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Hope B. Werness
Professor of Art

E-mail: HWerness@csustan.edu
Phone: (209) 667-3434
Office: A11/12 - see floor plan
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Education:
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University of California, Santa Barbara, BA 1965
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Tulane University, New Orleans, MA 1968
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University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD 1972
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Area(s) of Expertise:
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19th and 20th Century European Art
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Non-Western Art
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Teaching & Other Experience:
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Visiting Lecturer, San Jose State University, 1975-76
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Visiting Assistant Professor, California State College/University, Stanislaus, 1976-77; Assistant Professor, 1977-81; Associate Professor, 1981-86; Full Professor, 1986
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Creative/Research Interests:
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Symbolism
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Ceramics
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Sample Exhibitions/Publications:
Selected Articles, Chapters in Books
- “Han Van Meegeren, Fecit,” introductory chapter in The Forger’s Art, ed. Denis Dutton, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
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“The Modest Maiden in Nineteenth Century Art:  The evolution of a Newly Discovered Theme,” Woman’s Art Journal, 5 (Fall 1984/Winter 1985), 7-10.
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“Whitman and van Gogh, Starry Nights and Other Similarities,” Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 2 (Spring 1985), 35-41.
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“Vincent van Gogh and a Lost Painting by George H. Boughton,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 196 (September 1985), 71-75
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“The Symbolism of van Gogh’s Flowers,” conference proceedings, Van Gogh 100, ed. Joseph D. Masheck.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1996.
Books
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The Symbolism of Mirrors in Art From Ancient Times to the Present.  Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1999.
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The Continuum Encyclopedia of Native Art:  Worldview, Symbolism and Culture in Africa, Native North America and Oceania.  New York:  Continuum, 2000.
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The Bare Bones of Art Appreciation, 1999.  Typescript currently in use as a text for Art Appreciation courses at CSU Stanislaus.
In Progress
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The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, to be published 2003.
Creative Work
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Reflections on The Little Prince, Villa Montalvo, Los Gatos, 2000 (Grand Prize Winner).
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