Associate Professor of Art History
Education
Education
- Ph.D., University of Virginia
- M.A., University of Virginia
- B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching Specialties
- Medieval and Renaissance Art
- Global Art History
Research Interests
- Late medieval and early modern Parisian art
- Ivory carving and the work of tabletier
- Archival documents, particularly estate inventories
- Games and toys made in 16th century Paris
- Printed Books of Hours
Affiliations
- College Art Association
- International Center of Medieval Art
- International Medieval Society - Paris
- SECAC
- Renaissance Society of America
Links of Interests
The Ivory Mirror: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300225952/ivory-mirror
Gothic Ivory Sculpture: https://courtauld.ac.uk/research/courtauld-books-online/gothic-ivory-sculpture
Art in Paris 2020: https://www.astate.edu/a/study-abroad/faculty-led-programs/liberal-arts-communications/department-of-art-and-design/
Biography
Katherine Baker received her Ph.D. in art history at the University of Virginia in 2013. A research fellow at Institut national d'histoire de l'art, first through a Kress Institutional Fellowship and later as a chercheure accueilli, she completed a dissertation on collaborative making in Paris around 1500 while in residence. With a particular interest in what the archival record can tell us about lost artistic production, her current project examines the estate inventory of Chicart Bailly, a Parisian tabletier from the early 16th century. Select discoveries from this document were recently highlighted in the exhibition and accompanying volume The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Morality in Renaissance Europe, with a more comprehensive examination of the document – including an annotated translation – to appear in her book.