Dr. Evelyn Lincoln

Biography

Evelyn Lincoln is an art historian specializing in the history of print culture and books during the early modern period. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in art and literature from Antioch College in 1973, and has worked as a printmaker and curator in San Francisco. Lincoln returned to academia in 1989 to study the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her PhD in 1994. She joined the faculty of the History of Art & Architecture at Brown University, where she became a professor of Italian Studies and was involved with the Center for the Study of the Early Modern World. Her notable works include 'Invention of the Italian Renaissance Printmaker' (Yale, 2000) and 'Brilliant Discourse: Pictures for Readers in Early Modern Rome' (Yale, 2014). Her research focuses on the networks formed by readers, artists, printers, and patrons, examining issues such as class, education, and religious identity as expressed through printed books and images. Lincoln is dedicated to investigating the role of book illustration and the development of literacy and authorship in 16th and 17th-century Italy, exploring themes such as intellectual property and the societal status of authorship under church censorship. She has received various fellowships and grants throughout her career to support her research in the Humanities.

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