Associate Professor of Art History Andrew Casper awarded 2022 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize
The Roland H. Bainton Book Prizes are awarded yearly for the best books written in English within the time frame of 1450-1660 in four categories: Art and Music History, History and Theology, Literature, and Reference Works.
Associate Professor of Art History Andrew Casper awarded 2022 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize
Associate Professor of Art History Andrew Casper, Ph.D., was awarded the 2022 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) for Best Book in Art and Music History. SCSC is an international organization founded to promote the research and dissemination of early modern studies.
Casper’s book, An Artful Relic: The Shroud of Turin in Baroque Italy, published by Penn State University Press in 2021, was announced the winner on Friday October 28 at the SCS Conference in Minneapolis.
“I spent over ten years working on this book,” said Casper. Though it is the second book I’ve published, this is the one I always wanted to write. It is a huge honor to get this recognition for something that I’m so proud of.”
The Roland H. Bainton Book Prizes are awarded yearly for the best books written in English within the time frame of 1450-1660 in four categories: Art and Music History, History and Theology, Literature, and Reference Works. Criteria for selection include quality and originality of research, methodological skill and/or innovation, development of fresh and stimulating interpretations or insights, and literary quality.
Casper’s book examines the controversial Shroud of Turin, long believed by many to be the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ, as a religious image from the late 1500s through 1600s. This book is the first by a faculty member of Miami University to be awarded the Bainton prize in any category.
