- Jesús Escobar
Jesús Escobar, Ph.D., is an associate professor of
Art History and chair of the Department of Visual andPerforming Arts atFairfield University located inFairfield, Connecticut . Professor Escobar is a specialist in the architecture and urbanism of early modern Spain and Italy and has published articles and reviews in leading journals of art history and early modern studies. [ [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/html/dept_faculty_escobar.html Columbia University Visiting Professor Profile] ]His book "The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid" (Cambridge University Press, 2003), won the Eleanor Tufts Award from the American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies. Dr. Escobar won a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Spain where he researched his new book tentatively titled "Architecture and Politics in the Madrid of Philip IV." And he has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the
National Gallery of Art inWashington, D.C. [ [http://www.fairfield.edu/x4775.html Fairfield University professor wins prize for first book and Fulbright award for his next project] ]Professor Escobar received his bachelor's degree from
Columbia University and doctorate fromPrinceton University in 1996.Bibiliography
*"The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid" (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
External Links
* [http://www.fairfield.edu/vpa_index.html Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Fairfield University]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/html/dept_faculty_escobar.html Columbia University Visiting Professor Profile]
* [http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/15079/sample/9780521815079ws.pdf Cambridge University Press Sample: The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid]References
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