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name: Gervase Rosser
about: Prof. Gervase Rosser is an Associate Professor of the History of Art in the Department of Art History and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College. He trained as an art historian at the Courtauld Institute, and additionally as a historian at the Universities of Oxford and London. He joined the Department on the establishment of the BA in Art History in 2004.His recent research has engaged with belief in the supernatural power of certain statues and pictures. This has been published as a book, written jointly with Jane Garnett: Spectacular Miracles: Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present (London: Reaktion Books, 2013). His recent and current work on Italian painting between 1300 and 1500 engages with Dante and sight; the Prof. Gervase Rosser is an Associate Professor of the History of Art in the Department of Art History and a Fellow of St Catherine’s College. He trained as an art historian at the Courtauld Institute, and additionally as a historian at the Universities of Oxford and London. He joined the Department on the establishment of the BA in Art History in 2004.His recent research has engaged with belief in the supernatural power of certain statues and pictures. This has been published as a book, written jointly with Jane Garnett: Spectacular Miracles: Transforming Images in Italy from the Renaissance to the Present (London: Reaktion Books, 2013). His recent and current work on Italian painting between 1300 and 1500 engages with Dante and sight; the early 14th century Sienese painter Duccio; and the later 15th century Sicilian painter Antonello da Messina. He also works on medieval guilds and fraternities, about which he is preparing a forthcoming book. ...more