mellen Press, September 2008.
  • Désirée Koslin and Janet Snyder, eds. Encountering Medieval Textiles and Dress: Objects, Texts, Images, for caareviews.org, September 2006.