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. 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. 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. 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. 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. ˜

2011 Submissions

Journal Paper

Thompson, Sarah. "Recycling Ruins: The Critical Reception of John Aislabie’s Work at Fountains Abbey and the Changing Function of Gothic." Third Text 25. 6 (2011): 675-686. Print. «

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.