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Meredith Cohen
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'''Meredith Cohen''' (born 1975) is an American [[curator]] and art history educator. Her work focuses on [[Medieval Europe]], archaeology of buildings, production and reception of art and architecture, uses and functions of structures and spaces, conservation theory and historiography. Cohen obtained her Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] and joined the Department of Art History at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] in 2010 after having spent a decade conducting research and teaching at universities in England and France.
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== Career ==
In 2010, she curated (with Xavier Dectot) an exhibition on medieval Paris at the [[Musée de Cluny|Musée national du Moyen-Âge]]—Thermes de Cluny, titled ''Paris, ville rayonnante ("Paris, Rayonnant City")'' (ed. RMN, 2010),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 5, expected 1)</ref> and she remains a consultant for exhibitions in France at the Cluny and the [[Louvre-Lens]]. She has published articles on the [[Sainte-Chapelle]] in Speculum and Res. Other articles and book reviews have addressed medieval Paris, the "Court Style," and French royal history. She has edited a series of interdisciplinary volumes on medieval history and culture, beginning with ''Difference and Identity in France and Medieval Francia'' (with Justine Firnhaber Baker) (Ashgate, 2010)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 1)</ref>, followed by ''Memory in Medieval France'' (with Elma Brenner and Mary Franklin-Brown) (Ashgate, 2013)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 4, expected 1)</ref>, and Medieval Constructions of Space (with Fanny Madeline) (Ashgate, 2014).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Her most recent book, a monograph entitled ''The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris'' was published by [[Cambridge University Press]] in 2015.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>
Her current research project, titled ''Paris Past and Present'', aims to digitally reconstruct the lost monuments of medieval Paris in 3D, an enterprise that brings together undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers as well as international collaborators. The team is currently completing an archaeologically accurate digital reconstruction of the lost thirteenth-century cloister, refectory, and lady chapel (built by the famous architect [[Pierre de Montreuil]]) from the abbey of [[Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés|Saint-Germain des Prés]] in Paris.<ref> UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology|website=ioa.ucla.edu|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
Cohen was a critical voice during the fire at [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre Dame Cathedral]] and made international headlines. Cohen explained to [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] that the building is "the origin of our concept of Paris as a center of art and culture." It was constructed over the course of three centuries, beginning in 1160, and "symbolically transformed the city into the center of European culture during the medieval period through its display of the new and innovative Gothic architecture and its singular architectural and artistic ambition." Speaking to [[National Geographic]] about the wooden structure, dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries, Cohen added that it was a "rare example of medieval engineering." She also stated that the cathedral's choir might be missing some key features, including some sculptures and graffiti that medieval worshippers etched into the choir stalls.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Los|last2=Regents|first2=CA 90095 University of California © 2019 UC|date=2019-04-22|website=Humanities Division - UCLA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
== Published works[edit] ==
* ''The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris''. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
* Co-author, ''Paris, Ville Rayonnante''. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2010.
* Co-editor (with Fanny Madeline), ''Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies''. Ashgate Publishing, 2010.
* Co-editor (with Elma Brenner and Mary Franklin-Brown) ''Memory in Medieval France'', Ashgate Publishing 2013.
* Co-editor (with Justine Firnhaber-Baker), ''Difference and Identity in Francia and Medieval'' International Medieval Society of Paris. Ashgate, 2010.
== References ==
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== Career ==
In 2010, she curated (with Xavier Dectot) an exhibition on medieval Paris at the [[Musée de Cluny|Musée national du Moyen-Âge]]—Thermes de Cluny, titled ''Paris, ville rayonnante ("Paris, Rayonnant City")'' (ed. RMN, 2010),<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 5, expected 1)</ref> and she remains a consultant for exhibitions in France at the Cluny and the [[Louvre-Lens]]. She has published articles on the [[Sainte-Chapelle]] in Speculum and Res. Other articles and book reviews have addressed medieval Paris, the "Court Style," and French royal history. She has edited a series of interdisciplinary volumes on medieval history and culture, beginning with ''Difference and Identity in France and Medieval Francia'' (with Justine Firnhaber Baker) (Ashgate, 2010)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 1)</ref>, followed by ''Memory in Medieval France'' (with Elma Brenner and Mary Franklin-Brown) (Ashgate, 2013)<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 4, expected 1)</ref>, and Medieval Constructions of Space (with Fanny Madeline) (Ashgate, 2014).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Her most recent book, a monograph entitled ''The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris'' was published by [[Cambridge University Press]] in 2015.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 1)</ref>
Her current research project, titled ''Paris Past and Present'', aims to digitally reconstruct the lost monuments of medieval Paris in 3D, an enterprise that brings together undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral researchers as well as international collaborators. The team is currently completing an archaeologically accurate digital reconstruction of the lost thirteenth-century cloister, refectory, and lady chapel (built by the famous architect [[Pierre de Montreuil]]) from the abbey of [[Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés|Saint-Germain des Prés]] in Paris.<ref> UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology|website=ioa.ucla.edu|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
Cohen was a critical voice during the fire at [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre Dame Cathedral]] and made international headlines. Cohen explained to [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] that the building is "the origin of our concept of Paris as a center of art and culture." It was constructed over the course of three centuries, beginning in 1160, and "symbolically transformed the city into the center of European culture during the medieval period through its display of the new and innovative Gothic architecture and its singular architectural and artistic ambition." Speaking to [[National Geographic]] about the wooden structure, dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries, Cohen added that it was a "rare example of medieval engineering." She also stated that the cathedral's choir might be missing some key features, including some sculptures and graffiti that medieval worshippers etched into the choir stalls.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref> Los|last2=Regents|first2=CA 90095 University of California © 2019 UC|date=2019-04-22|website=Humanities Division - UCLA|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-24}}</ref>
== Published works[edit] ==
* ''The Sainte-Chapelle and the Construction of Sacral Monarchy: Royal Architecture in Thirteenth-Century Paris''. Cambridge University Press, 2015.
* Co-author, ''Paris, Ville Rayonnante''. Réunion des musées nationaux, 2010.
* Co-editor (with Fanny Madeline), ''Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies''. Ashgate Publishing, 2010.
* Co-editor (with Elma Brenner and Mary Franklin-Brown) ''Memory in Medieval France'', Ashgate Publishing 2013.
* Co-editor (with Justine Firnhaber-Baker), ''Difference and Identity in Francia and Medieval'' International Medieval Society of Paris. Ashgate, 2010.
== References ==
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