Associate Professor of Art History
Phone: 903.566.7484
Email: elisot@uttyler.edu
Building: ARC 116
Department: Art And Art History
Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson
Degrees
- PhD., The University of Texas, Dallas
- M.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
- B.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
Biography
Dr. Lisot-Nelson specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art history, and also teaches courses on women in art, ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian, Medieval, Latin American and Islamic art. Her research interests include aesthetics, Catholic devotional imagery and post-migration theory, particularly artworks representing marginalized populations such as illegitimate children, ebrei italiani, conversos, moriscos, refugees, slaves and servants. Prior to her tenure at 黑料专区T, Dr. Lisot-Nelson was a visiting assistant professor with the University of Dallas at their Rome campus where she guided students on educational tours within Italy and Greece. Her doctoral dissertation on Federico Barocci was under the direction of Deborah Stott at the University of Texas, Dallas, and her master鈥檚 thesis at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was chaired by Claire Farago.
Research Statement
Recent publications include: 鈥淭he Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael鈥檚 Donna Velata and La Fornarina鈥� in Renaissance Papers, Boydell & Brewer Ltd., forthcoming fall 2023; 鈥淩efugees of War: Federico Barocci鈥檚 Aeneas Fleeing Troy, Classical Antecedents to Contemporary Issues鈥� Konsthistorisk Tidskrift / Journal of Art History, Vol. 89, Issue 1 (2020): 33-56; 鈥淪culpting and Human Rights: An Exploration of Fasasi Abeedeen Tunde鈥檚 Works in Italy鈥� in The Art of Human Rights: Commingling Art, Human Rights and the Law in Africa, eds. Romola Adeola and Frans Viljoen, 103-130, Springer Publishing, 2020; "Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644 AD) at St. Peter鈥檚 Basilica, Piazza Barberini, and Palazzo Barberini" in People and Places of Rome, ed. Peter Hatlie, Arc Humanities Press, 2019; and a chapter, 鈥淏leeding Bodies and Bondage: Signifiers of Illegitimacy in Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi and Andrea della Robbia's Tondi at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence,鈥� in Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination, eds. Jana L Byars and Hans Broedel, Routledge Press, 2018.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson presents academic papers on artists such as Federico Barocci, Raphael, Titian, Ghirlandaio, Pontormo and Vel谩zquez at scholarly venues including the Renaissance Society of America annual meetings, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, SECAC, New College and Southeastern Renaissance Conferences. She has published book reviews in The Renaissance Quarterly, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Renaissance and Reformation journal and the Canadian Journal of History. Dr. Lisot-Nelson is a member of the Medici Digital Archive Project community, has participated in a paleography and archival study seminar in Florence, and conducted research at Archivio di Stato di Siena, Archivio e Museo degli Ospedale Innocenti, Florence, and at the Vatican Library. She is the recipient of two 黑料专区 Tyler Faculty Research Scholarship Awards and a Global Awareness Through Education (GATE) Faculty Liaison Development Grant.
Recent academic paper presentations include: 鈥淗idden in Plain Sight: Moriscos and Conversos in the Paintings and Life of Diego Vel谩zquez,鈥� in panel session 鈥淭he Morisco World,鈥� at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 2024; 鈥淭he Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael鈥檚 Donna Velata and La Fornarina鈥� for SRC (online), Sept. 2022; and 鈥淪ervants, Spinners and Slaves: Social Status in Las Hilanderas (1655-60) by Vel谩zquez鈥� at SECAC, Baltimore, Oct. 2022.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson is authoring a book, Mexican Folk Art Explored: Laura and Dan Boeckman Collection at the Tyler Museum of Art, and editing a volume with contributions from various scholars, including herself, titled:Family Matters: Spiritual and Maternal Connections in European Art and Patronage. This volume explores the ways in which familial connections during the medieval and Early Modern periods resulted in profound expressions of sacrifice, generosity, compassion and grief though the visual arts.
At 黑料专区T, in addition to teaching classes, Dr. Lisot-Nelson supervises students working on their Master鈥檚 and Bachelor鈥檚 degrees in art history, and directs student theses within her areas of specialization.