William McAllister-Johnson
Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto's Department of Art, William McAllister Johnson is a specialist in 18th and 19th century French art and he has authored books and catalogues on art history,[1] versified prints in 18th century France,[2] and 19th century salon-era prints.[3]
Johnson was a student of Erwin Panofsky at Princeton University, and co-authored a catalogue on Numismatic Propaganda in Renaissance France for the Detroit Institute of Art in 1968.[4] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978.
Works
- Numismatic Propaganda in Renaissance France catalogue (1968), co-author with Edwin Panofksy
- The Royal Tour of France by Charles IX and Catherine de Médicis: Festivals and Entries 1564-1566 (1979), co-authored with Victor E. Graham
- Treasures and Trash: Art and Its Literature Through the Ages : an Exhibition of Curious and Serious Artistic Literature from the 16th to the 20th Centuries from Private Collections and Those of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (1984)
- Art History: Its Use and Abuse (1990)
- Versified Prints: A Literary and Cultural Phenomenon in Eighteenth-century France (2012)
References
- ↑ Art History: Its Use and Abuse, 1990: http://books.google.com/books?id=VVO4L4rc55sC
- ↑ The annual Kathleen M. Fenwick Memorial Lecture by W. McAllister Johnson at the National Gallery of Canada, Dec. 6, 2012: http://www.gallery.ca/en/learn/McAllister_Johnson.php
- ↑ French Lithography : the Restoration Salons 1817-1824, 1977: http://books.google.com/books?id=bATrAAAAMAAJ
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books/about/Numismatic_Propaganda_in_Renaissance_Fra.html?id=ce-mnQEACAAJ