Specialization:
Early Christian and Byzantine Art & Architecture, Modern Architecture
Research Interests:
My work has focused on Late Antique and Byzantine art and culture, but I have also investigated the effect of modernity on the medieval past and its landscapes, first in my study of the first generation of Hilton International Hotels (Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture, University of Chicago Press, 2001) and most recently in a book titled Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Theme Parks, University of Chicago Press, 2006). I am beginning work on a new project considering the modern recycling of pre-modern buildings. This study will document the physical, economic and political implications of contemporary appropriations of architecture and history.
Education:
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PhD Courtauld Institute, University of London 1975
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MA University of Chicago 1969
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BS University of Wisconsin, Madison 1966
Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 114A East Duke Building | | Office Phone: |
(919) 684-2495, (919) 684-2224 | | Email Address: | wharton@duke.edu |
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Teaching (Fall 2009):
- Arthist 189bd.001, Postmodern architecture
Synopsis
- East duke 204b, MW 04:25 PM-05:15 PM
- Arthist 189bd.01d, Postmodern architecture
Synopsis
- East duke 108, Th 10:05 AM-10:55 AM
- Arthist 189bd.02d, Postmodern architecture
Synopsis
- East duke 108, F 10:05 AM-10:55 AM
- Arthist 374.01, Jerusalem
- East duke 204a, M 07:15 PM-09:45 PM
- Religion 391.02, Special readings
- East duke 204a, M 07:15 PM-09:45 PM
Representative Publications
(More Publications)
- Selling Jerusalem: Relics, Replicas, Themeparks. University of Chicago Press,
(2006).
- Building the Cold War: Hilton International Hotels and Modern Architecture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
(2001). (selected as one of the best books of 2001 by the Economist)
- Refiguring the Post Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem and Ravenna. New York: Cambridge University Press,
(1995).
- Art of Empire: Painting and Architecture of the Byzantine Periphery. A Comparative Study of Four Provinces. University Park, Pa & London: Pennsylvania State University Press,
(1988).
- Tokali Kilise. Tenth Century Metropolitan Art in Byzantine Cappadocia, Dumbarton Oaks Studies XXII. Washinton, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees of Harvard University,
(1986).
- with A. P. Kazhdan. Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press,
(1985). (Reprinted in paperback, 1990)
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