John Onians’ previous books, Art and Thought in the Hellenistic Age (1979), Bearers of Meaning. The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1988) and Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome (1999), sought to extend the understanding of art as an aspect of culture. His project, ‘A Natural History of Art’, is designed to ... Read moreshow how that understanding can be further enhanced by the recognition that art, like all of culture, is based in human neurobiology, and so in nature. He was a founding editor of the journal Art History, and set up the World Art Research Programme at the University of East Anglia, and becoming the first Director of Research and Academic Programs at the Clark Art Institute. Show Less