Julianne Davidow

Born in Philadelphia, Julianne grew up in New Jersey, and has lived in New York, California, Rome, and Venice, Italy. As well as a writer and photographer, she is a certified coach specializing in attention issues and creativity.

She writes on art, culture, travel, history, and spirituality, and her writing has appeared in numerous publications such as Rosebud Magazine, Angels on Earth, the L.A. Weekly, and Watercraft. Her photos have been published and shown in exhibit spaces in the U.S. and in Europe, including London's Royal Academy of Arts.

A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College where she studied comparative literature and religion, and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, she's also studied writing at New York University, University of Iowa, and Kenyon College.

In addition to her book on the art and philosophy of the Italian Renaissance, Outer Beauty, Inner Joy: Contemplating the Soul of the Renaissance (Bunker Hill, October, 2010), she is currently completing an historical novel that takes place in sixteenth-century Venice.