Dr Ben Thomas

About

Based in the School of Arts Dr Thomas was appointed to a lectureship in History & Theory of Art at the University of Kent in 1999, and from 2007 until 2010 was the Head of History & Philosophy of Art. At Kent he has taught widely across the field of Art History, but principally in the areas of Renaissance, Baroque and eighteenth-century art. Dr Thomas is currently writing a book called The Artist and the Print which aims to analyse the role played by prints in shaping and changing the status and identity of the artist from 1500-1800, and also the way in which the availability of prints informed the writing of Art History during the same period. Another aspect of this project is a series of curated exhibitions based on research into prints, including The Paradox of Mezzotint which showed at the Strang Print Room, UCL, in 2008. Click here to read Ben’s full staff profile.

Staff profile

https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff-profiles/hpa/thomas.html