Professor Donal Cooper

Professor of Italian and Mediterranean Art at the University of Cambridge; over more than 25 years he has published widely on art and architecture in medieval Italy with a particular focus on Giotto and the patronage of the Franciscan Order. His co-authored book with Janet Robson on the fresco decoration of the Upper Church, The Making of Assisi (Yale University Press), won the Art Book Prize in 2014. He is currently contributing to major exhibitions on Sienese Art (National Gallery, London) and Cimabue (Musée du Louvre). During his career he has lived and worked extensively in Italy, Florence, Perugia, Rome and Venice.