Maggie M Cao
Biographic Data
| ID | 1038257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maggie M Cao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maggie M |
| FAMILY NAME | Cao |
| SIGNATURE | CAO M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Why Grey Room
Photo falling—Word falling—Break through in grey room—Towers, open fireWhen Branden Joseph, Reinhold Martin, and Felicity Scott founded Grey Room twenty-five years ago, they borrowed its title from a passage in William S. Burroughs's novel The Ticket That Exploded (1962). As a new editorial group takes the helm, we revisit this foundational part of the journal's identity to think about what it means to “break through in grey room” today.Burroughs…
Relics of War
Painting the Inhabited Landscape
"Maggie M. Cao. Review of "Speculative Landscapes
Maritime Media and the Long Eighteenth Century
Maggie M. Cao On long voyages that spanned from the Aleutians to the Cape of Good Hope, American whalers introduced a new industrial waste product into global circulation: whale teeth. For the whalemen themselves, the teeth became an artistic material for the novel art of scrimshaw
"Maggie M. Cao. Review of "Alexander von Humboldt and the United States
Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper
February 01 2020 Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao is the David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America (University of California Press, 2018). Her research focuses on the intersections of art with histories of technology, natural science, and economics in the eig…
Art and Economics Beyond the Market
Connections between economics and art encompass far more than simply the art market. By looking beyond auction prices, artists’ career trajectories, and marketing strategies, scholars can better engage with the economic significance of art objects in a range of social and discursive fields. This essay proposes that works of art are often the best material evidence of broader economic debates and conditions beyond the market economy, even beyond c…
Fabricating Value between Mint and Studio
Fabricating Value between Mint and Studio Maggie M. Cao (bio) in 1903, a cache of forged paintings was discovered during an investigation of an otherwise insignificant civil lawsuit. Although the group of canvases included imitations of works by such American greats as Winslow Homer and George Inness, it was the falsification of the name Ralph A. Blakelock that most captivated the public. Blakelock, the New York Times explained, was "a victim of …
Landscape in American History
Icescapes
Abbott Thayer and the Invention of Camouflage
Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection/Harvard University, Washington D.C. 10-11 May 2013In his 1993 book The Culture of Flowers, social anthropologist Jack Goody wrote with conviction that
Heade’s Hummingbirds and the Ungrounding of Landscape
Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper
February 01 2020 Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao is the David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America (University of California Press, 2018). Her research focuses on the intersections of art with histories of technology, natural science, and economics in the eig…
Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection/Harvard University, Washington D.C. 10-11 May 2013In his 1993 book The Culture of Flowers, social anthropologist Jack Goody wrote with conviction that
Heade’s Hummingbirds and the Ungrounding of Landscape
Cultural Landscape Heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection/Harvard University, Washington D.C. 10-11 May 2013In his 1993 book The Culture of Flowers, social anthropologist Jack Goody wrote with conviction that
Abbott Thayer and the Invention of Camouflage
Landscape in American History
Icescapes
Fabricating Value between Mint and Studio
Fabricating Value between Mint and Studio Maggie M. Cao (bio) in 1903, a cache of forged paintings was discovered during an investigation of an otherwise insignificant civil lawsuit. Although the group of canvases included imitations of works by such American greats as Winslow Homer and George Inness, it was the falsification of the name Ralph A. Blakelock that most captivated the public. Blakelock, the New York Times explained, was "a victim of …
Art and Economics Beyond the Market
Connections between economics and art encompass far more than simply the art market. By looking beyond auction prices, artists’ career trajectories, and marketing strategies, scholars can better engage with the economic significance of art objects in a range of social and discursive fields. This essay proposes that works of art are often the best material evidence of broader economic debates and conditions beyond the market economy, even beyond c…
Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper
February 01 2020 Trompe L'oeil and Financial Risk in the Age of Paper Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao Maggie M. Cao is the David G. Frey Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America (University of California Press, 2018). Her research focuses on the intersections of art with histories of technology, natural science, and economics in the eig…
Maritime Media and the Long Eighteenth Century
Maggie M. Cao On long voyages that spanned from the Aleutians to the Cape of Good Hope, American whalers introduced a new industrial waste product into global circulation: whale teeth. For the whalemen themselves, the teeth became an artistic material for the novel art of scrimshaw
"Maggie M. Cao. Review of "Alexander von Humboldt and the United States
"Maggie M. Cao. Review of "Speculative Landscapes
Painting the Inhabited Landscape
Relics of War
Why Grey Room
Photo falling—Word falling—Break through in grey room—Towers, open fireWhen Branden Joseph, Reinhold Martin, and Felicity Scott founded Grey Room twenty-five years ago, they borrowed its title from a passage in William S. Burroughs's novel The Ticket That Exploded (1962). As a new editorial group takes the helm, we revisit this foundational part of the journal's identity to think about what it means to “break through in grey room” today.Burroughs…
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