 He was Founder Editor of the journal "Art History" in 1978.He was professor of Visual Arts and Director of the World Art Research Programme at the University of East Anglia from 1971 until his retirement in 2007 where he was instrumental in the development of the Art History department, and the creation of the School of World Art Studies and Museology.He has authored four books "Art and the Thought in the Hellenistic Age", "Bearers of Meaning", "Classical Art and the Cultures of Greece and Rome", and "Neuroarthistory