Matthew Milliner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History | Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Milliner teaches across the range of art history, with a specialization in Byzantine and medieval art.
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Biography
Dr. Milliner teaches across the range of art history with an eye for the prospects and pitfalls of visual theology. He holds an M.A. & Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University, and an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. His scholarly specialization is Byzantine and medieval art, with a focus on how such images inform contemporary visual culture. He is a three-time appointee to the Curatorial Advisory Board of the United States Senate, and winner of Redeemer University’s Emerging Public Intellectual Award.
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Education (4)
Princeton University: Ph.D., Art and Archaeology 2011
Princeton University: M.A., Medieval and Byzantine Art 2007
Princeton Theological Seminary: M.Div., Theology 2005
Wheaton College: B.A., Art History 1998
Areas of Expertise and Research Interests (11)
Archaeology
Art History
Byzantine Art
Medieval Art
The Virgin Mary
Visual Theology
History of Art & Architecture
Non-Western Art
Renaissance Art
History
Contemporary Art
Accomplishments and Awards (4)
Redeemer Emerging Public Intellectual Award (professional)
2016-10-01
Redeemer’s EPI Award is intended to recognize and foster emerging talent—those working in the Christian academy who excel in both academic and public spheres and whose work impacts the common good. This $5,000(CAD) award is intended to encourage the development of first-rate public intellectuals in the Christian academy.
United States Senate Curatorial Advisory Board Member (professional)
2015-01-01
Serving the 114th Congress (2015 - 2017).
Junior Faculty Achievement Award (professional)
2014-01-01
Awarded by Wheaton College.
Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship (professional)
2010-01-01
Awarded by Princeton University.
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Media Appearances (3)
A New Madonna Della Misericordia in Orvieto
Studio for Art, Faith and History online
Our experiment [in visual ecumenism] took the form of a Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy). The image has a longstanding history in this region of Italy. But our aim was not just to study the history of the image, but to contribute to that history ourselves.
Katy Perry and Byzantine Icons
resound online
2016-10-01
2016 Emerging Public Intellectual Award recipient uses art history and today's visual culture to tell sacred stories. (From Redeemer University College)
Wheaton College Prof Named to Senate Advisory Board
WDCB online
2014-01-01
A Wheaton College art history professor has been named to a prestigious government advisory board. Dr. Matt Milliner is now a member of the U.S. Senate Curatorial Advisory Board. The panel, which includes 12 other historians, curators and experts from some of the country's most respected institutions, is responsible for advising the Senate Commission on Art. Milliner tells WDCB News Reporter Gary Zidek the advisory panel’s job is to help the five Senators on that Commission.
Presentations and Event Appearances (6)
“Cleansing the Temple”
The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church & Culture Princeton Theological Seminary
2018-04-30
"Hearing Law, Seeing Gospel"
Manhattan Mockingbird Conference https://vimeo.com/220242944
2017-04-29
Seen but Not Heard: The Face of Univocity
Transcendence, Figuration, Modernity: On Theology and the Arts in the Renaissance I
2017-04-01
Keynote Presentation: "Ecumenism in the Arts"
49th Annual Institute for Ecumenical Research Summer Seminar Strasbourg, France
2015-07-01
Culture Breaking: In Praise of Iconoclasm
Wheaton Theology Conference Wheaton, IL.
2015-01-01
Toward a Visual Ecumenism
Invited Presentation Durham, NC.
2014-01-01
Academics and Published Research (1)
Courses Taught
- Art Survey (ART 101) - History of Art & Architecture I (ART 251) - History of Art & Architecture II (ART 351) - Medieval & Byzantine Art (ART 352) - Renaissance & Reformation Art (ART 353) - Senior Seminar in Art History (ART 494) - What is an Image? (CORE First Year Seminar) - The Art & Literature of Indigenous America (CORE Advanced Integrative Seminar) - Mother of God: The Art & Theology of the Virgin Mary (CORE Advanced Integrative Seminar)
Select Articles, Chapters, Reviews, and Other Publications (21)
Visual Ecumenism: The Coy Communion of Art
The Sacraments and Christian Unity
Matthew Milliner
2018
One Soul in Two Bodies: Icons of Sergius & Bacchus Then & Now
Beauty, Order, Mystery: A Christian Vision of Sexuality
Matthew Milliner
2017
The Blessed Virgin Mary
The Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
Matthew Milliner
2017
Review of Matthew Crawford's The World Outside Your Head
First Things
Matthew Milliner
2016
Culture Breaking: In Praise of Iconoclasm
The Image of God in an Image Driven Age
Matthew Milliner
2016
Icon as Theology: The Byzantine ‘Virgin of Predestination.’
ReVisioning: Critical Methods of Seeing Christianity in the History of Art
Matthew Milliner
2014
Visual Arts in Education.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
Matthew Milliner
2014
Not So Secular Sweden
First Things
Matthew Milliner
2014
Living Offering
First Things
Matthew Milliner
2014
Review of Bissera Pentcheva's The Sensual Icon and Leslie Brubaker and John Haldon's Byzantium in the Iconolclastic Era
Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies
Matthew Milliner
2014
"A Secular Age 2.0" Review of Thomas Pfau's Minding the Modern
Books & Culture
Matthew Milliner
2014
Our Lady of Wheaton
First Things
Matthew Milliner
2013
“Ghost of Princeton Past.” Review of Inner Sanctum, Princeton: America's Campus, & Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870-1930
Books & Culture
Matthew Milliner
2013
Review of Cecelia González-Andrieu's A Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty
Christian Scholar’s Review
Matthew Milliner
2013
Lenten Reading: A Review of Ephraim Radner's A Brutal Unity.
Books & Culture
Matthew Milliner
2013
The Brancacci Chapel and Academia’s ‘Religious Turn.’
Art as Spiritual Perception: Essays in Honor of E. John Walford
Matthew Milliner
2012
Kindred Spirits Revisited: T.S. Eliot & Bruce Herman.
Qu4rtets
Matthew Milliner
2012
Medieval Wisdom and the University.
The City
Matthew Milliner
2012
Anchors Aweigh: The Neglected Art of Theological Interpretation
Comment
Matthew Milliner
2012
A Curse Reversed: Towards a Visual Ecumenism
Seen Journal
Matthew Milliner
2012
“Converting the Canvas.” Review of Timothy Gorringe's Earthly Visions
First Things
Matthew Milliner
2012
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