Art History: Our research strengths
Our commitment to excellence in research is evidenced by: the wide range of research projects currently being undertaken by staff, fellows, and postgraduates; its commitment to postgraduate research and supervision; its extensive publication record; and its research facilities.
Staff demonstrate expertise in a range of research fields and the published work of our researchers reflects the School's research strengths.
Recently completed theses as well as the current research undertaken by postgraduates evidence the strength of the School's postgraduates as well as the staff's commitment to its postgraduates' success. The journals published by the School and/or its affiliates also provide evidence of the research undertaken by staff and postgraduates.
Finally the School endeavors to maintain and develop new, exceptional research facilities to ensure continued research excellence.
Staff expertise
Broad areas of research interest are listed below. Select the names of individual staff members to view their full profile with further detail regarding their research interests.
| Area | Staff |
|---|---|
| 16th to 18th century Italian architecture | David Marshall |
| 19th century British art | Alison Inglis |
| 19th century French landscape painting | Anthony White |
| 20th century Italian Modernism | Anthony White |
| 20th century Modern and Postmodern art | Charles Green, Anthony White |
| Aboriginal art and exhibitions | Susan Lowish |
| Ancient Australian rock art | Jaynie Anderson |
| Architectural history | David Marshall |
| Art and fascism | Anthony White |
| Art and mental illness | Anthony White |
| Art of late antiquity | Felicity Harley |
| Asian Art | Gary Hickey |
| Australian art | Charles Green, Alison Inglis , Susan Lowish, Anthony White |
| Baroque art | Jaynie Anderson, Christopher Marshall, David Marshall |
| Byzantine art | Felicity Harley |
| Collecting and connoisseurship | Alison Inglis, David Marshall |
| Contemporary Australian and contemporary international art | Charles Green |
| Early Christian art | Felicity Harley |
| Early modernism in Melbourne | Jaynie Anderson |
| Edo period Japanese art | Gary Hickey |
| Gardens:17th and 18th century and Contemporary | David Marshall |
| Histories and theories of Art History | Jaynie Anderson |
| Histories and theories of conservation and restoration | Jaynie Anderson |
| History and philoshophy of museums | Alison Inglis, Christopher Marshall |
| History of collections, connoisseurship | Jaynie Anderson |
| History of material and techniques | Alison Inglis |
| Illusionistic, architectural, view, and landscape painting | David Marshall |
| Indigenous and postcolonial studies | Susan Lowish |
| Italian art and architecture, 13th to 20th century | Jaynie Anderson |
| Italian Modernism | Anthony White |
| Japanese and Asian art | Gary Hickey |
| Medieval art | Felicity Harley |
| Renaissance art | Jaynie Anderson, Christopher Marshall, David Marshall |
| Restoration in 19th century England and Italy | Jaynie Anderson |
| Rococo art | David Marshall |
| Venetian painting of the early modern period | Jaynie Anderson |