Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Jean-Pierre Isbouts is an art historian and a professor emeritus at Fielding Graduate University. He is the author or coauthor of multiple history books, including Mapping America , Mapping the Holy Land , National Geographic's The Ultimate Visual History of the World , The Biblical World , In the Footsteps of Jesus , and The Story of Christianity, which together have sold more than two million copies and, together with Christopher Heath Brown, he is the coauthor of the art books The da Vinci...See more

Jean-Pierre Isbouts is an art historian and a professor emeritus at Fielding Graduate University. He is the author or coauthor of multiple history books, including Mapping America , Mapping the Holy Land , National Geographic's The Ultimate Visual History of the World , The Biblical World , In the Footsteps of Jesus , and The Story of Christianity, which together have sold more than two million copies and, together with Christopher Heath Brown, he is the coauthor of the art books The da Vinci Legacy: How an Elusive 16th-Century Artist Became a Global Pop Icon , The Mona Lisa Myth , and Young Leonardo , and the coproducer of The Search for the Last Supper and The Search for the Mona Lisa specials shown on Public Television. Dr. Isbouts has made appearances on numerous radio and TV shows, is the host of several series for The Great Courses, and has directed several programs for Disney, ABC, Hallmark, and the History Channel, working with actors such as Leonard Nimoy, Charlton Heston, Dick van Dyke, and Morgan Freeman, and produced recordings with orchestras around the world. Dr. Isbouts lives in Santa Monica, California. See less