Assistant Professor of Art History Denva Gallant was recently featured on the New Books Network podcast speaking to Dr. Miranda Melcher (Ph.D., Defense Studies, Kings College, London) about her new publication, Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of the Desert Saints in Fourteenth-century Italy, which examines the Morgan Library’s richly illustrated manuscript of the Vitae patrum (MS M.626), whose extraordinary artworks witness the rise of the eremitic ideal and its impact on the visual culture of late medieval Italy. Listen to the podcast episode here.
Assistant Professor Farshid Emami was also featured on a later episode of the New Books Network discussing his recently published book, Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran, where he takes the reader on an evocative journey through the city’s markets, promenades, and coffeehouses, bringing to life the social landscapes that animated the lives of urban dwellers and shaped their perceptions of themselves and the world. Listen to the podcast episode here.