Claudia Brittenham

Claudia Brittenham’s research focuses on the art of Mesoamerica, especially Central Mexico and the Maya area, with interests in the materiality of art and the politics of style. She is the author of The Murals of Cacaxtla: The Power of Painting in Ancient Central Mexico (University of Texas Press, 2015); co-author of The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak (University of Texas Press, 2013); and co-author of Veiled Brightness: A History of Ancient Maya Color (University of Texas Press, 2009). Brittenham is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago.