Sarah Blick teaches courses on Medieval and Asian Art History. In addition to her intermediate courses on Early Medieval Art, Romanesque and Gothic Art, Late Gothic Art, and Art of China, she offers more specialized upper-level courses, such as Sacred and Secular Art in Late Gothic Europe and Pilgrimage Art and the Cathedral Shrines of England. She is the author of a number of articles, reviews, and presentations on pilgrim souvenirs and the cult of St. Thomas Becket of Canterbury Cathedral. She enjoys editing and has published (as editor) several volumes of scholarly essays devoted to late medieval art and Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture for the International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Art. Her two-volume Push Me, Pull You: Art and Devotional Interaction in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art was published by Brill Academic Press in 2011. She and Laura Gelfand are co-editors of a new book series published by Brill Press, Leiden: Art and Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Her current research focuses on the day-to-day functions (secular and religious) of English parish churches in the later Middle Ages.

Areas of Expertise

Medieval Art History, Asian Art History

Education

B.A. University of Akron
M.A. University of Minnesota
Ph.D. University of Kansas

Courses Taught

ARHS 10 Art of the Ancient World
ARHS 11 0Art of Christian Europe
ARHS 110 Survey of Art, Part I
ARHS 114 Introduction to Asian Art
ARHS 216 Writing on Art
ARHS 222 Art of the Northern Renaissance
ARHS 232 Art of Medieval Europe
ARHS 233 Art of Early Medieval Europe
ARHS 234Romanesque & Gothic Art
ARHS 235Art of China
ARHS 237 Art of Late Gothic Europe

Seminars:

Used Books: Medieval Manuscripts and Incunabula
Pilgrimage & the Arts: Christianity & Buddhism
Art of the Later Middle Ages
Art in Late Medieval & Tudor England
Cathedral Shrines of Medieval England
Sacred & Secular Art in the Later Middle Ages
Integrated Program in Humane Studies: Love & Justice
Art & Politics
Sacred Spaces in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Affiliations

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the Ohio State University (regional affiliate)
College Art Association
International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Arts
Medieval Academy of America
Midwest Art History Society
Pewter Society