"The pencil speaks the tongue of every land."
— Alexander Pope
Donald McColl
Dr. McColl joins students and staff of the American Studies Institute in front of the National Gallery of Art. Click to enlarge photo.
Dr. McColl in northern Portugal.
Associate Professor of Art
E-mail: dmccoll2@washcoll.edu
Phone: (800) 422-1782, ext. 7874
Office: Daly 217
Education
- B.A., University of Western Ontario, 1986
- M.A., Oberlin College, 1992
- Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1996, with postdoctoral study at Northwestern University
Office Hours
On leave until Spring 2008.
Research and Teaching Interests
Professor McColl specializes in the art of Northern Europe in the period roughly 1400 to 1700, although he also maintains an interest in the art of the Early Christian period. He has received fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., and is presently working on two books, titled "To See the Samaritan Woman in the Reformation World" and "'Signs of the Times': The Cleveland Marbles," and an exhibition catalogue, titled "Rembrandt's Poor."
He regularly teaches the lecture courses "Introduction to History of Western Art," "Northern Renaissance Art," "Italian Renaissance Art," "European Art from Baroque to Neoclassicism," as well as special-topics courses, including "Dürer and his Culture," "Rembrandt," and "Wars Against Idols: Cross-Cultural Studies in Iconoclasm."