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Title

Associate Professor of Fine Arts

Degree

Ph.D., New York University

Field of Specialty

Art History. Modernism: European art from the French Revolution to World War II, and American art in the early 20th century.

Contact Information

Mandel Center for the Humanities 210
781-736-2664
scott@brandeis.edu

Nancy J Scott

Current project: Critical Lives: Georgia O'Keeffe, a biography.
Ongoing research: The Slave Ship of J. M.W. Turner: Patrons, Markets and Legacy. Augustus Saint-Gaudens in New York and Boston--
Patronage of the Sherman Monument and the Shaw Memorial.

Publications

Scott, Nancy J, V. Constantinopolous. Georgia O'Keeffe. Under contract ed. London: Reaktion Books, 2014. (forthcoming)

Scott, Nancy J.. "Vincenzo Vela e il Vittoriano di Roma. Ideali e contraddizioni di un monumento nazionale." Casa d’Artisti, Quaderni del Museo Vincenzo Vela (2013). (forthcoming)

Scott, Nancy J. ""When the Unthinkable Happens: Fault LInes and Horizon Lines at the Rose Art Museum"." A Handbook for Academic Museums: Beyond Exhibitions and Education. First ed. vol. II Ed. Jandl, Stefanie S. and Gold, Mark S.. Edinburgh & Boston: MuseumsETC, 2012. 552-591.

Scott, Nancy J. "Dove/ O'Keeffe: Circles of Influence." Rev. of Dove/ O'Keeffe: Circles of Influence, by Debra Bricker Balken. CAA Reviews Online vol. CAA April 7, 2010

Scott, Nancy. ""America's First Public Turner: How Ruskin sold The Slave Ship to New York"." British Art Journal X, no 3. (Winter/Spring 2010) (2010): 69-77.

Scott, Nancy J. "European and American Modernism: Mapping Coordinates." The Rose Art Museum Collection Catalogue. Ed. Michael Rush. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2009

Scott, Nancy J. "Dear Home: A Sculptor's View from Rome, 1867-71: The Unpublished Letters of Anne Whitney." Sculpture Journal 17, No. 1. Spring 2008 (2008): 19-35.

Scott, Nancy J. ""Submerged: Arthur Dove's Going Fishin' and its Hidden History." Word & Image 23. April-June 2007 (2007): 138-155.

Scott, Nancy J and Gross, Anita. Peter Grippe: Myth, Movement and Metaphor. 2006 ed. Waltham, Massachusetts: Rose Art Museum, 2006.

Scott, Nancy J, A cura di Gianna A. Mina. Vincenzo Vela e l'America [Vela and America]. Bundesamt fur Kultur, Bern Switzerland, 2006.

Scott, Nancy J, Hauptman, William. Charles Gleyre 1806-74. 1980. Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York.

Courses Taught