Marilyn Stokstad (February 16, 1929 – March 4, 2016) was an American art historian of medieval and Spanish art, Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of Kansas, and an author of art-history textbooks, including Art History.
First published in 1995, Art History was widely adopted at colleges and universities throughout the US and is currently in its sixth edition.
In February 2016, Time Magazine named Dr.
Stokstad 32nd of the 100 most-read female authors in US college classrooms.