Prof Jeremy Tanner
Professor of Classical and Comparative Art
Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square
Institute of Archaeology
- Joined UCL
- 1st Jan 1994
Research summary
My research incorporates sociological and anthropological approaches to art: development of the concept of expressive symbolism in Parsonian action theory, through synthesis with structuralism, pragmatism (Peirce, Mead) and ethology. I also explore comparative approaches to ancient, especially Greek and Roman art: variation in processes of institutional and cultural differentiation in artistic systems (Greece, China, India, early modern Europe); comparative religious iconography and comparative approaches to portraiture. My other research interests span art and archaeology: art as material culture; art and the representation of the past; tourism, heritage and the recycling of the classical past from the Renaissance to today.
Teaching summary
I am Degree Programme Co-ordinator for the Institute's MA Comparative Art and Archaeology
I currently teach courses on:
Rethinking 'Classical Art': sociological and anthropological approaches;
Education
- University of Cambridge
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1996
- University of Pennsylvania
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1990
- University of Cambridge
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts | 1987