Dechant, Dennis (Lyle)
Instructor of Art History and Curator of Exhibitions and University Collections
Education
- PhD Candidate in Art History, Yale University
- M.A. in Art History, University of Oregon
- B.A. in Art History, Washington University in St. Louis
Teaching Interests
- Medieval Art History; Illuminated Manuscripts; Iconoclasm
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Western Art History; Medieval Art of Love; Smashing Images: Iconoclasm and Iconophobia in a Global Context
Research Interests
- Medieval illuminated manuscripts; the history and materiality of reading practices; visual manifestations of courtly love and eroticism
Selected Awards and Publications
- Fishing for Meaning: Reading the Frontispieces of the Codex Manesse; In Proceedings of the XVth Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, ed. Gloria Allaire (publication forthcoming, 2018)
- Fascinated by Fascination: Female Privacy and the Leipzig Love Magic Panel.; In Visions of Enchantment: Occultism, Spirituality ; Visual Culture, eds. Daniel Zamani and Judith Noble (Proceedings from the 2014 Cambridge conference of the same name; publication forthcoming, 2018).
- 2016 Emerging Scholar Award, International Society of Courtly Literature.
- October 2014 First Prize for Innovative Research and Presentation Delivery, 40th Annual Cleveland Symposium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.
- April 2014 - Yale Department of Art History Conference Grant.
- August 2010 ; July 2012 Richard J. Franke Fellow, Yale University