Sarah Thompson

Sarah Thompson

Associate Professor
College of Art and Design
School of Art

2022 Submissions

Book Chapter

Thompson, Sarah. "Adaptation and Audience: Remodeling Notre-Dame d’Étampes in the Thirteenth Century." The Worlds of Villard de Honnecourt: The Portfolio, Medieval Technology, and Gothic Monuments. Ed. George Brooks and Maile S. Hutterer. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2022. 431-459. Print. «

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. "Review." Rev. of Framing the Church: The Social and Artistic Power of Buttresses in French Gothic Architecture, by Maile Hutterer. Speculum Jan. 2022: 197-199. Print. ˜

2021 Submissions

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Thompson, Sarah. "Rewriting History on the Façade of Saint Denis." Proceedings of the CIRICE 2020 IX Convegno internazionale: La città palinsesto. Ed. CIRICE 2020 IX Convegno internazionale. Naples, Italy: n.p.. £

2020 Submissions

Published Conference Proceedings

Thompson, Sarah. "Rewriting History on the Façade of Saint-Denis." Proceedings of the LA CITTÀ PALINSESTO: Tracce, sguardi e narrazioni sulla complessità dei contesti urbani storici, Università di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy, June 10-12 2021 (delayed from June 2020). Ed. CIRICE. Naples, Italy: n.p., 2020. Web. «

2019 Submissions

Book Chapter

Thompson, Sarah. "The Power of Absence: The Missing North Tower at Saint-Denis." The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture. Ed. Sarah Thompson and Jennifer Feltman. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2019. 297-316. Print. «

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. Rev. of The Lithic Garden: Nature and the Transformation of the Medieval Church, by Mailan S. Doquang. The Medieval Review 11 Aug. 2019: 19.08.11. Web. £

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "Between Materiality and Ephemerality: Popular Representations of Gothic Architecture in the Late 18th Century." International Medieval Congress. University of Leeds. Leeds, UK. 1 Jun. 2019. Conference Presentation. ∆

Thompson, Sarah. "Expanding the Temporal Frame at Notre-Dame d’Étampes." Sewanee Medieval Colloquium. University of the South. Sewanee, TN. 12 Apr. 2019. Conference Presentation. £

Thompson, Sarah. "Parish Rivalry in Medieval Étampes." International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. 11 May 2019. Conference Presentation. £

2018 Submissions

Book Chapter

Thompson, Sarah. "Building Brick City: The Design of RIT’s Henrietta Campus." Transforming the Landscape: 50 years on the New RIT Campus. Ed. Becky Simmons. Rochester, NY: RIT Press, 2018. 1-13. Print. ∆

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "Memory and Loss at Saint-Denis in the Age of Louis-Philippe." International Medieval Congress. University of Leeds. Leeds, UK, UK. 4 Jul. 2018. Conference Presentation. *

Thompson, Sarah. "La réalité d’un chantier médiévale at Saint-Denis." Medieval Academy of America annual meeting. Medieval Academy of America. Atlanta, GA. 2 Mar. 2018. Conference Presentation. ∆

Thompson, Sarah. "Locating Gothic in Étampes." Hamilton College. Hamilton College. Clinton, NY. 1 Feb. 2018. Guest Lecture. ∆

2017 Submissions

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah and Maile Hutterer. "Decoding Destruction and Decay." College Art Association Annual Meeting. College Art Association. New York, NY. 16 Feb. 2017. Conference Presentation. £

2016 Submissions

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "The Power of Absence: The Missing North Tower of Saint-Denis." International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. 14 May 2016. Conference Presentation. £

2015 Submissions

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. "Review: Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies." Rev. of Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies, eds. Meredith Cohen and Fanny Madeline. Speculum Apr. 2015: 530-531. Print. ∆

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "From Romanesque to Gothic: Difference and Change in Medieval Architecture." 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. 14 May 2015. Conference Presentation. ∆

Thompson, Sarah. "The State, the People, and the First Gothic Building: Saint-Denis from Private to Public." College Art Association Annual Meeting. CAA. New York, NY. 6 Feb. 2015. Conference Presentation. ∆

2014 Submissions

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. "Review: Irish Gothic Architecture: Construction, Decay, and Reinvention." Rev. of Irish Gothic Architecture: Construction, Decay, and Reinvention, ed. Stalley, Roger. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 Dec. 2014: 517-519. Print. ∆

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "'Soi-disant gothicisms': The Rejection of Gothic Hybridity in the Nineteenth Century." Annual Meeting. College Art Association. Chicago, IL. 12 Feb. 2014. Conference Presentation. £ ˜

Thompson, Sarah. "Portals and the Public: Sculpture, Difference, and Institutional Identity in the Middle Ages." Kern Conference on Visual Communication. RIT. Rochester, NY. 24 Apr. 2014. Conference Presentation. £

2013 Submissions

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. "Review: The Symbol at Your Door." Rev. of The Symbol at Your Door: Number and Geometry in Religious Architecture of the Greek and Latin Middle Ages, by Hiscock, Nigel. CAA Reviews 19 Apr. 2013: NA. Web. £

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "Gothic as a Moral Force at Angela Burdett-Coutts's Columbia Square Housing Project." International Medieval Congress. Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. 11 May 2013. Conference Presentation. ∆

2012 Submissions

Journal Paper

Thompson, Sarah. "Adaptation and Audience: Remodeling Notre-Dame d'Étampes in the Thirteenth Century." AVISTA Forum Journal 22. (2012): 57-70. Print. «

Published Review

Thompson, Sarah. "New Approaches to Medieval Architecture." Rev. of New Approaches to Medieval Architecture, eds. Clark, William W., Bork, Robert, and McGehee, Abby. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Sep. 2012: 416-418. Print. ˜

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. "Chartres and the Concept of Gothic." International Congress on Medieval Studies. Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University. Kalamazoo, MI. 12 May 2012. Conference Presentation. ˜

Thompson, Sarah. "The Origins of Gothic Design Process." Society of Architectural Historians 2012 Conference. Society of Architectural Historians. Detroit, MI. 20 Apr. 2012. Conference Presentation. ˜

Thompson, Sarah. "Tracing Twelfth-Century French Builders." College Art Association Annual Meeting. College Art Association. Los Angeles, CA. 25 Feb. 2012. Conference Presentation. ˜

2010 Submissions

Formal Presentation

Thompson, Sarah. “Structuring the Gothic Past: The Abbey Church of Saint-Denis in Nineteenth Century Architectural Scholarship.” Plymouth State University Medieval and Renaissance Forum. Plymouth, NH. 16-17 April 2010. Presentation.

Thompson, Sarah. “Canons and Kings: Reassessing the Evidence and Impact of Royal Patronage at the Church of Notre-Dame d’í‰tampes.” Annual Meeting of the Mid-American Medieval Association. Conception, MO. February 2010. Presentation.