Bonna Daix WescoatSamuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History
Education
- D.Phil., Oxford University, 1983
Research Interests
Ancient Greek art and architecture, with emphasis on Archaic and Hellenistic architectural trends and architectural sculpture.
Director of Excavations and Field Research in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace
Selected Publications
Books
Samothrace; excavations conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University: Vol. 9, The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Catalogue of finds by additional authors.) (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2017) | |
The Temple of Athena at Assos [Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology] (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) | |
Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium, eds. B. D. Wescoat and R. Ousterhout (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012) | |
Samothracian Connections; Essays in honor of James R. McCredie, eds. O. Palagia and B. D. Wescoat (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2010) | |
Syracuse, the Fairest Greek City (editor and primary author) (Rome: De Luca Edizioni d'Arte, 1989 ) | |
Poets and Heroes: Scenes from the Trojan War (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1986) |
Articles
Articles on the design and reconstruction of the Temple of Athena at Assos, Roman architecture, Greek iconography.
Work in Progress
- Exceptions as the Rule: Order Mixing in Greek Architecture.
- Samothrace; excavations conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University: Vol. 8, I and 8, II. Buildings on the Western Hill. Publication of record for the monuments on the western hillside of the Sanctuary. Part I includes the Stoa, Nike Monument, and Theater. Part II includes the monuments clustered on the northern terraces, including the Neorion, Milesian Banquet Hall, Building A, and the Hestiatorion. Multiple authors.
- From the Vantage of the Victory. An article exploring the context, architectural setting, and sculptural evidence for the famed Winged Victory in the Sanctuary, with an assessment of the precinct in which she was set and contribution to our understanding of the prow on which she stood.
Selected Seminars
Art and Sacred Experience in the Hellenistic Age: The Sanctuary of the Great Gods on Samothrace; Greek Architectural Sculpture; the Origins of Order; The Arts and Cultures of the Hellenistic World