Expertise
18th, 19th, and early 20th century American art history including painting, sculpture, and popular visual culture. Also 18th and 19th century European art history. Have published books and articles on genre painting, artistic identity, late 19th century art market, Gothic themes in 19th century American painting and visual culture, as well as essays on individuals such as Winslow Homer, James Whistler, and John Singer Sargent.

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American art; History of Photography; American Architecture. Social history, popular culture, consumer culture and gender studies. Current project: Co-editor, with John Davis, "American Art of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Documentary Anthology." 18th, 19th, and early 20th century American art history including painting, sculpture, and popular visual culture. Also 18th and 19th century European art history. Have published books and articles on genre painting, artistic identity, late 19th century art market, Gothic themes in 19th century American painting and visual culture, as well as essays on individuals such as Winslow Homer, James Whistler, and John Singer Sargent.
History of photography
History of American architecture
Aesthetics, Art Criticism, Europe, History & Appreciation of Art, Language And/or Literature, Romantic, Language And/or Literature, Victorian, Modern History, Museums, North America, Social History, USA, Atlantic Central, USA, Midwest, USA, New England, USA, Northeast
Banjo imagery in 19th century American art
The 'new woman' in the work of Winslow Homer
Book on primary sources in American art, 1775-1900
Affiliations

Ruth N. Halls Professor, Art History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Arts & Humanities
2000 - current

Communities
Arts
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1979
MA, University of California, Davis, 1975
BA, University of Chicago, 1968
Keywords
europe north america usa, atlantic central usa, midwest usa, new england usa, northeast fine arts arts criticism history and appreciation of art modern history social history romantic language or literature victorian language or literature museums aesthetics
Languages
English, French
Honors

Millard Meiss Publication Grant, College Art Association, 2003

Martha Sutton Weeks Fellow, Stanford Humanities Center (Stanford University), 1999-2000

Distinguished Visiting Professor of American Art and Material Culture (American art), Stanford University, 1998-1999

Charles Eldredge Prize for Outstanding Research in American Art (American art), Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1998

Associations
American Studies Association
College Art Association