Associate Professor of Art History
Phone: 903.566.7484
Email: elisot@uttyler.edu
Building: ARC 116
Department: Art And Art History
Elizabeth Lisot-Nelson
Degrees
- PhD., The University of Texas, Dallas
- M.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
- B.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder
Biography
Dr. Lisot-Nelson specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art history, and also teaches courses on women in art, ancient Greek, Roman, early Christian, Medieval, Latin American and Islamic art. Her research interests include aesthetics, Catholic devotional imagery and post-migration theory, particularly artworks representing marginalized populations such as illegitimate children, ebrei italiani, conversos, moriscos, refugees, slaves and servants. Prior to her tenure at UTT, Dr. Lisot-Nelson was a visiting assistant professor with the University of Dallas at their Rome campus where she guided students on educational tours within Italy and Greece. Her doctoral dissertation on Federico Barocci was under the direction of Deborah Stott at the University of Texas, Dallas, and her master’s thesis at the University of Colorado, Boulder, was chaired by Claire Farago.
Research Statement
Recent publications include: “The Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael’s Donna Velata and La Fornarina” in Renaissance Papers, Boydell & Brewer Ltd., forthcoming fall 2023; “Refugees of War: Federico Barocci’s Aeneas Fleeing Troy, Classical Antecedents to Contemporary Issues” Konsthistorisk Tidskrift / Journal of Art History, Vol. 89, Issue 1 (2020): 33-56; “Sculpting and Human Rights: An Exploration of Fasasi Abeedeen Tunde’s Works in Italy” in The Art of Human Rights: Commingling Art, Human Rights and the Law in Africa, eds. Romola Adeola and Frans Viljoen, 103-130, Springer Publishing, 2020; "Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644 AD) at St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza Barberini, and Palazzo Barberini" in People and Places of Rome, ed. Peter Hatlie, Arc Humanities Press, 2019; and a chapter, “Bleeding Bodies and Bondage: Signifiers of Illegitimacy in Ghirlandaio's Adoration of the Magi and Andrea della Robbia's Tondi at the Ospedale degli Innocenti, Florence,” in Monsters and Borders in the Early Modern Imagination, eds. Jana L Byars and Hans Broedel, Routledge Press, 2018.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson presents academic papers on artists such as Federico Barocci, Raphael, Titian, Ghirlandaio, Pontormo and Velázquez at scholarly venues including the Renaissance Society of America annual meetings, Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, SECAC, New College and Southeastern Renaissance Conferences. She has published book reviews in The Renaissance Quarterly, The Sixteenth Century Journal, Renaissance and Reformation journal and the Canadian Journal of History. Dr. Lisot-Nelson is a member of the Medici Digital Archive Project community, has participated in a paleography and archival study seminar in Florence, and conducted research at Archivio di Stato di Siena, Archivio e Museo degli Ospedale Innocenti, Florence, and at the Vatican Library. She is the recipient of two UT Tyler Faculty Research Scholarship Awards and a Global Awareness Through Education (GATE) Faculty Liaison Development Grant.
Recent academic paper presentations include: “Hidden in Plain Sight: Moriscos and Conversos in the Paintings and Life of Diego Velázquez,” in panel session “The Morisco World,” at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 2024; “The Jewish Bride and Oriental Concubine: Raphael’s Donna Velata and La Fornarina” for SRC (online), Sept. 2022; and “Servants, Spinners and Slaves: Social Status in Las Hilanderas (1655-60) by Velázquez” at SECAC, Baltimore, Oct. 2022.
Dr. Lisot-Nelson is authoring a book, Mexican Folk Art Explored: Laura and Dan Boeckman Collection at the Tyler Museum of Art, and editing a volume with contributions from various scholars, including herself, titled:Family Matters: Spiritual and Maternal Connections in European Art and Patronage. This volume explores the ways in which familial connections during the medieval and Early Modern periods resulted in profound expressions of sacrifice, generosity, compassion and grief though the visual arts.
At UTT, in addition to teaching classes, Dr. Lisot-Nelson supervises students working on their Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in art history, and directs student theses within her areas of specialization.