Stephen Murray
Professor
Medieval art, Gothic architecture, social and cultural history
Ph.D., University of London, 1973

Biography
Stephen Murray was educated at Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1986 and currently serves as Director of the Media Center for Art History, Archaeology & Historic Preservation . His publications include books on the cathedrals of Amiens, Beauvais and Troyes; his current work is on medieval sermons, story-telling in Gothic, and the Romanesque architecture of the Bourbonnais. His field of teaching includes Romanesque and Gothic art, particularly involving the integrated understanding of art and architecture within a broader framework of economic and cultural history. He is currently engaged in projecting his cathedral studies through the electronic media using a combination of three-dimensional simulation; digital imaging and video.

Contact Information
605 Schermerhorn Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 8:00–10:00AM
Telephone: (212) 854-8521
E-mail: sm42@columbia.edu

Other Web Sites
Amiens Cathedral: learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/Amiens.html
Medieval Architecture: learn.columbia.edu/medmon
Medieval Architecture Digital Teaching Project: learn.columbia.edu/ma/htm/ma_home.htm
Medieval Millennium: Objects of Desire: learn.columbia.edu/medmil
Gothic Architecture: learn.columbia.edu/murray
Gothic Sculpture :learn.columbia.edu/gothicsculpt
Medieval Paris :learn.columbia.edu/medparis

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