John Lowden

John Hopkins Lowden (born 1 May 1953, d. 27 January 2026)¹ FBA was a British art historian who was Professor of the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, which he joined in 1982.²

Lowden was a graduate of Cambridge University and previously taught at St. Andrews. His specialism was in illuminated manuscripts and Gothic ivories.²

Awards

Gründler Book Prize³

Selected publications

Early Christian and Byzantine Art. London: Phaidon Press, 1997. ISBN 0714831689

References

LOWDEN, Prof. John Hopkins, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; Obituary, 1 February 2026, https://www.byzantium.ac.uk/2026/02/
Professor John Lowden. Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Courtauld Institute, 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013. Archived here.
"WMU News".

[1] LOWDEN, Prof. John Hopkins, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; Obituary, 1 February 2026, https://www.byzantium.ac.uk/2026/02/

[Ct-2] Professor John Lowden. Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Courtauld Institute, 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013. Archived here.

[3] "WMU News".

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