Memberships and Distinctons
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1957-8
- Kathryn-McHale Fellowship, AAUW, 1961-2
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1972-3
- Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1975-6
- ACLS Fellowship, 1978–79
- Visiting Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS), Wassenaar, 1979
- Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1979–80
- Eugene-M.-Kayen-Prize 1983 for "The Art of Describing"
- Distinguished Teaching Award, Berkeley, 1986
- Visiting Scholar, Getty Research Institute, California, 1987–88
- Director of Studies, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1991
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
- Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, 1992–93
- Honorary Doctor, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 2009
- Visiting critic at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts.
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