Biography
Sherry C.M. Lindquist is Professor of Art History at Western Illinois University. She is the author of Agency, Visuality and Society at the Chartreuse de Champmol (2008), and editor of Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art (2012).
'... wonderful collection of articles... Mediaevistik
'As editor, Lindquist has compiled an impressive collection of essays from established and talented scholars. Their scholarship reveals multiple depictions and meanings of nudity in medieval art. Lindquist introduces the topic with a comprehensive and comprehensible overview of the historiography of medieval art, carefully developing the argument for a wider understanding of nudity in this period that encompasses an interdisciplinary approach. Each contributor builds a convincing case for Lindquist’s claim, presenting varied topics and using interdisciplinary approaches like gender studies, literary studies, and the medieval body. The result is a collection of careful and nuanced analyses of selected medieval nude case studies.' Parergon
'... an excellent collection of essays treating a wide variety of situations in which imagery of the nude plays an important role, and it should stimulate additional publications on the topic of nudity in medieval art.' Speculum
'... an excellent collection of essays, which will no doubt prove an indispensable resource for all future scholarship on representations of nudity in the Middle Ages.' Studies in Iconography
