Catherine Harding
Associate Professor
Art History & Visual Studies
University of Victoria
Canada
Biography
After training at University College London, Catherine taught medieval art and architecture at McGill University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. She moved to the University of Victoria in 1992, and has taught courses in Medieval Studies, as well as late medieval and early Renaissance art and architecture.
Catherine enjoys the interdisciplinary partnership in the Medieval Studies programme at U.Vic. She has published some of the materials relating to mosaic production in the rich archive of the Opera del Duomo at Orvieto Cathedral, as well as several articles on the tradition of façade mosaic decoration in Italian churches.
Research Interest
Gothic Art and Architecture in Europe,Medieval and Renaissance cosmographical drawings and diagrams;Pilgrimage, relics and art in fourteenth-century Italy (especially Orvieto).
