PhD in Art History specializing in Modernism and 19th-century European art. A university professor and author with 25 years of experience teaching visual literacy and historical context.
Dr. Arthur Pendelton is a dedicated academic and historian whose career focuses on the turbulent shift from Academic Realism to Abstraction. With a PhD from a prestigious Ivy League institution, he has spent decades lecturing on the social, political, and philosophical underpinnings of major art movements. Arthur excels at unpacking complex historical narratives, explaining not just what happened, but why styles evolved the way they did. He is passionate about making art history accessible without diluting its intellectual depth, helping readers decode iconography and understand the timeline of human creativity. His articles provide the rigorous context necessary to appreciate the "Why" behind the "What."