Matthew K . Averett, PhD
Associate Professor

Contact
College of Arts and Sciences
Fine & Performing Arts
Art History
LECA - Lied Education Center for the Arts
Matthew K . Averett, PhD
Associate Professor
Research Focus
Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture,Gian Lorenzo Bernini,
Cities and Urbanism,
Urban and Architectural History of Rome,
Renaissance Art Literature and Artists’ Biographies
Department
Fine & Performing Arts
Position
Associate Professor
Articles
- Religions
Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605-1700
7:60 2016 - Routledge
“Introduction: The Early Modern Child in Art and History,” in Matthew Knox Averett (ed.) The Early Modern Child in Art and History. New York.. 2015 - Routledge
“Uncle Urban Raises the Barberini Nephews: Education and Expectatoins of Papal Nipote,” in Matthew Knox Averett (ed.) The Early Modern Child in Art and History. New York 2015 - Sixteenth Century Journal
'Redditus orbis erat': The Political Rhetoric of Bernini's Fountains in Piazza Barberini
45:1, p. 3-24 2014 - American Journal of Numismatics
The Annual Medals of Pope Urban VIII Barberini
25, p. 303-331 2013 - Discoveries
Barberini Political Identity and Utilitarian Architecture in the Rome of Urban VIII
29:1 2012 - Journal of Religion and Society
Bernini’s Triton Fountain: War and Fountains in the Rome of Urban VIII
Supplement 8, p. 119-132 2012 - Zeitschrift fur Kunstgeschichte
Becoming Giorgio Cornaro: Titian’s Portrait of a Man with a Falcon
74:4, p. 559-568 2011
Editing and Reviews
- Routledge
The Early-Modern Child in Art and History, editor and contributor. New York. 2015 - CAA Reviews
Genevieve Warwick (2013), Bernini: Art as Theatre. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett 2013 - Sixteenth Century Journal
Sarah McPhee (2013) Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett.
44:2, p. 602-603 2013 - Renaissance Quarterly
Franco Mormando. Bernini: His Life and His Rome and The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Domenico Bernini: A Translation and Critical Edition, with Introduction and Commentary. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett
65:2, p. 532-534 2012 - CAA Reviews
Snodin and Llewellyn. Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett. 2011 - Sixteenth Century Journal
David M. Unger (2010) Guercino's Paintings and His Patron's Politics in Early Modern Italy. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett.
42:3, p. 777-778 2011 - CAA Reviews
Lisa A. Banner. The Religious Patronage of the Duke of Lerma, 1598-1621. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett 2010
Presentations
- "Cum nimis absurdum: Jews and the Urbanism of Oppression in Early-Modern Europe," Nürnberg 2017: Juden, Christen und Muslime im Zeitalter der Reformation, Nuremberg, Germany. 2017
- vigilat qui custodit eam: The Annual Medals of Pope Innocent XII. Kripke Center Annual Symposium, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2016
- "glorioso e celebre al Mondo: Bernini, Fame, and Numismatics," Sixty-second Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America Meetings, Boston, MA. 2016
- "The Education of the Early-Modern Girl in Art and History," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha. 2015
- "Becoming Giorgio Cornaro: Titians Portrait of a Man with a Falcon," The Wilson Memorial Lecture Series, University of Nebraska Omaha. 2014
- "Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605-1700," Sixtieth Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America Meetings, New York, NY. 2014
- "Poverty and Charity in the Rome of Pope Urban VIII," Early Modern Rome 2 Conference, Rome, Italy. 2013
- "Titians Madonna of the Rabbit," Exploring the Renaissance 2013: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Omaha, NE. 2013
- "Numismatic Art at the Intersection of Familial and Papal Politics," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha. 2012
- "Jesuits and the Arts," Catholic Comment Podcast, Center for Catholic Thought, Creighton University. 23 April 2012. http://cucatholicctr.org/2012/04/jesuits-and-the-arts/ 2012
- "Barberini Politics and the Annuale Medals of Pope Urban VIII," Fifty-Eighth Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. 2012
- "Architecture and the Politics of Utility in Barberini Rome," Exploring the Renaissance 2012: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, New Orleans, LA. 2012
- "Gianlorenzo Berninis Fontana del Tritone: War and Fountains in the Rome of Urban VIII," Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2011
- "Titians Portrait of Giorgio Cornaro with a Falcon," Joslyn Late til 8: Raptor Rapture: An Evening of Renaissance Falconry, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. 2010
- "Falconry in the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance," CU at Joslyn Lecture Series, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. 2010
- "Secrecy and the Renaissance Artist," Exploring the Renaissance 2010: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Corpus Christi, TX. 2010
- "The Piazza Barberini: Claiming a Space in Baroque Rome," Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference, Omaha, NE. 2010
- "The Perfect Courtier: Titians Portrait of Giorgio Cornaro with a Falcon," Exploring the Renaissance 2009: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Hot Springs, AR. 2009
- "The Nicosia Master Plan: Bi-communal Urban Planning and Peace Building in the Divided Capital of Cyprus. Faculty Friday, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2009
- "Secrecy and Revelation in the Character, Art, and Career of Gianlorenzo Bernini," The Secret Spaces of Early Modern Europe Symposium, University of Southern California/Huntington Library Early Modern Studies Institute, Los Angeles, CA. 2009
- "La Dolce Vita and the Via Veneto, Rome," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha. 2007
- "Society and Architecture in Crusader Cyprus," Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict International Symposium, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. 2006