Michael G & Nina C Sundell
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New York Times, July 1999: “Michael G. Sundell, Yaddo's president...Yaddo was founded in 1900, when Mrs. Trask, an author, and her husband, a financier, created a trust establishing their home in Saratoga Springs, as an artists' retreat after their deaths. He died in 1909, she in 1922, and Yaddo opened to artists in the summer of 1926.”


“Michael G. Sundell, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Humanities, The Cooper Union.”

Michael G. Sundell '56, Mosaics in the Eternal City (Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2007). Written with the general reader in mind, this well and aptly illustrated volume focuses on the major works of public visual art in the form of mosaics that can be found in Rome, and which were ­created between 400 and 1300. Derived from an impressive grasp of the latest research, it places the mosaics in their ­historical context, and the result is a composite portrait of the city as it evolved throughout many centuries. Anyone interested in the history of art or religion, and certainly anyone contemplating a visit to Rome, will warmly welcome this book. Its author began his serious study of the mosaics in Roman churches after his retirement in 2000 as president of Yaddo, the famed artist's community in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Michael G. Sundell
Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402