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James Romaine

Dr. James Romaine is a New York City based art historian who is an Associate Professor of Art History at Nyack College. He is the cofounder of the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art.

Romaine has an undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in economics and art history, an MA in art history from the University of South Caroline (thesis: A Modern Devotion: The Faith and Art of Vincent van Gogh), and a PhD in art history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (dissertation: Constructing a Beloved Community: The Methodological Development of Tim Rollins and K.O.S.).

He is a frequent lecturer on faith and the visual arts and has authored numerous articles, in the Art Journal of the College Art Association, American Arts Quarterly, Christian History & Biography, Re:Generation Quarterly, The Princeton Theological Review, Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, and Faith and Vision: Twenty-Five Years of Christians in the Visual Arts.

His books include Objects of Grace: Conversations on Creativity and Faith and The Art of Sandra Bowden, both published by Square Halo Books. Dr. Romaine is on the board of directors of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA).

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James Romaine Apr 15, 2011

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Guy Chase: Art and the Rewards of Faithfulness

Looking at works of art through the lens of “art appreciation” can leave us visually inattentive, personally unaware, and spiritually complacent. The work of Guy Chase models a more faithful way.

James Romaine Apr 9, 2010

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Two Readings of Rembrandt

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James Romaine Nov 20, 2009

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Adopted Objects: The Art of Kenneth Steinbach

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James Romaine Jun 5, 2009

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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Nets: Sublime or Spectacle?

80-year-old Yayoi Kusama—battling hallucinations since childhood, and diagnosed with “obsessive neurosis”—paints some of the most visually complex and conceptually provocative paintings in the world today.