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Barbara Baert | |
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Born | 1967 Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium |
Alma mater | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Known for | Baert, B. Looking Into the Rain. Magic - Moisture - Medium. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. Baert, B. Pneuma and the Visual Arts in the Middle Ages and Early Modernity, (Art&Religion, 5) Leuven-Walpole: Peeters Publishers, 2016. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Art history (medieval iconology) |
Institutions | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Thesis | Een erfenis van heilig hout of de neerslag van het teruggevonden kruis in tekst en beeld tijdens de Middeleeuwen: een iconologische studie van de Kruislegende (1997) |
Doctoral advisor | Maurits Smeyers |
Website | https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00004564 |
Barbara Baert (born 1967) is a Belgian art historian who is professor of art history at KU Leuven. In 2016, Baert received the scientific prize Francquiprijs [nl], which is yearly awarded by the Francqui-Stichting [nl] to a scientist in human, exact and biological-medical sciences.
Baert teaches in the fields of iconology, art theory and analysis, and medieval art. She is the founder of the Iconology Research Group, an international and interdisciplinary platform for the study of the interpretation of images. Baert is a fellow at Illuminare - Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Art (KU Leuven).[1][2]