Svetlana Alpers

Svetlana Leontief Alpers (née Leontief; born February 10, 1936[1]) is an American art historian, also a professor, writer and critic.[2] Her specialty is Dutch Golden Age painting, a field she revolutionized with her 1984 book The Art of Describing.[3] She has also written on Tiepolo, Rubens, Bruegel, and Velázquez, among others.[4]

  1. ^ "Alpers, Svetlana [née Leontief]". Dictionary of Art Historians. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Ross, Alex (1999). "Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and the Arts, Svetlana Alpers". Stanford University. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Shone, Richard and Stonard, John-Paul, eds.. The Books That Shaped Art History: From Gombrich and Greenberg to Alpers and Krauss, chapter 14. London: Thames & Hudson, 2013.
  4. ^ "Svetlana Alpers Professor Emerita - UC Berkeley History of Art Department". arthistory.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-10.