Victor I. Stoichita was first educated in Bucharest and later gained a Ph.D. from the University of Rome and a Doctorat d'Etat from the Sorbonne in Paris. He is currently Professor of the History of Art at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. His publications include Visionary Experience in the Golden Age of Spanish Art (Reaktion, 1995), The Self-Aware Image (1997), and A Short History of the Shadow (Reaktion, 1997).