Heidi Chretien
Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Art History, History/Women and Gender Studies and Graduate Humanities
- B.A. State University College, Buffalo
- M.A., Ph.D. State University of New York, Buffalo
Email: heidi.chretien@dominican.edu
Academic Interest
After living and teaching in Florence for many years, I am interested in directing and leading academic study trips abroad. I led groups to Florence in 2005, 2007 and 2008. I taught in the Fanjeaux program in 2006. I am also very active in the Osher Life Long Living Program and usually teach a course every year.
Courses and Areas of Interest
Art History
- Art and Society (FYF)
- Classical Art
- Italian Renaissance Art
- Northern Renaissance Art
- Baroque Art
- Art in Focus: A Stitch in Time
- Art in Focus: Prints&Drawing
- Art in Focus: Color
- Art in Focus: Framing the Image
- Survey of Art: Renaissance to Modern
History/Women and Gender Studies:
- Women in the Ancient World
- Women in Early Modern Europe
- Western Civilization
- Human Cultures (FYF)
- History as Biography: Elizabeth I
- History as Biography: Cleopatra
- History as Biography: Marie Antoinette
- History as Biography: Empress Theodora
- History as Biography: Warrior Women
Colloquium:
- Magic of the Renaissance: Leonardo and His World
- Maidens, Matrons and Muses: Imaging Women in Antiquity
- Women/Narrative of the Other: History and Personal Narrative
- The Gendered Body: Imaging the Gendered Body
- The World Of Islam: Contemporary Islamic Art
Graduate Humanities:
- Florence: City as Text
- Venice: City as Text
- Civic Imagery in Western Art
I also direct Independent Study Projects and act as Reader on both Senior and Masters theses.
