Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History and Theory at Middlesex University, London, UK. She was joint editor with Adrian Rifkin of the international journal Art History 1997-2002. Her monographs include: The Spaces of the Hospital: Spatiality and Urban Change in London (2013); Rural Urbanism: London landscapes in the early nineteenth century (2006); Reading Architectural History (2002); and Re-presenting the Metropolis: Architecture, Urban Experience and Social Life in London 1800-1840 (2000). She is also the author of the bestselling Art History: A Very Short Introduction (2004) which has been translated into many languages. Her recent edited and co-edited volumes include: Art History: Contemporary Perspectives on Method (2010); Biographies and Space (2008); and Rethinking Architectural Historiography (2006). Her latest book Art: An Introduction was published by TATE in 2014.