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Scott Montgomery

Scott Bradford Montgomery

Professor

Art History—Medieval and Renaissance

scott.montgomery@du.edu

303-871-3272 (Office)

Shwayder Art Building, 2121 E. Asbury St. Denver, CO 80208

What I do

I teach Medieval and Renaissance Art History. I research the art of medieval saints cults and 1960s psychedelic poster art.

Professional Biography

I was born. I study. I teach.

Degree(s)

  • Ph.D., Art History (Medieval), Rutgers University, 1996
  • MA, Italian Renaissance Art, Syracuse University, 1988
  • BA, Art History, Pomona College, 1985

Professional Affiliations

  • International Center of Medieval Art

Featured Publications

Montgomery, S. B. (2009). Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne. Relics, Reliquaries and the Visual Culture of Group Sanctity in Late Medieval Europe (Whitney: Peter Lang Press, 2009). WHitney, England: Peter Lang Press.
Montgomery, S. B., & Bauer, A. A. (2012). Casting Our Own Shadows: Recreating the Medieval Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela . New Orleans, LA, USA: University Press of the South.
Montgomery, S. B. (2019). The Joint Show: High Art in the Summer of Love. The Sixties, 11(2), 183-222.

Performances

Montgomery, S. B. (2013). Visual Trips: The Psychedelic Poster Movement in San Francisco. University of Denver, Denver, CO USA.
Montgomery, S. B. (2017). Seed to Flower: The Birth of Psychedelic Poster Art. Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA.
Montgomery, S. B. (2018). Lee Conklin: Fifty Years of Psychedelic Art. Haight Street Art Center, San Francisco, CA.
Montgomery, S. B. (2014). The Denver Dog: Rock Posters and Music in Denver 1967-68. Byers-Evans Museum Gallery (in conjunction with History Colorado), Denver, CO.
Montgomery, S. B. (2017). The Family Dog Denver - 50 years. Family Dog Reunion, Denver.

Presentations

Montgomery, S. B. (2011). The Saint and the King: Relics, Reliquaries, and Late Medieval Coronation in Aachen and Székesfehervár. Matter of Faith conference . The British Museum, London: The British Museum, London.
Montgomery, S. B. (2017). High Art in the Summer of Love: The Joint Show and the Psychedelic Poster Movement. Conference on the Summer of Love. San Francisco: Northwestern University.
Montgomery, S. B. (2017). From Seed to Flower: The Evolution of the Psychedelic Poster in San Francisco Before the Summer of Love . Keynote lecture for the opening of the exhibit "Behind the Beyond: Psychedelic Posters and Fashion in San Francisco, 1966-71. Salem, OR: Willamette University.

Awards

  • Provost's Teaching Award