Art Historian NINAGAWA, Junko
Photo：NINAGAWA, Junko
- Department
- Graduate School/Arts Studies
- Position
- Professor *
- Managerial Position
- Art Historian
- Specialization
- Western Art History
- Degrees Earned
- Bachelor (Philosophy)〔Kyoto University〕
Master (Philosophy)〔Kyoto University, Graduate School of Letters〕
PhD（Art Science)〔Ghent University, Belgium〕 - Affiliated Academic
Arganizations - The Japan Art History Society, The Japanese Society for Aesthetics, The Japan Society of Design, The Society of French- Japanese Art and Archeologie, Historians of Netherlandish Art
- Profile
- Dr. Junko Nmagawa studied Aesthetics and Art History at Kyoto University and she obtained a PhD at Ghent University, Belgium. After working as a professor at Kansai university, she is now a professor emerita and a visiting researcher at Institute of Oriental and Occidental Studies of the university (IOOSKU), specializing Art Theories. Aesthetics and Art History. Notable publications are; ”Framing of Territories: Where Landscapes are born (Japanese)," Kansai University Press, 2024; "The Imagery of Wind (Japanese)," （English Contents, see http://www.sangensha.co.jp/allbooks/index/578_imageryofwind.html）, Sangensha, 2023; Japanese Translation of "Barbara Bart: Iconology of Wind" , Sangen-sha, 2022; Editor of "The Imagery of Hearts: Visible and Invisible (Japanese and English)," Kōyō Shobō, 2021; Co-author of "Prayers and the Sites for Prayers," IOOSKU, 2020; "Sacred Hearts and the Saints connected with the members of the Order of the Golden Fleece," Publication du centre Européen ⅾ’études Bourguignonnes (XIVe-XVIe s.), No. 59, 2019; “On the Pompeo Batoni's 'Sacred Heart of Jesus',” Essays and Studies by Members of the Faculty of Letters (ESMFL), Kansai University (KU), 63 (3), 2019; Co-author of "Aspects of the Sites of Prayers," IOOSKU, 2017; "Iconology of the Sacred Heart," Kansai University Press, 2017; "The Impulse to Oil Painting," Chuō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan, 2015; Co-author of "Gazing Faces: Art Historical and Cultural Historical Fragments on the Depicted Face, Kansai University Press, 2012; Co-author and editor of "The Individual and the Universe in Early Netherlandish Art," Arina Shobo, 2011; Japanese Translation of "Alois Riegl: "Die Entstehung der Barockkunst in Rom," Chuō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan, 2009; Japanese Translation of "Erwin Panofsky. "Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character," Chuō Kōron Bijutsu Shuppan, 2001, and others.
- Message
- Artworks reveal various depths that sometimes even their authors may not be aware of, depending on the sensitivity and knowledge of the beholder. Studying art theory and art history is also about developing the sensitivity to engage with artworks and draw out their richness, as well as acquiring the knowledge that nurtures this ability.
- Works
- Web Site
- https://researchmap.jp/read0069773
