Danielle Joyner

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Danielle Joyner
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Born
March 20, 2026(2026-03-20) (aged 52)March 20, 2026(2026-03-20) (aged 52)
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Danielle Beth Joyner (June 9, 1973–March 20, 2026) was an American art historian. She was an associate professor of art history at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Her scholarly interests within medieval art history were broad, including medieval nuns as artists, cloister gardens, sixth-century bird-of-prey brooches, representations ofTerra (Earth), and what depictions of Late Antique and early medieval birds could mean in environmental history.

Life

Originally from Utah, Joyner completed a B.A. and M.A. in art history at the University of Utah in 1994 and 1998, respectively. She then pursued an M.A. in medieval studies at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2000. After beginning her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, Joyner transferred to Harvard University where she completed her Ph.D. in the history of art and architecture under the advisement of Jeffrey Hamburger, David Roxburgh, and Jan Ziolkowski in 2007.

Prior to her appointment at Lawrence University in 2018, Joyner was an assistant professor of medieval art history at the University of Notre Dame, and a visiting assistant professor of medieval art history at Southern Methodist University where she took part in an interdisciplinary group of North Texas medievalists known as "Medieval Matters." At Lawrence, Joyner taught a variety of classes on medieval, ancient, Renaissance, and Islamic art and architecture, and was known for working interdisciplinarily with colleagues from a variety of departments across campus.

As a scholar, Joyner was active within the medieval art historical community. She presented at conferences, such as the International Congress on Medieval Studies and the International Medieval Congress, along with co-organizing conferences like the 2014 Medieval Art History after the Interdisciplinary Turn Conference at the University of Notre Dame with Aden Kumler (University of Basel). Joyner was also a member of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA), where she served terms on the Board of Directors and Membership Committee.

Joyner died unexpectedly from cardiac arrest at age 52 while chaperoning students from Lawrence on a spring break trip to New York City.

Selected Works

• A Timely History: Images and Texts in the Hortus Deliciarum (PhD thesis). Harvard University. 2007.

Books

• Painting the Hortus deliciarum: medieval women, wisdom, and time. University Park, Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0-271-07088-9. Search this book on

Chapters

• Joyner, Danielle (2016). "Building Block of Times, Knowledge and Wisdom in the Hortus deliciarum". Time: Sense, Space, Structure. Presenting the Past, Volume 5. Brill. pp. 78–111. ISBN 9789004312319. Search this book on
• Joyner, Danielle B. (2021). "Birds of Defiance: Jewelled Resistance to Modern Abstractions". In Gertsman, Elina. Abstraction in Medieval Art: Beyond the Ornament. Amsterdam University Press. Search this book on
• Joyner, Danielle B. (2022). "Finding Delight in Gardens Lost". In Fricke, Beate; Kumler, Aden. Destroyed—Disappeared—Lost—Never Were. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-09328-4. Search this book on
• Joyner, Danielle B. (2024). "Chapter 6 Terra, the Arts and Spiritual Ecologies". In Cesario, Marilina; Magennis, Hugh; Ramazzina, Elisa. The Elements in the Medieval World. Elements, Nature, Environment, Volume: 2. Brill. pp. 170–216. Search this book on
• Joyner, Danielle B. (2026). "Thinking through Boundaries: Ecocriticism and Medieval Art History". In Smith, Olga; Patrizio, Andrew. Methods for Ecocritical Art History. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526180568. Search this book on

Articles

• "Counting Time and Comprehending History in the Hortus Deliciarum". Was zählt. 31: 105–18. 2012.
• "A Savin Bush in the Cloister: Art and Nature in the Plan of St. Gall". Studies in Iconography. 38: 55–106. 2017.

References

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