Matthew K . Averett, PhD

Department

Fine & Performing Arts

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Averett Matthew Knox, Interpreting Urban Spaces in Italian Cultures 2022
• Interpreting Urban Spaces in Italian Cultures
  Averett Matthew Knox, “Noble Edifices” : The Urban Image of Papal Rome, 1417–1667 [Book Chapter] 2022
• The Early Modern Child in Art and History
  Averett Matthew K., Uncle Urban raises the Barberini Nephews: The education and expectations of Papal Nipote [Book Chapter] 2015

Publications

• Averett Matthew Knox, Andrea Pozzo and the Religious Theatre of the Seventeenth Century 2022
• Averett Matthew Knox, Music as Cultural Mission: Explorations of Jesuit Practices in Italy and North America 2017
• Averett Matthew Knox, Jerome Nadal: Annotations and Meditations on the Gospels: Cumulative Index 2017
• Religions
  Averett Matthew K., Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605-1700
  7:5, p. 60 2016
• Averett Matthew K., The early modern child in art and history 2015
• Averett Matthew K., Bernini: Art as Theatre 2013
• American journal of numismatics (1989)
  Averett Matthew Knox, The Annual Medals of Pope Urban VIII Barberini
  25, p. 303 - 331 2013
• Averett Matthew K., Bernini: His Life and His Rome/The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Domenico Bernini: A Translation and Critical Edition, with Introduction and Commentary 2012
• Averett Matthew K., The Religious Patronage of the Duke of Lerma, 1598-1621 by Lisa A. Banner 2010

Presentations

• "Cum nimis absurdum: Jews and the Urbanism of Oppression in Early-Modern Europe," Nürnberg 2017: Juden, Christen und Muslime im Zeitalter der Reformation, Nuremberg, Germany. 2017
• vigilat qui custodit eam: The Annual Medals of Pope Innocent XII. Kripke Center Annual Symposium, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2016
• "glorioso e celebre al Mondo: Bernini, Fame, and Numismatics," Sixty-second Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America Meetings, Boston, MA. 2016
• "The Education of the Early-Modern Girl in Art and History," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha. 2015
• "Becoming Giorgio Cornaro: Titians Portrait of a Man with a Falcon," The Wilson Memorial Lecture Series, University of Nebraska Omaha. 2014
• "Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605-1700," Sixtieth Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America Meetings, New York, NY. 2014
• "Poverty and Charity in the Rome of Pope Urban VIII," Early Modern Rome 2 Conference, Rome, Italy. 2013
• "Titians Madonna of the Rabbit," Exploring the Renaissance 2013: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Omaha, NE. 2013
• "Numismatic Art at the Intersection of Familial and Papal Politics," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska, Omaha. 2012
• "Jesuits and the Arts," Catholic Comment Podcast, Center for Catholic Thought, Creighton University. 23 April 2012. http://cucatholicctr.org/2012/04/jesuits-and-the-arts/ 2012
• "Barberini Politics and the Annuale Medals of Pope Urban VIII," Fifty-Eighth Annual Meetings of the Renaissance Society of America, Washington, D.C. 2012
• "Architecture and the Politics of Utility in Barberini Rome," Exploring the Renaissance 2012: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, New Orleans, LA. 2012
• "Gianlorenzo Berninis Fontana del Tritone: War and Fountains in the Rome of Urban VIII," Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2011
• "Titians Portrait of Giorgio Cornaro with a Falcon," Joslyn Late til 8: Raptor Rapture: An Evening of Renaissance Falconry, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. 2010
• "Falconry in the Art and Literature of the Italian Renaissance," CU at Joslyn Lecture Series, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. 2010
• "Secrecy and the Renaissance Artist," Exploring the Renaissance 2010: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Corpus Christi, TX. 2010
• "The Piazza Barberini: Claiming a Space in Baroque Rome," Midwest Art History Society Annual Conference, Omaha, NE. 2010
• "The Perfect Courtier: Titians Portrait of Giorgio Cornaro with a Falcon," Exploring the Renaissance 2009: An International Conference, South-Central Renaissance Conference and the Society for Renaissance Art History, Hot Springs, AR. 2009
• "The Nicosia Master Plan: Bi-communal Urban Planning and Peace Building in the Divided Capital of Cyprus. Faculty Friday, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2009
• "Secrecy and Revelation in the Character, Art, and Career of Gianlorenzo Bernini," The Secret Spaces of Early Modern Europe Symposium, University of Southern California/Huntington Library Early Modern Studies Institute, Los Angeles, CA. 2009
• "La Dolce Vita and the Via Veneto, Rome," European Studies Conference, University of Nebraska at Omaha. 2007
• "Society and Architecture in Crusader Cyprus," Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict International Symposium, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. 2006

Other

• Canfield Drive: A History of the American City on a Street in St. Louis

• Canfield Drive: A History of the American City on a Street in St. Louis

• Canfield Drive: A History of the American City on a Street in St. Louis