Diana Kleiner
{{Short description|American art historian (1947–2023)}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Diana Kleiner
| image = Diana Kleiner 2018.jpg
| alt = Kleiner in 2018.
| caption = Kleiner in 2018
| birth_name = Diana Elizabeth Edelman
| birth_date = {{birth date |1947|9|18}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|12|1947|9|18}}
| death_place = New Haven, Connecticut, United States
| burial_place = Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut
| spouse = {{marriage|Fred Scott Kleiner|1972}}
| children = 1 (Alexander)
| occupation = Art historian
Educator
| alma_mater = Smith College
Columbia University
| thesis_title = Roman Group Portraiture: The Funerary Reliefs of the Late Republic and Early Empire
| thesis_url = https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13052124
| thesis_year = 1977
| discipline = Art history
| sub_discipline = Ancient Roman art and architecture
| workplaces = Yale University
| notable_students = Romita Ray
}}
Diana Elizabeth Edelman Kleiner (September 18, 1947 – November 12, 2023) was an American art historian and educator. A scholar of Ancient Roman art and architecture, Kleiner was the Dunham Professor of the History of Art Emerita at Yale University.
Career
Born in New York City to Morton Henry and Hilda Rachel Wyner Edelman, Kleiner received a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in 1969. She then continued on to Columbia University to earn degrees in Art History: a Master of Arts in 1970, a Master of Philosophy in 1974, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1977. Kleiner wrote a highly praised doctoral dissertation on Roman funerary art.
Kleiner began her teaching career as a lecturer in art history at the University of Virginia in 1975. A year later, she was named Assistant Professor of Art History at Harvard University. In 1980, Kleiner was hired by Yale University, and was promoted to Associate Professor two years later. In 1989, she became the Dunham Professor of the History of Art, a position held until retirement, when she was named Emeritus.{{cite web | url=https://fas.yale.edu/book/faculty-retirement-tributes-2021/diana-e-e-kleiner | title=Diana e. E. Kleiner | Faculty of Arts and Sciences }} Additionally, from 1995 to 2003, Kleiner was the Deputy Provost for the Arts.{{cite web | url=https://arthistory.yale.edu/people/diana-kleiner | title=Diana Kleiner | Department of the History of Art | access-date=2022-05-21 | archive-date=2017-10-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023062601/http://arthistory.yale.edu/people/diana-kleiner | url-status=dead }}
Personal life
In 1972, Kleiner married fellow art historian Fred Scott Kleiner, Professor of Art History and Archeology Emeritus at Boston University. The couple met at Columbia and have one child, Alexander.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/23/archives/diana-edelman-wed-to-fred-scott-kleiner.html | title=Diana Edelman Wed to Fred Scott Kleiner | newspaper=The New York Times | date=23 December 1972 }} In 2020, the Kleiners had the Saloni room at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens named in their honor.{{cite web | url=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/news/newsDetails/kleiners-name-saloni | title=Diana e. E. And Fred S. Kleiner Name Saloni in New Student Center | American School of Classical Studies at Athens }} In 2023 the Kleiners named the Athenian Agora Courtyard Garden{{cite web |title=Kleiners Name Athenian Agora Courtyard Garden at Loring Hall |url=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/news/newsDetails/kleiners-name-athenian-agora-courtyard-garden-at-loring-hall}} and the Hesperia Room{{cite web |title=Kleiners Name Room in Honor of Hesperia |url=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/news/newsDetails/kleiners-name-room-in-honor-of-hesperia}} at Loring hall, the School's residence hall.
Kleiner died on November 12, 2023, at the age of 76.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/diana-kleiner-obituary?id=53629679 |title=Diana Kleiner Obituary (2023) |author=The New York Times |date=November 19, 2023 |website=Legacy.com |access-date=November 19, 2023}}
In 2024, the fitness room in Loring Hall was named by Fred Kleiner in tribute to his late wife. Kleiner was considered an esteemed member of the American School community. {{cite web |title=Fred Kleiner Names Fitness Room in Memory of Diana Kleiner |url=https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/news/newsDetails/fred-kleiners-names-fitness-room-in-memory-of-diana-kleiner}}
Select works
- Roman Imperial Funerary Altars with Portraits, 1987 {{ISBN|9788876890796}}
- Cleopatra and Rome, 2005 {{ISBN|9780674032361}}
- Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide, 2014 {{ISBN|9780300208016}}
References
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External links
- [https://arthistory.yale.edu/people/diana-kleiner Yale University profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023062601/http://arthistory.yale.edu/people/diana-kleiner |date=2017-10-23 }}
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Category:Educators from New York City
Category:American women art historians
Category:American art historians
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:University of Virginia faculty