Still-Life as Portrait in Early Modern Italy - Baschenis, Bettera and the Painting of Cultural Identity

Dr. Ornat Lev-er earned her PhD in art history from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at Ben Gurion University and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, with an emphasis on developing multidisciplinary courses that bring together art history and the fields of art, psychology, medicine and communications. She is the co-editor of Can Art Aid in Resolving Conflicts? a joint project of IDC Israel and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.