History of Art and Architecture

Mariah Proctor-Tiffany (Ph.D. '07) Publishes Book on the Legacy of Queen Clémence de Hongrie

Tiffany explores how the queen constructed her identity with the art that had come into her possession, and analyzes the circulation of such art in the later Middle Ages.

In February 2019, Mariah Proctor-Tiffany (PhD '07) published her new book, Medieval Art in Motion: The Inventory and Gift Giving of Queen Clémence de Hongrie with Penn State University. In her book, Proctor-Tiffany uses "data-driven" methods to study Queen Clémence's inventory of artworks, and traces the posthumous distribution of these artworks, as had been outlined in the queen's will. Proctor-Tiffany explores how the queen constructed her identity with the art that had come into her possession, and analyzes the circulation of such art in the later Middle Ages. Cleveland State University Professor, Marian Bleeke, notes that with this publication, Proctor-Tiffany "contributes to a growing body of scholarship that argues for medieval women's agency in relationship to works of art." Proctor-Tiffany is currently an Associate Professor of Art History at California State University, Long Beach.