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Dr. Bryan C. Keene

About Dr. Bryan C. Keene

Bryan C. Keene teaches art history at Riverside City College. Prior to that he was a curator in the Department of Manuscripts at Getty Museum. He specializes in Italian manuscript illumination and the global Middle Ages, with a particular focus on the nexus of Afro-Eurasian book culture, portable objects, and materials.

Keith Haring, Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death, 1989. New York, Whitney Museum of American Ar

An Art History of Gender Identity and ...

LGBTQ+ history is remembered through centuries of artistic creation.

Art, Pride, and the Rainbow Flag

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene, David Bardeen, Dr. David Brafman, Sarah Cooper, Dr. Mazie Harris, Arpad Kovacs, Casey Lee, Pietro Rigolo and David Saunders

Faith, science, and stargazing influenced everyday decisions in the Middle Ages.

Written in the Stars: Astronomy and Astrology ...

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene

Nestorian stele, 781, limestone, h. 279 cm. (Xi'an, Beilin Museum) — There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Coming Soon: From the Atlantic to the ...

Illuminated Gospel — There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Coming Soon: Bound, Rolled, & Folded: Premodern ...

The Ascension of Christ (detail) from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, attributed to Pacino di Bonaguida, about 1340, tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Ms. 80a (2005.26), verso https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/225262/pacino-di-bonaguida-leaf-from-the-laudario-of-sant'agnese-italian-about-1340/ — The Laudario of Sant'Agnese is one of the most important examples of early Renaissance illumination and it was decorated by two of the most sought-after workshops at the time.

Laudario of Sant’Agnese

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene

Folios from a Qur’an, Shiraz, Iran, 1550–75 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.2010.54.1). — What do we mean by a global Middle Ages?

A Global Middle Ages through the Pages ...

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene

nitial A: Saints Maurice and Theofredus, about 1460–80, Frate Nebridio. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 91, recto — Taking a queer lens to medieval and Renaissance images reveals the fluidity of gender and sexual identity beyond reductive labels.

Coming Out: Queer Erasure and Censorship from ...

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene and Rheagan Martin

A brief introduction to famous African rulers and their impact on medieval and Renaissance European culture

Images of African Kingship, Real and Imagined

by Dr. Kristen Collins and Dr. Bryan C. Keene

Luxury objects from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia—including illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, and gems—reveal how cultures have conceptualized paradise.

Visions of Paradise in a Global Middle ...

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene

Folios from a Qur’an, Shiraz, Iran, 1550–75 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.2010.54.1). — What do we mean by a global Middle Ages (or medieval period)?

A Global Middle Ages through the Pages ...

by Dr. Bryan C. Keene