Marian Bleeke
Associate Professor
Art & Design
Cleveland State University
United States of America
Biography
Marian Bleeke joined the faculty at CSU in August 2007, before which she taught at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Beloit College, and Columbia College Chicago. A specialist in the art of the Middle Ages she teaches Introduction to Early Western Art along with courses in Medieval and Islamic art, Women in Art,and Contemporary Critical Theory. Her research to date has focused on Romanesque and Gothic sculpture and on medieval images of women and women as viewers of medieval art. Her new work engages with the materials and methods used in medieval art-making practices.
Research Interest
Medieval art, the Middle Ages, women, gender, feminism, art theory, new materialism.
Publications
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Marian Bleeke (2012) Romanesque. Studi Icono 33: 257-67
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Marian Bleeke (2010) Reconsidering Female Agency: Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Woodman, and the Issue of the Woman Artist. Women Art J 31: 39-46
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Marian Bleeke (2005) Sheelas, Sex, and Significance in Romanesque Sculpture: The Kilpeck Corbel Series. Studi Icono 26: 1-26
