Dr. William Allen

About Dr. William Allen

Dr. William Allen teaches art history at Arkansas State University. William received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins in Byzantine art and architecture. He has traveled widely and lived for periods in Turkey and Afghanistan.

Preserved in a desert monastery, this wax-on-wood icon leads the viewer upward and inward to the spiritual realm.

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore ...

by Dr. William Allen

The golden dome of this vast building appears suspended from heaven. It has withstood quakes, conquest, and crusades.

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
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