Brown, Patricia Fortini

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BROWN, Patricia Fortini

BROWN, Patricia Fortini. American, b. 1936. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: State of California, Department of Employment, employment and claims specialist in San Francisco and San Rafael, 1960-65; painter and graphic designer in San Rafael, 1963-76; Mills College, Oakland, Calif., lecturer in Italian Renaissance art, spring, 1983; Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., assistant professor, 1983-89, associate professor of art and archaeology, 1989-, professor of art and archaeology, 1997-, chair, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, 1999-. Fellow at American Academy in Rome, 1989-90; Guggenheim Fellow, 1992-93; Andrew W. Mellon associate professor in art and archaeology, 1991-95. Publications: La pittura nell' eta di Carpaccio: i grandi cicli narrativi, 1992; Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio, 1988; Venice & Antiquity: The Venetian Sense of the Past, 1997; Art and Life in Renaissance Venice, 1997. Contributor to publications and journals. Address: Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1018, U.S.A. Online address: pbrown@princeton.edu

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