John Onians
John B Onians,
Early life and education
Onians is the son of the distinguished classicist, Richard Broxton Onians and Rosalind Lathbury. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, and of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Warburg Institutes, University of London. His PhD on Italian architectural theory and practice was supervised by Ernst Gombrich.[2] He also received a postgraduate diploma in the History of European Art from London University.[3]
Career
Onians was Founder Editor of the journal Art History in 1978. He was professor of Visual Arts and Director of the World Art Research Programme at the
In 1997-99 he established the division of Research and Academic Programs at the
He has authored a number of books, Art and the Thought in the Hellenistic Age,
Onians has been discussed in books such as Art History and its Methods (1995)
References
- ^ "Dr John Onians". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "john onians". johnonians.academia.edu. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ a b "John Onians: CV". Global Art Museum. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ a b "John Onians | International Meeting on Contemporary Architecture in Historic Cities". unesco.urbanismosevilla.org. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Carey, Brainard (29 July 2016). "John Onians". Interviews from Yale University Radio WYBCX. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ Onians, J. (1979) Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age: Greek World View, 350-5 B.C. (Paperback) Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Classical ordersin Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Princeton University Press; New Ed edition (1 July 1992)
- ^ Onians, J. (1999) Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome Yale University Press
- ^ Onians, J. (2008) Neuroarthistory: From Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki Yale University Press
- ISBN 978-0300212792.
- ^ Onians, J. (Ed.) (1994) Sight and Insight: Essays on Art and Culture in Honour of E.H.Gombrich at 85 Phaidon Press Ltd
- ^ Onians, J. (Ed.) (2004) Atlas of World Art Laurence King Publishing
- ^ Onians, J. (Ed.) (2006) Compression Vs. Expression: Containing and Explaining the World's Art (Clark Studies in the Visual Arts) Yale University Press
- ^ Fernie, E. (1995) Art History and its Methods: A Critical Anthology Phaidon
- ^ Golden, L. (Ed.) (2002) Raising the Eyebrow: John Onians and World Art Studies
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.