Richard A. Sundt
Associate Professor, Art History
Phone: (541) 346-4698
Email: rsundt@uoregon.edu
Richard Sundt’s specializes in medieval architecture and Pacific Islands art and architecture. His course offerings encompass the arts of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. He is a member of the Pacific Art Association and the Pacific Islands Studies Committee. Some of his recent publications include: “Architectural Simile, Copy, or Original Creation?: The Church of St. Brigid in Brisbane (Australia) and Its Relationship to Gothic Architecture in Southern France” in Visual Resources, (1999); “On the Erection of Maori Churches in the Mid-19th Century: Eyewitness Testimonies from Kaupapa and Otaki” in Journal of the Polynesian Society, (1999); and “From Half to Full Palmier: Factors Contributing to the Final Chevet Design of Toulouse's Jacobin Church,” AVISTA Forum: Journal of the Association Villard de Honnecourt, (1996). Professor Sundt is currently working on a book about Anglican Maori churches at Manutuke in New Zealand's North Island and is doing site and archival work relating to the former Franciscan Church and Wallseerkapelle at Enns, in Austria.
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