Education and research:

Geoff Lehman received his B.A. in humanities from Yale University, where he studied literature, philosophy, and art history in an interdisciplinary context. He received his Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University, with a dissertation on the relationship between perspective and Renaissance landscape painting. Before coming to ECLA, Geoff taught art history for several years in Columbia University’s core curriculum, as well as in its summer program. His research interests include the theory and history of perspective, aesthetics, art and viewer response, the relationship between painting and music in the Renaissance, and the origins and development of landscape painting in Europe. Most recently, he has been working on perspective and infinity in the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Geoff joined the faculty at ECLA as a fellow in 2006.

In 2009, Geoff led the museum visits for the ISU "Montagne and the Making of the Modern Self".

Classes Taught at ECLA:

Academy Year core courses:

Art and Politics in Renaissance Florence
Greek Thought and Literature on Education

Electives:

Perspective in the Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Methods and Interpretations: the Visual Arts
Mimesis

General Teaching Interests:

Renaissance painting and graphic arts; perspective; art theory and aesthetics