David Bindman
David Bindman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 1940 |
| Died | 2025 (aged 84) |
| Education | Oxford University; Harvard University; Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Occupation | Professor of art history |
| Relatives | Geoffrey Bindman (brother) |
David Bindman (12 September 1940 – 2025) was an English academic of art who was emeritus Durning-Lawrence professor of the history of art at University College London, and was a research fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research (formerly W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute) at Harvard University from 2006. Bindman died in 2025, at the age of 84. He was the brother of human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]David Bindman was born on 12 September 1940.[2] He was educated at Oxford University, Harvard University and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Bindman was emeritus professor of the history of art at University College London. In 2015, a festschrift was published in his honour by UCL Press, titled Burning Bright.[4][5]
Selected publications
[edit | edit source]- Blake as an artist. Phaidon, 1977. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Hogarth. Thames & Hudson, London, 1981.
- Shadow of the guillotine: Britain and the French Revolution. British Museum Publications, London, 1989. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Roubiliac and the Eighteenth-Century Monument: Sculpture as Theatre. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1995. (With Malcolm Baker) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Hogarth and his times: Serious comedy. British Museum Press, London, 1997. US: University of California Press.
- William Blake: The complete illuminated books. Thames & Hudson, London, 2000. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Ape to Apollo: Aesthetics and the idea of race in the 18th century. Cornell University Press, 2002. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- John Flaxman: Line into contour. Ikon Gallery, 2013. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
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- ^ David Bindman. Archived 21 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Image of the Black Archive & Library, Hutchins Center. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Burning Bright: Celebrating David Bindman's Extraordinary Career Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine UCL Press. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Burning Bright: Essays in Honour of David Bindman Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine. UCL Press. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Burning bright: Essays in honour of David Bindman. Edited by Diana Dethloff, Tessa Murdoch and Kim Sloan, with Caroline Elam. UCL Press, London, 2015. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Free pdf download)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Luke Syson, "‘A revolutionary flame burned bright within him’: David Bindman (1940–2025)", Apollo, 12 June 2020.
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