Jean Ann Dabb
Jean Ann Dabb, Associate Professor of Art History, has taught at the
University of Mary Washington since 1992 and specializes in the Romanesque
period, Medieval France, Iconography, and Greek & Roman art. She
holds a B.A. from Weber State College, an M.A. from the University of
Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Dabb is
a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the College Art Association,
the International Center of Medieval Art, and the Society
of American Mosaic Artists (for which she has served on the Board
of Directors since 2001). In addition to art history, Dabb has interests
in film history (especially the work of Alfred Hitchcock), the history
of Paris, and the art and history of mosaics. Dabb teaches survey of
Western art, ancient art, and medieval art.
Recent Publications
Articles & Essays
- "The Great Palace Mosaics, Istanbul: A Report from the Field," Groutline, Quarterly Newsletter of the Society of American Mosaic Artists , vol. 4, no. 1, 2003.
- "Michelangelo Antonioni" vol. 1, "Claude Chabrol" vol. 1, "Patrice LeConte" vol. 2, "Marcel Ophuls" vol. 2, "Max Ophuls" vol. 2, "Andy Warhol" vol. 2, The Encyclopedia of Film Directors , eds. Jim Welsh and John Tibbits, New York, Facts on File Publishers, 2002.
Reviews
- Exhibition and Catalogue Review, "Antioch, the Lost City," Groutline, Quarterly Newsletter of the Society of American Mosaic Artists , vol. 3, no. 1, 2002.
- Book Review, Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos , by Christine Kondoleon, Groutline, Quarterly Newsletter of the Society of American Mosaic Artists , vol. 2, no. 3, 2001.
- Book Review, Marginal Sculpture in Medieval France: Toward the Deciphering of an Enigmatic Pictorial Language , by Nurith Kenaan-Kedar, Speculum (the Medieval Academy of America), vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 209-211, 1998.
Conference Papers
- "Ancient Mosaics in Turkey: Ephesus and Istanbul," Symposium of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, Miami Dade Community College, 2003.
- "Mosaics in Context: Rome to Ravenna," Inaugural Symposium of the Society of American Mosaic Artists, I.P. Stanback Museum, South Caroline State University, Spartanburg, SC, 2002.
- "Sacred to Secular, Musicians and Dancers in Romanesque Sculpture," Twentieth Medieval Forum, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, pp. 16-17, 1999.
- "Wise and Foolish Virgins at the Gothic Portal," Session on: "Female Personifications in Gothic Art", 32nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1997.