Elizabeth Ross received her B.A. in History of Art from Yale University and her A.M. and Ph.D. in History of Art and Architecture from Harvard University. She has held fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), and Harvard University. Before coming to UF, Dr. Ross taught courses at the Rhode Island School of Design; in the Master’s Program in the History of European Design and Decorative Arts at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design; and at Harvard University.

Her research focuses on 15th and 16th-century art in Europe, including early modern decorative arts, European reception of the Middle East, history of travel and cartography, the art of prints, and history of the book.

Courses taught:
ARH 4310  Early Renaissance Art in Italy
ARH 4312  Late Renaissance Art in Italy
ARH 4930  European Decorative Arts, 1400-1800
ARH 4331  Renaissance Art in Northern Europe    
ARH 4332  The Religious Image in the
                   Renaissance and Reformation
ARH 2050  Introduction to the History and Principles of Art I