Dr. Javier Berzal de Dios

Early modern European art and architecture; critical theory, continental aesthetics, and phenomenology

Tuesdays 2:30-3:30; Thursdays 2:30-4:30.

(360) 650-3733

I have been at Western since 2014. I teach early modern art history courses (Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo), and sometimes classes on aesthetics and historiography. As an instructor, I'm always interested in fomenting dialogue in the classroom and exploring artworks and ideas in depth. I received a PhD from the Ohio State University in 2014, having previously completed a BA/MA in philosophy and a BA in Art History at the City University of New York, Queens College in 2009. Though initially trained on Italian Renaissance art, my research interests spread across various fields and times periods. Some of these interests include: depictions, usage, and theories of space; theatricality and artificiality; and the modern afterlives of early modern artworks.

COURSES 2017-18

Fall

A/Hi 230 Visual Culture in 15th- and 16th-Century Europe (HUM GUR)

A/Hi 397 Visual Arts in the Age of Contact, Exploration, and Colonization

Winter

A/ Hi 231 Visual Culture in 17th- and 18th-Century Europe (HUM GUR)

A/ Hi 397 Art and Science in Early Modernity: Optics, Robots, and the Wonders of Nature

Spring

A/Hi 475 Senior Projects/Practicum - Art History capstone course

A/Hi 497 Rococo: New Perspectives

RESEARCH AND WRITING

“Uccello’s Fluttering Monument to Hawkwood, with Schwob and Artaud.” diacritics 44, no. 2 (2016):86-103

“Velázquez’s Democritus: Global Disillusion and the Critical Hermeneutics of a Smile.” Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme 39, no. 1 (2016): 35-62

“A Note on Deleuze and Renaissance Art.” SubStance 45, no. 1 (2016): 44-65

“In the Classroom with Professor Hilail Gildin.” Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy 43, no. 1 (2016):15-17

“The Name of the Rose, as yet.” apt, Tenth-Anniversary Issue (Winter 2015). Web. http://apt.aforementionedproductions.com/2015/12/the-name-of-the-rose-as-yet-by-javier-berzal- de-dios

“Slow Teaching.” Art History Teaching Resources. September 2015. Web. http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/2015/09/slow-teaching/

“Learning Evolves.” Smarthistory Blog. August 2015. Web. http://smarthistoryblog.org/2015/08/02/learning-evolves-by-javier-berzal/

“Palladio and Scamozzi, Teatro Olimpico.” Smarthistory. October 2015. Web. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/renaissance-venice/late- renaissance-venice/a/palladio-teatro-olimpico

“Conjuring the Concept of Rome: Alterity and Synecdoche in Peruzzi’s Design for La Calandria.” Sixteenth Century Journal 45, no. 1 (2014): 25-50

“Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda.” Smarthistory. September 2013. Web https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/renaissance-venice/late- renaissance-venice/a/palladio-la-rotunda

“The Surrender of Breda by Diego Velázquez.” Smarthistory. May 2013. Web https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/monarchy-enlightenment/baroque- art1/spain/a/velzquez-the-surrender-of-breda

“Interview with Christopher Atkins, Associate Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and author of The Signature Style of Frans Hals.” The Art Founders Project. January 2013. Web. http://theafproject.com/interview-christopher-d-m-atkins-philadelphia-museum-of-art/

Year Started: 2014

Department/Program: Art & Art History

Location: FI119