Dr. Garton received a B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. He joined the Clark faculty in the autumn of 2008.
Dr. Garton’s interests include Renaissance and Baroque art, Latin-American Art and modern architecture. His scholarly research has focused on European portraiture, Venetian art and architecture, Renaissance engineering and designed landscapes. Occasionally he publishes on Pre-Columbian subjects, a secondary area of study.
Dr. Garton teaches lecture courses on Renaissance and Baroque art and Latin-American Art. His upper-level courses include Art, the Public, and the History of Worcester (ARTH 201), The Art of Art History: Teaching and Methods (ARTH 210), both required for the art history major, and seminars on Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio and Pre-Columbian Art & Architecture.
Dr. Garton is currently completing a book-length, multi-author study of the Renaissance designed landscape and statuary of Vicino Orsini’s sacro bosco in Bomarzo, Italy (1552-ca.1585). Other current projects include analysis of Leonardo da Vinci’s so-called ‘grotesque heads,’ and a study of depictions of the Aztec deity, Xipe totec “Our Lord the Flayed One.”