Dr. M. E. Warlick

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University of Denver
Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Art & Art History
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1992

Mailing Address

2121 E. Asbury
School of Art and Art History
University of Denver
Denver, Colorado 80208
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (303) 871-3271
Fax: (303) 871-4112
mwarlick@du.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Maryland, Art History, 1984.
M.A., Georgia State University, Art History, 1976.
BSHE, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Interior Design, 1968.

Expertise and Research Interests

My background in 19th and 20th century history of art, with special interest in surrealism and women's studies, as well as the interdisciplinary connections between art, humanities, and the history of science, particularly alchemical imagery. My international interests are: France, Britain, Germany, and the Czech Republic. My cross-departmental interests are: film, literature/art, dance/art, music/art, and the history of science.

Other Expertise

Academic Experience:
Humanities
Science
Special interest in history of Alchemy

I have had experience with the following funding agencies: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts; National Gallery of Art (F).

Future Research

My current project is a book on images of women in alchemical manuscripts and early printed books.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Dance, General Humanities Topics, History and Appreciation of Art, History of Science and Technology, Language Or Literature, Modern Art, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Women's Studies.

Additional Terms:

19th Century Art, Alchemy, Art History, Contemporary Art, Dance, History of Science, Humanities, Literature, Modern Art, Music, Occultism, Performing Art, Philosophy, Religion, Surrealism, Women's Studies.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

French: (Fluent, Functional, Fluent)
German: (Functional, Basic, Functional)

Memberships

College Advisory Committee, Denver Art Museum
College Art Association
Historians of Nineteenth Century Art
Midwest Art History Society
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts

Honors and Awards

1997-2000, University Professor in the Arts and Humanities, University of Denver
1997, Stirling Maxwell Fellowship, University of Glasgow
1991, Distinguished Professor, University of Denver
1990, Visiting Senior Fellow, CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1982, Chester Dale Fellow, CASVA, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Previous Positions

1987, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Art History
1987-1990, Director, University of Denver, Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, Women's Studies
1986-1992, Assistant Professor, University of Denver, Art History 19th and 20th Century Art
1985-1986, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Allied Arts (AAA), Art History
1983-1985, Consultant, National Gallery of Art, Curatorial Records

Publications

  • M. E. Warlick, "Philosophic Mercury: Evolution of the Alchemical Feminine." In Esotericism, Art and the Imagination. Ed. Arthur Versluis, Cambridge, England, Cambridge Scholars Press, In Press, 2007
  • M. E. Warlick, "Max Ernst," in Europe since 1914 - Encylopedia of the Age of War and Reconstruction, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006
  • M. E. Warlick, "Magic Objects and the Surrealists", Magic Objects, Ed. Stefan Welz and Elmar Schenkel, Galda + Wilch, In Press, 2007
  • M. E. Warlick, "Portraits and Personalities: Artists' Self-Portraits and British Portraits of Italian Renaissance Artists", The Grand Tour Revisited, Ed. Giovanni Franci and Roberta Waldbaum, University of Bologna, 2006
  • M. E. Warlick, "Fluctuating Identities: Gender Reversals in Alchemical Illustrations", Art and Alchemy, Ed. Jacob Wamberg, Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006
  • M. E. Warlick, Las Piedras De La Alquimia, EDAF, 2004
  • M.E. Warlick, "An Itinerant Alchemist: Max Ernst in Europe and America", The Golden Egg, Ed. Elmar Schenkel and Alexandra Lembert, Galda + Wilch, 2002
  • M. E. Warlick, "Moon Sisters: Women in Alchemical Imagery,", The Golden Egg, Ed. Elmar Schenkel and Alexandra Lembert, Galda + Wilch, 2002
  • M. E. Warlick, The Alchemy Stones, Marlowe and Connections, 2002
  • M. E. Warlick, Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth, Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001
  • M. E. Warlick, "Rikki Ducornet: An Alchemy of Dreams and Desire,", Cauda Pavonis, 20(2), 24-34, 2001
  • M. E. Warlick, Art, Allegory and Alchemy in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, Glasgow Emblem Studies, 4, 109-136, Winter 1999
  • M. E. Warlick, The Domestic Alchemist: Women As Housewives in Alchemical Emblems, Glasgow Emblem Studies, 3, 25-48, Winter 1998
  • M. E. Warlick, Las Pedras Filosofais, Editora Betrand Brasil, 1998
  • M. E. Warlick, L'Oracle Des Pierres Philosophales, Editions Solar, 1998
  • M. E. Warlick, Le Pietre Filosofali, Armenia Publishers, 1998
  • M. E. Warlick, The Philosopher's Stones, Journey Editions, 1997
  • M. E. Warlick, Of Silent Touching: Lawrence Argent. Exh. Cat., Boulder, Colorado, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1995
  • M. E. Warlick, Mythic Rebirth in Gustav Klimt's Stoclet Frieze: New Considerations of Its Egyptianizing Form and Content, Art Bulletin, 74, 115-34, Mar 1992
  • M. E. Warlick, Alchemy: the Art of Amy Zerner, Exh. Cat., East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, 1991
  • M. E. Warlick (Spring 1987) Max Ernst's Alchemical Novel Une Semaine De Bonte, Art Journal, 46 (1), 16-73
  • M. E. Warlick, European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue, compiled by M. E. Warlick, Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1985
  • by Janet Saad-Cook with M.E. Warlick, Le (1989) Sun Drawing: Sculptures of Reflected Sunlight Connecting the Earth and Sky, Leonardo, 22 (2), 151-8

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