Claudia Brittenham’s research focuses on the art of Mesoamerica, with interests in the materiality of art and the politics of style. She is the author of Unseen Art: Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica (2023), The Murals of Cacaxtla: The Power of Painting in Ancient Central Mexico (2015), The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak (cowritten with Mary Miller, 2013), and Veiled Brightness: A History of Ancient Maya Color (cowritten with Stephen D. Houston and colleagues, 2009). Her next book focuses on the interconnectedness of the ancient Mesoamerican world. Brittenham is Professor in the Department of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago.