Curriculum Vitae of Robert A. Baron
Arts Information Consultant
specializing in museum and image systematics
intellectual property advocacy
selected topics in Renaissance book illustration
monalisiana

Robert A. Baron
P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538
Last edit: 9/18/2009

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Education | Employment & Academic Affiliations
Publications, Papers and other Professional Activities
Fine Art Photography


Education top


Employment and Academic Affiliations top
  • Arts Information Consultant - to present
  • College Art Association, Committee on Intellectual Property, February, 1998 - February 2003
    • Chair
  • Academic Image Cooperative (Digital Library Federation), April 1999 - 2000
    • Project Manager
  • Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, May - September 1993
    • Contract Collection Management Consultant
  • University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, January 1990 - February 1990
    • Contract Collection Management Consultant
  • J. Paul Getty Trust, Art History Information Program (AHIP), October 1985 - January 1987
    • Museum Prototype Project, Research Associate
  • The Art Museum, Princeton University, October 1985 - January 1987
    • Visiting Fellow and Museum Computer Consultant
  • California State University, Fullerton, September 1973 - January 1979
    • Assistant Professor in Art History
    • Seminars: European Mannerism, Rembrandt, France in the Seventeenth century.
    • Lectures: The Baroque in Italy, The Baroque in Holland and Flanders, Greek Architecture and Sculpture, The History of Architecture from Greece through the Renaissance, Introduction to Art History.
  • College Art Association of America, Spring 1973
    • CAA Educational Lantern Slide Project: Researcher
  • Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, 1969
    • Adjunct Instructor, Art History Survey

Publications, Papers, Presentations and other Professional Activities top

Published, Presented or Completed:

Other Professional Activities:


Works and Projects in Progress:

  • Editor: "Q&A on Copyright. A guide for members of the College Art Association," presented by the CAA Committee on Intellectual Property.
  • Editor: "The Portland and Toronto Town Meetings: Copyright Law in the Digital World: Fair Use, Education and Libraries after CONFU." For Visual Resources.
  • "Scholarly Citations, Rights & Reproductions, Photo Archives: Automated Systems for Museums." (In progress, but published here in draft.
  • "Choosing Museum Collection Management Software: The Systems Analysis: Its Methods, Functions and Benefits." Unpublished, published in draft.
  • Feature and Requirement Survey for Fine Arts Data Projects. A checklist of systems requirements for small museums. (Unpublished. Requires format translations to publish.)

Larger Projects:

  • "The Bernard Salomon Project:" An effort to publish on the World Wide Web, all the graphic works of the 16th C. French book illustrator, Bernard Salomon. As of 2/2003, Aesop cycle (nearly complete, all in draft).
  • The Illustrated Bartsch: No. 65. Bernard Salomon. Abaris Books, Norfolk, CT.

Scholarly subjects in research:

  • Illusion and Metaphor in Rubens's Triumph of the Eucharist cycle.
  • Narrative and Emblem in Bernard Salomon's illustrations for the Old Testament.
  • Illustrations for Petrarch's Trionfi in Renaissance France. See abstract.

Works Cited (selected list):

  • Barbara Feldman, "Surfing the Net with Kids," Syndicated Column. Leonardo da Vinci, December 25, 2002: Mona Lisa Images for a Modern World. Rating: "Spectacular".
  • Tyler T. Ochoa, "Origins and Meanings of the Public Domain," (draft: 11/25/2002), n. 245).
  • Kathleen Connolly Butler, "Keeping the World Safe from Naked-Chicks-in-Art Refrigerator Magnets: The Plot to Control Art Images in the Public Domain through Copyrights in Photographic and Digital Reproductions," in Comm/Ent: Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Fall 1998), p. 55 ff. Cites "Digital Fever," and Copyright and Fair Use issue of Visual Resources, throughout.
  • Mike Wallace. Mickey Mouse History and other Essays on American Memory, Temple University Press, 1996, pp. 114, 125, 129. (Refers to museum-l post on "Why people go to museums.") See also here, visited 2/10/03.
  • Spectra, Vol 24. no.3 (Spring 1997), pp. 51-3. Review of Copyright & Fair Use: The Great Image Debate.
  • CAA NEWS, May/June 1997. Review of Copyright & Fair Use: The Great Image Debate.
  • Illinois Heritage Association On-Line. January 25, 1998. (Website reviewed.)


Academic and Scholarly Interests/Experience:

  • Graduate Study:
    • Major field: Art of Europe in the Seventeenth Century.
    • Minor field: Art of Europe during the Renaissance.
  • Dissertation Subject:
    • Graphic Art of Bernard Salomon: The illustrated book in Renaissance Lyon.  Dissertation under direction of Colin Eisler of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.  Unfinished/in process.
  • Masters Papers:
    • The Iconography of Georges de la Tour's Berlin Saint Sebastian
    • George Grosz: The Fat and the Thin

Graduate Coursework:

  • Lectures:
    Egyptian Art (Bothmer).  Hellenistic Sculpture (Blanckenhagen). Early Christian Art (Buchthal). Carolingian Art (Bober). Romanesque Sculpture in France (Bober). Illuminated Manuscripts of the Later Middle Ages (Bober). Italian Early Renaissance Sculpture (Janson). Florentine Fifteenth-Century Art (Eisler). Netherlandish Fifteenth-Century Painting (Eisler). Fifteenth-Century German Painters (Sterling). Sixteenth-Century Italian Baroque Painting (Posner). Italian Sculpture of the Seventeenth Century (Lavin, audit). Poussin and Seventeenth-Century French Painting (Posner). French Seventeenth-Century Painting (Costello, audit). British Painting of the Late 18th Century (Rosenblum). English Painting (1800-1970) (Schiff). Impressionism to Cubism (Goldwater).

  •  Seminars and Topics:
    Colin Eisler, "Michelangelo Problems," Topic: Michelangelo's influence in the North: Rosso's
    Galerie François Ier.  Kathleen Weil-Garris Posner, "Problems in Early Cinquecento Painting and Sculpture,"  Topic:  The development of the painted enframement in major 16th-century Roman fresco decoration.  Jane Costello, "Rubens Problems,"  Topic: Rubens's Hunts.  Jane Costello, "Georges de la Tour and the le Nain," Topic: Georges de La Tour's Berlin Saint Sebastian.  Ann Harris (at Columbia University), "Poussin and Claude," Topic: Poussin's use of architecture.  Robert Goldwater, "Criticism Seminar," Topic:  The art criticism of Joris-Karl Huysmans.  Jane Costello, "Poussin" (audit).  Colin Eisler, "Transmission of Style in the art of the Northern Renaissance" (audit, 1985).

Professional Memberships:

American Association of Museums, Registrar's Committee of the AAM. College Art Association, CAA Committee on Intellectual Property (2/98). Museum Computer Network, Small Museum Interest Group, Art Museum Interest Group, Intellectual Property Interest Group. Renaissance Society of America. Visual Resources Association. National Coalition of Independent Scholars. Art Historians on the Web.


Fine Art Photography top

Link to Competition Photography and Awards (last updated 1/07)

Memberships:

Westchester Photographic Society
(from 9/2003; board of directors and editor of newsletter, from 4/05 to 4/07)

Mamamorneck Artists' Guild, as "Active Member" (from 5/06)

Papers and Presentations:

What’s Wrong with the way we judge Competition photography, and how did it get that way, December 2006. (Published on-line, here.) [Tracing the origins of the so-called "rules" of composition to Wolfflin's "Principles of Art History."]

Exhibits:  2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

2010

  • Northern Westchester Hospital: Theme: "A Place to Dream," work: "The Raft at Quisisana."

  • Mamaroneck Artists' Guild: "The Landscape" 1/21 - 2/6/2010

  • Mt. Kisco Public Library: Marriott Hotel, San Francisco (2/1 - 2/27/2010)

  • Jewish Community Center, Scarsdale, NY: 1) A Quisisana Evening, 2) "The Storm" (The Raft at Quisisana)

  • Eclectic Quintet (at the Ossining Public Library) 1) Marin County Civic Center - 14 images, 2) Huntington Library San Marino, garden sculpture - 6 images

  • Mt. Kisco Cancer Center: Theme: "My Favorite Places and Things," Bookcase and shelves.

  • Larchmont Public Library (7/2010 and 8/2010): "Second Place Pig"

  • MAG: Theme: "Pet Rescue" - "Second Place Pig." & "I Always Knew She Loved Me" (pendant to 2nd pl pig)

  • New York Visual Resources Association (Donation): Guggenheim Museum fish-eye view (Frank Lloyd Wright). See below:

  • Mamaroneck Artists' Guild: Active Member Awards Show: "In Focus" - Guggenheim Museum, fish-eye view: First Place Photography.

  • ART in ARCHITECTURE: The Exhibit of an International Juried Competition, 9/11 - 10/30, 2010.   Juried by Michael Graves, James Steward & Sassona Norton at the Somerset Art Association, Bedminister, N.J.. Theme: Relationship between Art & Architecture: Robert Baron's image:  "The Rotunda as Museum: Art, Space and Symbolism."
     

2009

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  • Mamaroneck Artists' Guild" bin works: Which Way Up; Marin County Civic Center; Georgia's Dream #2; The Gates by Christo; Monument Valley (sold);

  • Mamaroneck Artists' Guild: "A gift of art" - Autumn at Rockefeller State Park

  • Greenberg Public Library: "Agave," and "Close Encounter"

  • Ossining Library (10/3 - 10/31/09): Embarcadero and Marin County Civic Center, Spire (Frank Lloyd Wright).

  • The Art Barn Gallery, exhibit. From 2/2/09 to 2/28/09. Two works exhibited:"Dark Planet," and "Five Rings."

  • Jewish Community Center of Scarsdale. Exhibit on topic "Color." From 3/1/09 to 4/11/09. Two works exhibited. "Quisisana Sunset," and "At Arthur Ashe Stadium."

  • Northern Westchester Hospital, Cancer Center. Topic: "Warm and Furry Animals." From 5/11/09. One work entered: "Second Place Pig."

  • Film Credit: Two still works used in "Sherman's Way," with credit. Distributed before 7/20/09. Theme: two views of Central Park.

  • Photography sale to Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, NY. Three images sold for art gallery: "Autumn in Cold Spring," "Quisisana Sunset" and "Agave, #1." Resized to display at. 3x4 feet.

  • Mamaroneck Artists' Guild, Summer Show: 8/17/09 to 8/29/09. Exhibited: "Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco."

  • Hudson Valley Hospital, Exhibit honoring 400th year of Hudson's voyage. Theme: 17th and 18th Architecture showing Dutch, English and French roots. From 8/31/09 to 12/29/09. Exhibited: Two works showing Thomas Paine's Cottage in New Rochelle.

  • "Views of New York City," at Iona College Art Gallery, New Rochelle. From 8/28/09 to 10/1/09. Two works exhibited: "Guggenheim Museum" and "MMA Sculpture Court." In conjunction with this, selected to discuss issues relative to producing Black & White photography to visitors and students.

  • Ossining Library. Exhibit from 10/3/09 to 10/31/09. Two works shown: "Pier 7, Embarcadero, San Francisco" and "Spire from Marin County Civic Center," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

  • 10/09: Thomas Paine Cottage, New Rochelle, arranged for four of my photographs to be exhibited on loan in Thetford, England, Paine's birthplace.

  • 11/3/09 to 11/21/09: Mamaroneck Artists' Guild: Solo Exhibit: "Against the Grain," containing approximately 70 images mostly relating to architecture, in five groups: 1. The Marin County Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 2) Yerba Buena Park and its adjacent Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 3) Views of the Griffith Observatory, San Francisco, 4) Views of the Golden Gate Park Conservatory, and 5) Garden sculpture from the great lawn at the Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA.

2008
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild - "Blue, Blue, Blue" - Arthur Ashe Stadium,
1/17/09
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild - A Gift of Art Show: "In the Woods at Adams Corners." 11/19/08
The Eclectic Quintet, Ossining Public Library.
Five-person group show. Ten works on view. From 1/2008.
Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1/5/08 to 1/31/08. Four works on view.
"Portrait of a City," Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, Ossining, NY. 1/12/2008 to 2/23/2008. Two works shown.
Larchmont Public Library, 3/1/08 to 3/29/08. Two works shown.
"Set in Stone," an exhibit sponsored by the Westchester Arts Council Folk Arts Exhibit. Jury selected three works, had two enlarged to 3x4 feet for special display and held by WAC. From 3/1/08 to 3/29/08.
Jewish Community Center, Scarsdale, NY. Theme: "Reflections" 3/8/08 to 4/19/08. Three works selected.
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild, exhibit "She," One work exhibited.
Northern Westchester Hospital, Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center. 5/12/08 to 12/08. One work selected.
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild, exhibit "All that Jazz," 7/15/08 to 8/2/08. One work exhibited.
Somers Library, 8/30/08 to 9/27/08. Two works shown.
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild Marie Hinrich's Memorial Reward, 1st place photography for SFMoMA view of skylight. Annual "Active" member juried show.
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild. "Blue, Blue, Blue." One work entered. 1/17/09.
Ossining Library, the WPS exhibit: Two works entered. 11/1/08 to 11/29/08.
Northern Westchester Hospital, Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center. 12/8/09 through 5/11/09. "Open Mind" exhibit. Two works entered.
Jewish Community Center. Theme "Color."

2007
Rye Free Reading Room, 1/7/07 - 2/16/07
Yonkers Downtown Development BID, 1/10/07 - 2/28/07, "The Quintessential Photographers" (invitational)
Jewish Community Center, Scarsdale, NY,  2/6/07 - 3/15/07, "Altered Realities" (invitational).
Pound Ridge (Hyram Halle Library), 3/3/07 - 4/14/07
Mamaroneck Artists Guild at White Plains Library, 3/12/07 - 6/4/07
Yonkers Downtown Development BID, 3/3/07 - (invitational)
Greenburgh Senior Center 3/12/07 (moved to Greenburgh City Center)
Temple Israel of Northern Westchester, 3/21/07 (invitational)
Fundraiser: South West Chamber Orchestra, 5/7/07.
Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, Northern Westchester Hospital. 5/1/07 - 10/30/07
Yonkers Downtown Development BID, 4/21/07 (invitational)
Empire State Building, Lobby. May 23 - August 27, 2007
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, "Postcards from the Edge" (fundraiser)
Yonkers Downtown Development BID, 6/9/07 - (invitational)
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, "Trios," 6/27/07 - 7/17/07. Includes "Raven Triangle."
Greenburgh Nature Center, "Nature, Up Close and Personal," 7/7/07 - 8/31/07. Includes "Georgia's Dream, #2."
Greenburgh Town Court, "Through the Looking Glass," 7/2/07 - 8/31/07. Includes "The Three Bells."
New England Camera Club Council. Judge's selection of photo (Guggenheim Museum, NYC, interior) for tour.
Mamaroneck Artists Guild. Exhibition (MAG): "September Song," 9/26 - 10/20/07, Photo: Crater Lake, aka "The finger and the cross."
MAG/Bin 9/29/07, selections: Puffed-up Pelican, Good Timing, Agave (San Marino),
Ossining Library, 10/7 - 11/9/2007: Crater Lake #3,
Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, Northern Westchester Hospital, 11/1/07 - 4/29/08. Beechmont Lake, New Rochelle, NY.
Harrison Library, NY. Solo Exhibit awarded by jury: 12/2/2007 - 1/4/2008: "Against Nature."
Somers Library, 11/3/07 to 12/1/07. Two works on view.
Mamaroneck Artists' Guild, "A Gift of Art," 11/15/07 to 1/3/08. Two works of view.

2006
Ossining Public Library, "The Eclectic Quintet" Nine Photos.
Greenburgh Public Library Library, 2/06
Yonkers Riverfront Library, 4/06
Northern Westchester Hospital, Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center, 5/06
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, "A Bold Step," 5/06
Larchmont Library, 6/06
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, "Be Seated," 6/28 -- 7/15/06
New Rochelle Library, 7/7/06 - 727/06
Hudson Valley Hospital, 9/9/06 - 12/16/06
Somers Library, 9/30/06 - 10/28/06
Northern Westchester Hospital, 11/2/06 - 4/30/07
Yonkers Riverfest Photo Booth, 9/30/06
Mamaroneck Artists Guild, "Gift Show," in 11/13/06, out 1/6/07

2005
Greenburgh Public Library, 3/05
Hudson Valley Hospital, 4/05
Mt. Kisco Public Library, 8/05
Hiram Halle Library, 9/05
Harpur College Alumni Exhibit, 10/05 (Juried, Selected for Calendar Illus.)
Ossining Public Library, 12/05

2004
Ossining Public Library, 2/04, 1st place
Larchmont Public Library, 2/04
Ossining Art Barn, 3/04
Rye Free Reading Room, 3/04, 2nd place
Mount Pleasant Library, Pleasantville, 7/04
Mt. Kisco Public Library, 8/04 1st place & honorable mention
Mid-Westchester Jewish Community Center, 10/04
New Rochelle Public Library, 11/04, 3rd place

Upcoming Exhibits:

Ossining Public Library, "The Eclectic Quintet,"  (group show)

Selected Published Photographs:

Two views of Central Park, used as still photography in movie: "Sherman's Way." 2008/9.

Harpur College 2006 Alumni Calendar (September): "The Alien Womb Visits Again." See this link

Los Angeles Times, "A Park with a Powerful Spell, (on the 50th anniversary of Disneyland), July 17, 2005. Published photo of Orange County Riot Police closing Disneyland when invaded by Yippies. See: this link for photo.

Commission: Louise Nevelson, "Night Presence IV" by The Jewish Museum, NYC 6/28/06 (for retrospective catalogue).

Photo of York Lighthouse used as book cover in The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier by Colin Woodard.

Competitions:

Frequent competition winner at the Westchester Photographic Society. For competition  history see http://studiolo.org/pix/GalleryIndexPage.htm or http://www.studiolo.net/pix/gallery41.htm .

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