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David C. Parrish

Professor of Art History, Department of Visual and Performing Arts Office: PAO Hall
Office Phone: (765) 494-2760
Email: dparrish@purdue.edu

Specialization: Greco-Roman and Early Christian Art


EDUCATION

College: Cornell University, June, 1966
B.A., History. Post-B.A. courses, School of General Studies,
Columbia University, 1969

Graduate School: Department of Art History and Archaeology,
Columbia University
M.A., June, 1970; Ph.D., May, 1977, Classical Art History and Archaeology.

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

International Travel Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, for Colloquium in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997.

Election to Editorial Committee ("Comité scientifique: Latin et grec de l'Antiquité Tardive") of the international journal Antiquité Tardive (Late Antiquity), September, 1996.

International Travel Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, for Ephesos symposium in Vienna, November, 1995.

Re-elected Member of Administrative Council, Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA) and chosen as Treasurer, 1994.

Elected Member of the Administrative Council, Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), 1993.

Grant from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, to lecture at the École Normale Supérieure, and to collaborate with research team of the Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), June, 1992.

Faculty Research Development Grant, School of Liberal Arts, Purdue University, March-May, 1992.

Grant for collaborative research and publication of book on "Figural Mosaics of Roman Spain," given by Comite Conjunto Hispano-Norteamericano para la Cooperación Cultural y Educativa, June-August, 1989.

Grant-in-Aid, American Council of Learned Societies, for research on terrace-houses at Ephesos and their mosaic decoration, June-July, 1988.

International Travel Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, for AIEMA mosaic conference in Bath, September, 1987.

Fellowship from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, for research and collaboration with team of mosaic scholars, University of Paris-Sorbonne, January-March, 1987.

President, North American Branch of the Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), 1985-1989.

International Travel Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, for AIEMA mosaic conference in Trier, August, 1984.

American Editor, Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (published in Paris), 1981 to present.

Fellowship as Visiting Professor, University of Paris-Val de Marne, September-December, 1979.

Publication Grant, Indiana Arts Commission, 1978.

XL Faculty Research Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, June-August, 1977 (Tunisia).

PUBLICATIONS

Book:

Season Mosaics of Roman North Africa (series Archaeologica 46). Rome, 1984, Giorgio Bretschneider, 272 pp., 105 pls.

Articles in Print:

"Architectural Function and Decorative Programs in the Terrace Houses at Ephesos," Topoi: Orient-Occident 7/2 (1997), pp. 579-633.

"A Mythological Theme in the decoration of Late Roman Dining Rooms: Dionysos and his Circle." Revue Archéologique 1995/2nd fascicle (1996), pp. 307-332.

"The Mosaic of Aion and the Seasons from Haïdra (Tunisia): An Interpretation of Its Meaning and Importance." Antiquité Tardive 3 (1995), pp. 167-191.

"The Architectural Design and Interior Décor of Apartment I in Insula 2 at Ephesos." Mosaic: Acts of the Fifth International Colloquium on Roman Mosaics, Bath, England, 1987, Pt. II (Ann Arbor, 1995), pp. 143-158.

"Imagery of the Gods of the Week in Roman Mosaics." Antiquité Tardive 2 (1994), pp. 193-204.

"Variations in the Iconography of the Winter Season in Roman Mosaics." La mosaïque gréco-romaine IV (Acts of the Fourth International Colloquium on Roman Mosaics, Trier, Germany, 1984 (Paris, 1994), pp. 39-46.

"The Calendar Mosaic from Antioch: A New Interpretation of Its Illustrations of the Months." Acts of the Sixth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics, Palencia and Mérida, Spain, 1990 (Madrid, 1993), pp. 383-389.

"Menses" (the iconography of the Months of the Year in Greek and Roman Art). Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae VI.1, pp. 479-500; VI.2, pp. 266-271 (Zurich and Munich, 1993).

"A Mosaic of a Lion Attacking an Onager." Karthago 16 (1987), pp. 113-137.

"The Date of the Mosaics from Zliten." Antiquités Africaines 21 (1985), pp. 137-158.

"The Mosaic of Xenophon and the Seasons from Sbeitla (Tunisia)." Mosaïque; recueil d'hommages à Henri Stern (Paris, 1983), pp. 297-306.

"Annus." Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae I.1, pp. 799-800; I.2, pp. 645-646 (Zurich and Munich, 1981).

"Annus-Aion in Roman Mosaics." La mosaïque romaine tardive; l'iconographie du temps; les programmes iconographiques des maisons africaines (acts of a colloquium at the University of Paris-Val de Marne, December 1979) (Paris, 1981), pp. 11-25.

"The Mosaic Program of the 'Maison de la Procession dionysiaque' at El Jem." La mosaïque romaine tardive: l'iconographie du temps; les programmes iconographiques des maisons africaines (Paris, 1981), pp. 51-64.

"The Mosaic of Theodoulos from Sousse (Tunisia)." Hommages à Jean Lassus III (Antiquités Africaines 16) (Paris, 1980), pp. 229-239.

"Two Mosaics from Roman Tunisia: An African Variation of the Season Theme." American Journal of Archaeology 83 (1979), pp. 279-285.

Articles Accepted for Publication:

"Essai d'identification d'un atelier de mosaïstes à Antioche-sur l'Oronte" ("An Attempt to Identify a Mosaic Workshop at Antioch-on the-Orontes"), to appear in Acts of the Eighth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997 (Lausanne, 1998).

"House (or Wohneinheit) II in Hanghaus 2 at Ephesos: A Few Issues of Interpretation." To appear in Acts of international colloquium entitled 100 Years of Austrian Excavation in Ephesos, 1995 (Vienna, 1998).

"Late Roman Mosaics and Late Roman Silver: A Study in Iconography and Iconology." To appear in Actes du VIIe Colloque International sur la Mosaïque Antique. Tunis, 1994 (Tunis, 1998).

"Une bouteille en verre à sujet dionysiaque dans les collections du Louvre" ("A Glass Bottle of Dionysiac Content in the Collections of the Louvre"). To appear in Bulletin de la Société nationale des Antiquaires de France (1998).

"Mosaics of Western (Transalpine) Europe." To appear in Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology (1999).

"Mosaics of Turkey." To appear in Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology (1999).


Reviews in Refereed Journals of the Following Books:

Blázquez, J. M. Mosaicos romanos de España (Historia, Serie menor) (Madrid, 1993); review published in Bonner Jahrbücher 196 (1998), pp. 813-815.

Salzman, M.-R., On Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (Berkeley, 1990); review published in Antiquité Tardive 2 (1994), pp. 295-298.

Balmelle, C. et al., Xenia. Recherches franco-tunisiennes sur la mosaïque de l'Afrique antique 1 (Rome, 1990); review published in Journal of Roman Archaeology 6 (1993), pp. 446-448.

Ben Abed-Ben Khader, A., Corpus des mosaïques de Tunisie II.3. Thuburbo Majus, les mosaïques dans la région ouest (Tunis, 1987); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 97 (1993), pp. 590-591.

Blanchard-Lemée, M., Recueil général des mosaïques de la Gaule II.4 Province de Lyonnaise, Partie occidentale (Paris, 1991); review published in Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique 14 (1993), pp. 271-272.

Donderer, M., Die Mosaizisten der Antike und ihre wirtschaftliche und soziale Stellung: eine Quellenstudie (Erlangen Forschungen, Reihe A. Geisteswissenschaften 48) (Erlangen, 1989); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 96 (1992), pp. 186-187.

Campbell, S., The Mosaics of Antioch (Corpus of Mosaic Pavements in Turkey 4; Subsidia Mediaevalia 15) (Tornoto, 1988); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 94 (1990), pp. 516-517.

Balmelle, C., Recueil général des mosaïques de la Gaule IV.2. Province d'Aquitaine, Partie méridionale, suite (les pays gascons) (Paris, 1987); also Ovadiah, R. and Ovadiah, A., Mosaic Pavements in Israel. From the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Period (Bibliotheca Archaeologica 6) (Rome, 1987); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 93 (1989), pp. 157-158.

Balmelle, C. et al., Le décor géométrique dans la mosaïque romaine (Paris, 1985); also Blázquez, J. M. and Mezquiriz, M., Mosaicos romanos de Navarra (Corpus de Mosaicos de España VII) (Madrid, 1985); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 91 (1987), pp. 499-500.

Jobst, W. Römische Mosaiken in Salzburg (Vienna, 1982); review published in Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (1983), p. 49.

Darmon, J.-P., Nymfarum Domus; les pavements de la maison des Nymphes à Neapolis (Nabeul, Tunisie) et leur lecture (Études Préliminaires aux religions orientales dans l'empire romain 75) (Leiden, 1980); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 86 (1982), p. 462.

Brown, F., Cosa; The Making of a Roman Town (Jerome Lectures 13th ser.) (Ann Arbor, 1980); review published in American Institute of Architects Journal (November 1980), pp. 63-64.

Lavagne, H., Recueil général des mosaïques de la Gaule III.1. Province de Narbonnaise, Partie centrale (Paris, 1979); review published in Bulletin de l'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique 8.1 (1980), pp. 153-154.

Picard, G. Ch. et al., Recherches archéologiques franco-tunisiennes à Mactar I.1. La Maison de Vénus, Stratigraphies et étude des pavements (Collection de l'École Française de Rome 34) (Rome, 1977); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 84 (1980), pp. 255-256.

Baratte, F., Catalogue des mosaïques romaines et paléochrétiennes du Musée du Louvre (Paris, 1978); review published in American Journal of Archaeology 83 (1979), pp. 369-370.

RECENT SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Presentation (in French) at the Louvre Museum to the Société Nationale des Antiquaires de France (March 1996): "Une bouteille en verre à sujet dionysiaque dans les collections du Louvre" ("A Glass Bottle of Dionysiac Content in the Collections of the Louvre").

Paper given at the international congress on "100 Years of Austrian Excavations at Ephesos," held in Vienna, Austria (November 1995): "House (or Wohneinheit) 2 in Hanghaus 2 at Ephesos: A Few Issues of Interpretation." (This study will appear in the published Acts of the congress.)

Seminar (in French) at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris (May 1995), on the following subject: "Scènes de la vie d'Achille dans le décor domestique" ("Scenes of Achilles' life in Domestic Decoration").

Presentation (in French) in a round table at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris (March 1995), dealing with ancient Roman painting; title of my talk: "La peinture dans l'architecture privée, notamment à Éphèse."

Seminar at the Sorbonne (February 1995) and at the University of Freiburg, Germany (May 1995), and later made into an article: "A Mythological Theme in the Decoration of Late Roman Dining Rooms: Dionysos and His Circle."

TRAVEL AND EXCAVATIONS

1990-1998: During summers, extensive archaeological research at various sites in Western Turkey and on the island of Cos.

June, 1994: Research at Roman and Early-Byzantine mosaic sites in Syria.

Parts of summers from 1987-1994: Field research of the Roman terrace houses at Ephesos, Turkey; also research in the archaeological museum at Antioch, and at the sites of Pergamon, Turkey, and Cos, Greece.

June, 1985; July, 1986: Library research in Rome, Italy.

November, 1979: Museum research in Tunisia.

June-July, 1977: Excavation at Carthage, Tunisia, with the team from the University of Michigan; also research at other archaeological sites in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

August-September, 1971: Archaeological survey of Roman season mosaics and Roman tower tombs in Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, and Morocco; also museum research in London.

February-July, 1971: Mosaic excavation at Utica, Tunisia, for the Corpus des Mosaïques de Tunisie; also visits to other Roman and Punic sites in Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya.

May-July, 1970: Excavation at Cosa, Italy; also post-excavation visits to other Roman and Etruscan sites in Italy.

July-August, 1968: Visits to archaeological sites in Greece and Turkey.

EMPLOYMENT

August, 2003 to present

 Professor of Art History,
Department of Visual and Performing Arts,
Purdue University

February, 1979 to July,  2003

Associate Professor of Art History,
Department of Visual and Performing Arts,
Purdue University

August, 1973-January, 1979

Assistant Professor of Art History
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Purdue University

July, 1972-June, 1973

Curator, Slide Collection
Department of Art History and Archaeology,
Columbia University

July, 1966-June, 1968

English Teacher, U.S. Peace Corps,
Tunis, Tunisia