Michael W. Meister | |
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| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | Architectural history of South Asia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History of art History of architecture Archeology |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia University of Texas, Austin Maharaja College, Jaipur Fergusson College, Pune |
Michael W. Meister is an art historian, archaeologist and architectural historian at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the W. Norman Brown Professor in the Department of History of Art and South Asia Studies, and has served as chair of the Department of South Asia Studies and as the director of the University of Pennsylvania's South Asia Center.[1] In addition, he is Consulting Curator, Asian Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Faculty Curator of the South Asia Art Archive within the Penn Library's South Asia Image Collection.[2]
His research focuses on Hindu temple architecture, the morphology of meaning, and other aspects of the history of art and architecture of the Indian sub-continent. He has authored several hundred essays and edited several books,[3] especially several volumes of the Encyclopædia of Indian Temple Architecture.