Dorothy Hoogland Verkerk

Associate Professor of Art (3204)

108 Hanes Art Center
Campus Box 3405
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3405
919-962-2015 (phone)
919-962-0722 (fax)
dverkerk@email.unc.edu

M.A. Rutgers University
Ph.D. Rutgers University

Research and Teaching Interests

Dorothy Verkerk's area of specialization is in early medieval art, and her research interests include the interplay between images and texts in early medieval manuscripts, particularly the ways in which images interpret the meanings of texts through visual references to extra-textual elements such as popular sermons, liturgical rites, political necessities, and catechisms. Also, she is interested in the fluid and diverse iconography found in early Christian catacombs and sarcophagi, with rich references to death rituals. She has also explored Irish high crosses as potential sculptural responses to pilgrimage to Rome.

Courses Offered (as schedule allows)

For current course listings, consult the Directory of Classes.

• Art 264  Medieval Art in Western Europe

• Art 362  Early Christian Art and Modern Responses
• Art 466  History of the Illuminated Book
• Art 467 Celtic Art and Cultures
• Art 962  Graduate seminar, topics to be announced
• Art 992  MA Thesis Writing seminar

Publications

Early Medieval Book Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch, Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Art of the Middle Ages, 2nd ed., with J. Snyder and H. Luttikhuizen, Prentice Hall, 2006.

"The Font is a Kind of Grave: Remembrance in the Via Latina Catacombs," in Between the Living and the Dead: Strategies for Commemoration in the Middles Ages, E. del Alamo and C. Pendergast, eds., Ashgate, 2000.

"Roman Manuscript Illumination 400-700 AD and the Ashburnham Pentateuch," in Imaging the Early Medieval Bible, J. Williams, ed., Penn State Press, 1999, 97-120.

"Moral Structure of the Ashburnham Pentateuch," in Image and Belief: Studies in Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Index of Christian Art, C. Hourihane, ed., Princeton University Press, 1999, 71-89.

For her class Celtic Art & Cultures, she has created an online catalog of Celtic art, which can be viewed at: www.unc.edu/celtic

She was a 1999 Medal Winner, for EDUCAUSE in association with the College Art Association, and has been featured as a case study in Syllabus: Technology for Education, Feb. 2000.

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