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Ann-Marie Knoblauch

Director of School of Visual Arts
  • Associate Professor of Art History

Ann-Marie Knoblauch is an archaeologist with over thirty years of field experience in Greece and Cyprus. More recently, Ann-Marie's research interests include to the reception of Cypriot antiquities in 1870's Gilded Age New York. Ann-Marie is currently the director of the School of Visual Arts.

Mediterranean Archaeology, Ancient Sculpture, Ancient Cyprus, Reception Studies.

ART 1334 Themes in the Visual Arts
ART 2385 Survey of the History of Art (Ancient to Gothic)
CLA 1114 Classical Greek Humanities
CLA 1124 Roman and Early Christian Humanities
CLA 2444 Classical Mythology
ART 3084 Greek Art and Architecture
ART 3184 Roman Art and Architecture
ART 3074 Egyptian Art and Archaeology
ART 3174 Topics in Archaeology
ART 3004 A History of Museums and Collecting in Europe
ART 4384 The Athenian Akropolis: Myth, History, Art and Architecture
ART 4384 The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
ART 4384 Dionysos in Art, Literature and Myth
ART 4384 Representations of Women and Gender in Ancient Art
ART 4384 Mythology in Ancient Greek Art
ART 4384 Greeks, Etruscans and Romans in Italy
ART 4384 Hellenistic Art and Architecture Honors Colloquium: Art in the Age of Alexander the Great

Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, 2019 “The Mainstream Media and the ‘Shocking Bad Art’ from Cyprus: 1870s New York Reacts to the Cesnola Collections” Near Eastern Archaeology 82.2: 67-74.

Recent refereed conference papers:
Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, Nov 2022 “Cesnola, the Curium Treasure, and the Europeans” American Society of Overseas Research Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, March 2022 “The Scandals of Luigi Palma di Cesnola and Archaeological Science in 1880s New York” Nineteenth Century Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY (withdrawn)
Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, Nov 2021“The Filling in of Parts Wanting: Cypriot Sculpture, Cesnola, and Misleading Restorations” American Society of Overseas Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, Nov 2020 “Cesnola, The Metropolitan Museum and the 19th Century Spectacle” American Schools of Oriental Research, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
Knoblauch, Ann-Marie, Nov 2019 “How to Poke Fun at Cesnola Without Even Mentioning His Name”

Director, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech (2022-pres)
Interim Director, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech (2020-2022)
Associate Director, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech (2011-2020)
Secretary, America Society of Overseas Research (2010-pres)

Education

B.A. Art History and Classical Studies, New York University

M.A., Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College

Ph.D, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College

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