title: John Lowden
text: # John Lowden
  
  John Hopkins Lowden (born 1 May 1953) is a British art historian who is Professor of the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, which he joined in 1982.
  
  Lowden is a graduate of Cambridge University and previously taught at St. Andrews. His specialism is in illuminated manuscripts.
  
  ## Selected publications
  
  * Early Christian and Byzantine Art. London: Phaidon Press, 1997. ISBN 0714831689
  