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Katherine Bentz is a Professor of Art History in the Fine Arts Department at Saint Anselm College. Her research focuses on Renaissance and early modern European art, particularly Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture, with an emphasis on gardens, art collecting, and the intersection of medicine and architecture. She has held academic positions at Columbia University, Emory University, and Penn State University, and has been a visiting scholar at institutions like Harvard’s Villa I Tatti. Her work has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, The Getty Research Institute, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Her current book project, *Gardens as Green Medicine: Prelates and Health in Early Modern Rome*, explores how Counter-Reformation cardinals used villa gardens to maintain health and political stability. She has received prestigious awards, including the 2016 Landscape History Essay Prize and the 2018 Penn State Alumni Award. Her teaching spans courses on art history, architecture, and interdisciplinary topics like *The Science of Art and Artifacts*.
Bentz’s research highlights gardens as spaces of social, political, and health-related significance, integrating medical history, environmental studies, and art theory. She has organized conferences on topics such as rivalries among cardinals and the role of gardens in early modern Rome’s cultural life, contributing to interdisciplinary dialogues in art and architectural history.
