Amy Dempsey

Amy Dempsey
Born	22 December 1963
Alma mater	Courtauld Institute of Art
Occupation	Author
Academic career
Thesis	The friendship of America and France: A new internationalism, 1961–1965

Amy Jo Dempsey FRSA (born 1963) is an independent scholar and art historian. Her book Styles, schools and movements (2002) has received two editions and has been translated into several languages.

Early life

Amy Dempsey was born in Minneapolis, MN on 22 December 1963. She lived in 17 different places in the United States before the age of 10. ^[1] She studied at Hunter College in New York under Rosalind Krauss before receiving her PhD from the Courtauld Institute in London on the subject of The Friendship of America and France: A New Internationalism, 1961–1965. ^[2]

Writing

Dempsey's first art history book was Styles, Schools & Movements: The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art, published by Thames & Hudson in 2002, which has been translated into several languages. A second expanded edition was published in 2010. ^{[3] [4]} Her second book was Destination art (2006) on the subject of land art. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Selected publications

• Styles, schools and movements: The essential encyclopaedic guide to modern art. Thames & Hudson, 2002. (2nd edition 2010) ISBN   0500237883
• Art in the modern era: A guide to styles, schools, & movements. Abrams, 2002. (U.S. edition of Styles, Schools and Movements) ISBN   978-0810941724
• Destination art. Thames & Hudson, London, 2006. ISBN   9780500238325
• Museu Berardo: An itinerary. Thames & Hudson, London, 2007. (co-author) ISBN   978-0500287002

References

1. "Swimming – Land Art – Sicily". Excess Baggage , BBC Radio 4, 14 January 2012. (10m, 23s) Retrieved 21 May 2017.
2. The friendship of America and France : a new internationalism, 1961–1965. University of London. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
3. Styles, schools and movements. Destination Art. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
4. Styles, Schools and Movements. Thames & Hudson. Archived at archive.org 14 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
5. Review: Destination Art by Amy Dempsey; Topographies by John Sallis, Review by Glenn Parsons, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , Vol. 66, No. 3 (Summer, 2008), pp. 321–323.
6. Destination Art. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
7. Destination Art. Review by Michael S. Gant. metroactive, 24–30 January 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2017.

External links

• Amy Dempsey talking about Land Art on Excess Baggage, BBC Radio 4.