Main Focus
- Nineteenth-century medieval revivals
- Medieval wall paintings in Scandinavia
- The history of restoration and cultural heritage in the nineteenth century
- Remediation, documentation, and reproduction of artworks
- Images and epistemology
Research Project
The Trace-to-Trace Encounter: Uncovering and Copying Whitewashed Medieval Paintings in Modern Europe
Publications (Selection)
- “Processing the Raw: The Negative Reception of a Late-Medieval Hell Painting in Nineteenth-Century Denmark”, Periskop – Forum for Kunsthistorisk Debat 30 (2023), pp. 150–169. DOI: doi.org/10.7146/periskop.v2023i30.142015
Curriculum Vitae
Ronah Sadan is a PhD student in art history at the Department of Art History, Aesthetics & Culture and Museology at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University. Before developing a fascination with medieval Scandinavian wall paintings and their restoration history, she worked on Albrecht Dürer, Northern Renaissance print culture, and epistemic images. She received an AM in the History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University in 2012 and BAs in English and French literature from Rutgers University in 2005.