FACULTY

Julie Van VoorhisJulie Van Voorhis

  • Associate Professor, Department of History of Art
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Classical Studies

Education

  • Ph.D. at New York University, 1999

Research Interests

  • Ancient Greek and Roman marble sculpture with an emphasis on the Hellenistic period, Roman Republic and Roman Empire (including the Late Empire)
  • The history of collecting antiquities from the Roman Republican period to the present day.
  • Current projects include a study of re-worked portrait sculpture and a book on Hadrian and the classical revival in Roman sculpture. 

Contact Information

julvanvo@indiana.edu
Fine Arts, Room 132
855-1897

Selected Awards

  • Instructional Development Summer Fellowship, Indiana University (for Summer
    2006)
  • Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Edward A Schrader Summer Grant for archaeological research, Indiana
    University

Courses Recently Taught

  • A101 Ancient to Medieval Art (Survey)
  • S103 The Art of Roman Spectacle (Freshman Seminar)
  • A206 Classical Art and Archaeology (cross-listed with Classical Studies)
  • A216 Art and Life in Ancient Rome
  • A310 Topics in Ancient Art: Art and Life in Ancient Egypt
  • A310 Topics in Ancient Art: The Classical Body (from 600 B.C. – A.D. 400)
  • A312 Art of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Constantine
  • A316 Ancient Art from Alexander the Great to Augustus
  • A410 Topics in Ancient Art: Representing History in Roman Art
  • A417 Roman Sculpture
  • A418 Roman Architecture
  • A616 Graduate Seminar

Publication Highlights

Books

Aphrodisias II: Roman Portrait Statuary from Aphrodisias, written in collaboration with S. Dillon and C. H. Hallett, and J. Lenaghan, under the direction of R. R. R. Smith. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern (2006).

Aphrodisias IV: The Sculptor’s Workshop at Aphrodisias (in press)

Articles

“Two Portrait Statues of Boxers and the Culture of Athletics at Aphrodisias in the Third Century
C.E.”. Aphrodisias Papers 4 (Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplemental
series), edited by R. R. R. Smith and Christopher Ratté. Portsmouth, RI: Journal of Roman
Archaeology (forthcoming 2008).

Survey entry for “Roman Sculpture” and sculptors/works entries for “Laocoon,” “Sperlonga
sculptures,” and “Dying Gaul,” for the Encyclopedia of Sculpture. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn,
2003.

“Apprentices’ Pieces and the Training of Sculptors at Aphrodisias,” Journal of Roman
Archaeology 11 (1998) 175-192.