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OK Werckmeister

Mary Jane Crowe Professor Emeritus

Ph.D. 1958, Freie Universität Berlin
O. K. Werckmeister (Ph.D. 1958, Freie Universität Berlin; Mary Jane Crowe Professor Emeritus) has been working on medieval art, the art of the 20th century, and the theory of culture and of art-historical scholarship. His most recent books are Citadel Cultureand Icons of the Left. His current research is focused on the political histories of Romanesque art and of European art during the Great Depression, especially the art of the totalitarian regimes in Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany.