Author Biography
Christopher J. Nygren is an assistant professor of European art, 1300-1700 at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD in the History of Art from the Johns Hopkins University in 2011. He has held pre- and post-doctoral fellowships from the Kress Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Delmas Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. His book, Titian’s Icons: Tradition, Charisma, and Devotion in Renaissance Italy, will be published by Penn State University Press in Spring 2020.
