Passion in Venice

William Barcham is professor in the department of the History of Art at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the State University of New York (SUNY). He is the author of 'The Religious Paintings of Giambattista Tiepolo: Piety and Tradition in Eighteenth-century Venice' (1990), and 'Paintings in the National Gallery, London' (2000) with Augusto Gentili and Linda Whiteley. In 2004, Dr. Barcham was awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship. Catherine Puglisi is professor and chair of the department of Art History at Rutgers University, New Jersey, where she specialises in Italian Baroque painting and sculpture. She is the author of 'Caravaggio' (1998) and of the monologue and catalogue raisonne on Francesco Albani (1999). Xavier John Seubert is Thomas Plassmann Distinguished Professor for Art and Theology at St. Bonaventure University, New York, where he is also director of the Art History department. He has contributed to 'In Solitude and Dialogue: Contemporary Franciscans Theologize' (2000), 'Postmodern Worship and the Arts' (2002), and 'Between the Human and the Divine: Philosophical and Theological Hermeneutics' (2002).

• Accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Biblical Art, New York, from February 15th, 2011 - June 12th, 2011.