| 1 | Name: | Dr. Jonathan M. Brown | |
| Institution: | New York University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1988 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 404. History of the Arts, Literature, Religion and Sciences | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1939 | ||
| Death Date: | January 17, 2022 | ||
Jonathan Brown has been Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, since 1976, and he has also taught at Princeton University, Oxford University and Williams College. A leading expert on Spanish art, particularly painting from the time of Velasquez and other masters of the Golden Age, he is the author of the highly acclaimed Velasquez: Painter and Courtier (1986) and Images and Ideas in Seventeenth Century Spanish Paintings (1978), among other works. Combining the approaches of the art historian with those of the historian of politics and society, Dr. Brown has significantly deepened and extended the appreciation of Spanish art and culture in the United States and has opened up fresh perspectives for research and a new generation of scholars. His other areas of expertise include colonial Latin American art and the history of art collecting. In recognition of his many contributions to the field of Spanish painting, he has received the Gran Cruz de la Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio and the Premio Elio Antonio Nebrija, the latter from the University of Salamanca, for lifetime achievement in Spanish studies. The phrase "images and ideas" is not only the title of one of Dr. Brown's books, but a description of his entire approach to art history. | |||