Professor Peter Stewart

peter stewart
Professor of Ancient Art, Director of the Classical Art Research Centre, Fellow, Wolfson College
Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies
01865 278082
peter.stewart@classics.ox.ac.uk

Qualifications: MA  MPhil  PhD (Cantab)

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-540X

Link to college page: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/peter-stewart

 

Academic Background

I was born in Belfast and read classics at Clare College, Cambridge. Before moving to Oxford in 2011, I was Reader in Classical Art and its Heritage at The Courtauld Institute of Art in London, where I served as Acting Dean in 2010-11. Previously I taught at Cambridge and at Reading University, where I was Lecturer in Classics and Curator of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology.

Research Interests

My personal research mainly lies in the fields of ancient sculpture, Roman provincial art, ancient Greek textile art, and connections between different art traditions of ancient Eurasia. My publications include, Statues in Roman Society: Representation and Response (Oxford, 2003); The Social History of Roman Art (Cambridge 2008); A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House (Oxford, 2020); and Gandharan Art and the Classical World: A Short Introduction (Oxford, 2023). As Director of the Classical Art Research Centre (CARC) I am responsible for its Beazley Archive and oversee its work on a range of subjects across the history of ancient art.

Research Keywords

Roman Sculpture, Greek Art, Roman Art, Wilton House, Collecting, Gandhara, Roman Provinces, Artistic Diffusion.

Teaching

Greek and Roman art and archaeology.

Publications