Joseph Kopta, M.A.
Stipendiat der Samuel H. Kress Foundation, September 2019 bis August 2021
Vita
- Temple University, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History— A.B.D. – expected May 2021
Dissertation in progress: “Chromatic Networks: Materiality and Materialism of Middle Byzantine Gospel Lectionaries (ca. 850–1204 CE)” (Advisor: Elizabeth S. Bolman) - Columbia University, New York, NY
Post-Baccalaureate Program, Department of Classics (Greek & Latin) /2011–2012 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
M.S., with honors, Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design, and Architecture /2010
Thesis: “Greek Speakers and Eastern Martyrs: The Greater Contexts of the Theodotus Chapel, Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome (741–752)”
Advanced Graduate Certificate, Museum Studies— 2010
B.F.A., with honors, Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design, and Architecture /200
Select Publications
- “Hair, Touch, and the Ivory Comb of Leo VI as an Agent of Imperial Order” (article forthcoming)
- “Mass Matters––Materiality in Contemporary Art and Art History;” “Bryan Kekst Brown;” and “Ryu-Hee Kim,” Don't Take This the Wrong Way: Tyler School of Art MFA Catalogue 2016 (Philadelphia: Tyler School of Art, 2016), 12–13; 46–49; 54–57.
- “Canosa di Puglia” and “K[enneth] Conant,” The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Colum P. Hourihane (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012), I:501-502; II:185-186; also pulished on Grove Art Online.
Select Conference Papers
- August 2021 (accepted) | “Byzantine Book Bindings and Venetian Transformations” for the panel “Connecting the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures through Venice” 24th International Byzantine Studies Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
- May 8–11, 2019 | “Middle Byzantine Manuscript Pigments,” Byzantine Materiality Conference, Sacred Arts Initiative, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Yonkers, NY
- October 22, 2015 | “Hair, Touch, and the Ivory Comb of Leo VI as an Agent of Imperial Order,” 41st Annual Byzantine Studies Conference, New York, NY
Select Grants & Awards
- 2019-2021 | Kress Institutional Fellowship, Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
- Spring 2018 & Spring 2019 | Mellon Foundation Travel Grant for Part-time Faculty, Pratt Institute
- 2014 | Vice Provost’s Grant, Graduate School, Temple University
- 2005 |C & M Schade Endowment Scholarship, Pratt Institute
- 2004-2008 |Pratt Grant, Pratt Institute
[Stand: Juni 2020]