Courses Taught at the Institute

The Art of Florence: Exploring Visual Culture
The Business of Art: the Economics and Management of Culture

Credentials

Ph.D. Modern Art History – Università degli Studi di Firenze
Laurea cum laude in Modern Art History – Università degli Studi di Firenze

Latest Projects / Publications

– “Larghi d’oro in oro per parte di miniatura”: i Corali Edili 148-151 e l’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze, in ‘Medieval Charm: Illuminated Manuscripts for Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Patronage’ by F. Brazès-Moly and F. Marini, International conference proceedings, Florence, ISI Florence, 20 October 2015, Perpignan, forthcoming.

– “Florence – Rome round trip: the Florentine art collecting context and the Salviati” methodus, forthcoming.

– “Catalogo delle opere, biografia, apparati”, in ‘Modigliani’ by R. Chiappini, exhibition catalogue, Genova, Palazzo Ducale, 16 March- 17 July 2017, Milano.

– “John Currin: Paintings”, Gagosian Quarterly Magazine, September 2016.

– “A new Drawing by Mantegna”, in ‘The Burlington Magazine’, 157.2015,1344, pp.155-157

Teaching Philosophy

Applying knowledge while learning and developing critical thinking in the past and current world analysis are fundamental in my teaching method. For this reason, the understanding of Middle Ages and Renaissance Art in Florence and the economic and social mechanisms of the markets for visual arts are achieved in my classes through a mutual exchange with the students, a constant questioning on the causes and the effects of the making, the display and the consumption of art in different cultural, social and geographical contexts.

Most Rewarding Moments

Catching the glimpse of joy in students’ eyes observing closely a major artwork for the first time.

Favorite Quote

‘Intention is the forward-leaning look of things. It is not a reconstituted historical state of mind, then, but a relation between the object and its circumstances.’ – Micheal Baxandall