Kerry Lucinda Brown is professor of art history at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. She received her PhD in art history from Virginia Commonwealth University, concentrating in the art and architecture of South Asia and the Himalayas, with a specialization in Nepal. Her work examines Newar Buddhist art within the larger context of South Asian Buddhist heritage, addressing issues of image veneration and adornment, gift-giving, pilgrimage and sacred landscapes, and public ritual spectacle.