Blanche of Castile: Patronage, Piety, and Power is a proposed temporary exhibition at the Sainte-Chapelle that centres, for the first time, the woman who shaped much of Capetian art and kingship. Earlier exhibitions — Saint Louis at the Conciergerie (2014) and Le trésor de la Sainte-Chapelle at the Louvre (2001) — deepened our understanding…

The second-to-last week of the semester, our High Middle Ages Special Option group visited several sites around Paris: Notre-Dame de Paris, The Bibliothèque nationale de France, Saint-Denis, the Sainte-Chapelle, and the Musée de Cluny. I took the Eurostar from King’s Cross / St. Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord a few days early, and…

During summer 2024 I traveled with family on a month-long study trip to Greece. I wanted to see the ancient sites with their art treasures and better understand how the environment shaped the art of the ancients and still shapes the modern worldview. After reading many texts and listening to many lectures about the…