Monasteries and the Visual Arts: History, Spirituality, Theology

Monsignor Timothy Verdon is one of the world’s most respected art historians and is the Academic Director of the Mount Tabor Centre in Barga, Italy. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and has lived in Italy for the last half century where he also directs the Diocesan Office of Sacred Art and Church Cultural Heritage, the Cathedral Foundation Museum (Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore), and the Centre for Ecumenism of the Archdiocese of Florence.