Past Member
Guy Hedreen
Funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Affiliation
Historical Studies
Field of Study
Art, Literature and Culture of Ancient Greece
From
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Guy Hedreen is working on a book, “Art, Natural History, and Aesthetic Theory: The Fictional Monster and the Origin of Species in Antiquity and Its Early Modern Reception.” The book explores responses to Empedokles' theory of the origin of species in art and aesthetic theory in antiquity and the Renaissance.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Historical Studies
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Fall
Degrees
Bryn Mawr College
Ph.D.
1988
Honors
2013-2014
Guggenheim Fellowship
Appointments
Williams College
1990–2022
Amos Lawrence Professor of Art