Illuminating The Divine: The London Art History Society In Ravenna

Dr Cecily Hennessy received her doctorate in Byzantine Art History from the Courtauld Institute and after working at the Courtauld joined Christie’s Education, where she became Academic Director. She has taught and published widely on representations of children and the family in yzantine art as well as on the architecture and paintings of Constantinople, Jerusalem and Ravenna. She has also focused on connections between Byzantine and western art. She has recently co-edited a book published by Courtauld Books Online on the Cloisters Cross (2026), and published a book on imperial child brides in Byzantium and beyond with Arc Humanities (2026).