Anne Heath

Assistant Professor of
Art History

Office Hours: By appointment

Teaching Responsibilites

• Introduction to Art History
• Medieval Art and Architecture
• Renaissance Art and Architecture
• Baroque Art and Architecture
• Upper-level Art History Seminars
• Capstone Seminar in Art History
• Mellon Scholars Sophomore Research Seminar I

Biography

Professor Heath received her B.A. with honors in Art History and German from the University of Maine. She spent her junior year as a full-time student at the Universität Salzburg, Austria. Professor Heath received her Master’s Degree from Florida State University and her Ph.D. from Brown University. During her graduate studies, Professor Heath worked on archaeological excavations in Italy and France. Her area of specialization is Gothic architecture and its role in creating spaces for worship, political power, and social identity to play out among participants and audiences. Her most recent publication (2010) focuses on the Palm Sunday liturgy in the medieval city of Auxerre, France. She is currently working on an article about the politics between the Cathedral of Saint-Etienne and the Benedictine Monastery of Saint-Germain in Auxerre.

Professor Heath has been at Hope College since 2007. She teaches the Introduction to Art History and courses in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Upper-level seminars include topics such as Art Theory before the Modern Age, Medieval Narrative, and the History of the Book. She also teaches seminars in which students curate exhibitions for the DePee Gallery, such as The Printed Image (Fall, 2008) and the Sense of the Book (Fall, 2011). All of her classes stress first-hand experience with works of art, through fieldtrips, object-specific projects, and hands-on training. Recently, Professor Heath has also been part of the Mellon Scholars Program in the Arts and Humanities, teaching IDS 180, the Sophomore Research Seminar (Fall 2010 and 2011).

Publications http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/publications/viator.html