George L. Hersey

George Leonard Hersey (August 30, 1927-October 23, 2007) was an American art historian. Hersey was an expert on Italian Renaissance art and architecture, as well as 19th century American art and architecture. His work discussed the relationship between biology and sexuality to art and architecture.[1]

George L. Hersey
Born
George Leonard Hersey

August 30, 1927
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
DiedOctober 23, 2007(2007-10-23) (aged 80)
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArt historian
Educator
Spouse(s)Jane Maddox Lancefield (m. 1953-2007)
ChildrenDonald L.
James P.
Parent(s)Milton Leonard
Katharine Page
RelativesRebecca Lancefield (mother-in-law)
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
Yale University
Academic work
Doctoral studentsEve Blau

Career

Born to Katharine Page (1896-1991) and Milton Leonard Hersey (1899-1983), who was an economist, Hersey served as a merchant marine after completing high school in 1945, and also later joined the United States Army from 1946 to 1947.[2] He received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1951. Hersey then earned three degrees from Yale University: a Master of Fine Arts in Drama (1954); a Master of Arts in Art History (1960); and a Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (1964). In 1962, he was named as a scholar of the Fulbright Program to study art in Italy.

Hersey began his career as an educator at Bucknell University (1954-1955). He then spent the rest of his professional years at his alma mater, Yale University. There, he moved through the ranks from assistant professor of art history to associate professor to full professor. In 1992, Hersey was named professor emeritus.

Hersey also served as Director of Restoration Research at the Lockwood–Mathews Mansion in Norwalk, member of the Society of Architectural Historians, and member of The Victorian Society.

Personal life

Hersey married Jane Maddox Lancefield in 1953, and they had two sons: Donald L. and James P., as well as three grandchildren: Sam, Rebecca, and Margaux. Hersey died in 2007 in his home in New Haven.

Works
  • Pythagorean Palaces: Architecture and Magic in the Italian Renaissance (1976)
  • The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi (1988)
  • High Renaissance Art in St. Peters and the Vatican (1993)
  • The Evolution of Allure: Sexual Selection from the Medici Venus to the Incredible Hulk (1996)
  • The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots (1999)
  • Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque (2002)
  • Falling in Love with Statues: Artificial Humans from Pygmalion to the Present (2009)

References
  1. https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/hersey-george-leonard-1927
  2. http://archives.news.yale.edu/v36.n10/story12.html
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