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Dr. David Drogin

Dr. David Drogin has been a professor in the History of Art Department at SUNY’s Fashion Institute of Technology since 2004 and has previously taught at Wesleyan University, Harvard and Yale. A specialist in Italian Renaissance art, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

A-level: Quarrying and carving marble
A-level: Quarrying and carving marble
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
A-level: Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings
A-level: Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Quarrying and carving marble
Quarrying and carving marble
by Beth Harris and Dr. David Drogin
Benvenuto Cellini, <em>Perseus with the Head of Medusa</em>
Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the Head of Medusa
by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. David Drogin
Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings
Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts and engravings
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Quarrying and carving marble
Quarrying and carving marble
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Leonardo, Letter to the Duke of Milan
Leonardo, Letter to the Duke of Milan
by Dr. David Drogin
Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi)
Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi)
by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. David Drogin
Fra Fillippo Lippi, <em>Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement</em>
Fra Fillippo Lippi, Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, and Giovanni Pisano, Pulpit, Sant’Andrea church, Pistoia
Nicola Pisano, Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery, and Giovanni Pisano, Pulpit, Sant’Andrea church, Pistoia
by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. David Drogin
Andrea Pisano, Reliefs for the Florence Campanile
Andrea Pisano, Reliefs for the Florence Campanile
by Dr. David Drogin and Dr. Beth Harris
Guercino, <em>St. Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin</em>
Guercino, St. Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin
by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. David Drogin

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