Summary
Amy Jo Dempsey FRSA (born 1963) is an independent scholar and art historian. Her book Styles, schools and movements (2002) has received two editions and has been translated into several languages.
Amy Dempsey | |
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| Born | 22 December 1963 |
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| Thesis | The friendship of America and France: A new internationalism, 1961–1965 |
Early life edit
Amy Dempsey was born in 1963. She lived in 17 different places before the age of 10.[1] She was an early member of the Oakview Exhibitional Club, where she excelled at unicycle, German gym wheel and triple balancing, among other arts.[citation needed] She also was a 4-H Fair sewing champion, winning numerous blue ribbons and attending the Virginia State Fair on more than one occasion.[citation needed] She was particularly known for the infamous "yellow dress," whose hem required many yards of painstaking needlework. She studied at Hunter College in New York under Rosalind Krauss before receiving her PhD from the Courtauld Institute in London on the subject of The friendship of America and France: A new internationalism, 1961–1965.[2]
Writing edit
Dempsey's first book was Styles, schools and movements, published by Thames & Hudson in 2002, which has been translated into several languages. A second expanded edition was published in 2010.[3][4] Her second book was Destination art (2006) on the subject of land art.[5][6][7]
She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Selected publications edit
- Styles, schools and movements: The essential encyclopaedic guide to modern art. Thames & Hudson, 2002. (2nd edition 2010) ISBN 0500237883
- Art in the modern era: A guide to styles, schools, & movements. Abrams, 2002. (U.S. edition of Styles, Schools and Movements) ISBN 978-0810941724
- Destination art. Thames & Hudson, London, 2006. ISBN 9780500238325
- Museu Berardo: An itinerary. Thames & Hudson, London, 2007. (co-author) ISBN 978-0500287002
References edit
- ^ "Swimming – Land Art – Sicily". Excess Baggage, BBC Radio 4, 14 January 2012. (10m, 23s) Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ The friendship of America and France : a new internationalism, 1961–1965. University of London. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Styles, schools and movements. Destination Art. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Styles, Schools and Movements. Thames & Hudson. Archived at archive.org 14 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Review: Destination Art by Amy Dempsey; Topographies by John Sallis, Review by Glenn Parsons, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Summer, 2008), pp. 321–323.
- ^ Destination Art. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ Destination Art. Review by Michael S. Gant. metroactive, 24–30 January 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
External links edit
- Amy Dempsey talking about Land Art on Excess Baggage, BBC Radio 4.