Professor and Chair, Renaissance and Baroque Art, Art History Department
Monika Schmitter (B.A. Oberlin College) earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1997. Her research expertise is in late fifteenth-century and early sixteenth-century Italian art, with particular emphasis on portraiture, patronage, domestic art, gender and class issues, and the history of collecting.
Each year she teaches a two-semester course sequence on Italian Renaissance Art. The first course, AH 310, covers art produced from about 1250 to 1500 (Proto- and Early Renaissance). The second class, AH 313, covers the art of the sixteenth century (High Renaissance, Mannerism, and Late Renaissance). The courses may be taken independently. She also offers graduate seminars on varying topics, and a General Education, Diversity course for undergraduates, titled "Introduction to the Visual Arts".
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Each year she teaches a two-semester course sequence on Italian Renaissance Art. The first course, AH 310, covers art produced from about 1250 to 1500 (Proto- and Early Renaissance). The second class, AH 313, covers the art of the sixteenth century (High Renaissance, Mannerism, and Late Renaissance). The courses may be taken independently. She also offers graduate seminars on varying topics, and a General Education, Diversity course for undergraduates, titled "Introduction to the Visual Arts".
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About Monika Schmitter
Monika Schmitter (B.A. Oberlin College) earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1997. Her research expertise is in late fifteenth-century and early sixteenth-century Italian art, with particular emphasis on portraiture, patronage, domestic art, gender and class issues, and the history of collecting.
Each year she teaches a two-semester course sequence on Italian Renaissance Art. The first course, AH 310, covers art produced from about 1250 to 1500 (Proto- and Early Renaissance). The second class, AH 313, covers the art of the sixteenth century (High Renaissance, Mannerism, and Late Renaissance). The courses may be taken independently. She also offers graduate seminars on varying topics, and a General Education, Diversity course for undergraduates, titled "Introduction to the Visual Arts".
Each year she teaches a two-semester course sequence on Italian Renaissance Art. The first course, AH 310, covers art produced from about 1250 to 1500 (Proto- and Early Renaissance). The second class, AH 313, covers the art of the sixteenth century (High Renaissance, Mannerism, and Late Renaissance). The courses may be taken independently. She also offers graduate seminars on varying topics, and a General Education, Diversity course for undergraduates, titled "Introduction to the Visual Arts".
| Present | Associate Professor, Renaissance and Baroque Art, Art History Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Visiting Senior Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington, D.C., Summer 2012
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation Grant, Renaissance Society of America, 2011
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant for Study in Venice and the Veneto, 2011
- Enhanced Sabbatical Funds Grant, College of the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
- Summer Research Grant, College of the Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010 (for research in London and Cremona)
- Faculty Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005 (for research in Turin and Venice)
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant for Study in Venice and the Veneto, 2004
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2004-2005 (alternate)
- Senior Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005 (alternate)
- Villa I Tatti Fellowship, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy, 2000-2001 (with research travel to Venice, Padua, Bergamo, Crema, Cremona, Pavia, and Milan)
- Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, 2000-2001 (declined)
- Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant for Study in Venice and the Veneto, Summer 2000
- Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Lecture Program Grant, 2000
Contact Information
Bartlett Hall, Rm 323C
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst MA, 01003
Tel:413-545-6988
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