Ingrid D. Rowland

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Ingrid D. Rowland (b. August 19, 1953[1]) is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame.[2] She is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books.

Ingrid Drake Rowland
Born (1953-08-19) August 19, 1953 (age 71)
Alma materPomona College
Bryn Mawr College
Occupation(s)Classical scholar, professor, author

Biography

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She is the daughter of Nobel Chemistry Prize laureate Frank Sherwood Rowland.

Rowland completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in classics at Pomona College in 1974[3] and earned her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Greek literature and classical archaeology at Bryn Mawr College.[2]

Based in Rome, Rowland writes about Italian art, architecture, history and many other topics for The New York Review of Books.

Publications

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  • The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in Sixteenth Century Rome (1998)
  • The Place of the Antique in Early Modern Europe (1999)
  • The Scarith of Scornello: a Tale of Renaissance Forgery (2004) based on the "Etruscan" forgeries of Curzio Inghirami
  • The Roman Garden of Agostino Chigi (2005)
  • From Heaven to Arcadia: The Sacred and the Profane in the Renaissance (2005)[4]
  • Giordano Bruno: Philosopher/Heretic (2008)
  • From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town (2014)
  • The Divine Spark of Syracuse (2019)

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ Sourced from http://authorities.loc.gov. Retrieved on July 25, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Ingrid Rowland". University of Notre Dame, School of Architecture. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Starr Named to Academy". Pomona College Magazine. Pomona College. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Ingrid D. Rowland". New York Review of Books. Retrieved July 25, 2011.
  5. ^ Caplan, Walker (2022-01-05). "Here are the winners of the inaugural Silvers-Dudley Prizes for criticism and journalism". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2022-01-07.