Walter Bell Denny is an American art historian and educator.
[1] Denny graduated cum laude from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1964.
[2] Denny wrote a doctoral dissertation on ceramics from the Rüstem Pasha Mosque.
He was elevated to the rank of University Distinguished Professor of Art History there.
Throughout his career, Denny has been a scholar of Islamic art, studying such subjects as the Rüstem Pasha Mosque and the Saz style.