Andrei Dumitrescu is a Ph.D. student in Art History, specializing in Byzantine and Medieval Art under Prof. Bissera V. Pentcheva and also pursuing a Ph.D. Minor in Classics. Andrei studies the visual and religious cultures of the Late Byzantine Empire, focusing on the role of wall paintings and liturgical manuscripts in shaping the experience of sacred space. His research aims to unravel the multi-layered meaning conveyed by mural programs in connection with ritual, literature, and politics. It also addresses the complex interactions between the Byzantine world, the Crusader Levant, and the Latin West, with a special interest in Rome and the Italian Peninsula.
Recent publications:
"The Bowing Prince: Post-Byzantine Representations of Christian Rulership in Moldavian Wall Paintings," in The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600, ed. M. A. Rossi and A. I. Sullivan (London and New York: Routledge, 2024), 223–237.