Courses taught at the Institute
Architecture: Roman to Early Christian
The Art of Florence: Exploring Visual Culture
Credentials
Ph.D. in Economic History (The Art Market in Renaissance Florence) – University of Verona
Specialization Course (Master) in Historical Studies – Istituto Italiano di Studi Storici, Naples
Laurea cum Laude in Renaissance History (Bernardo di Giovanni Rucellai) – University of Florence
Currently student of Renaissance Lute at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole
Latest Projects / Publications
Currently member of the editorial board of Il Liuto, Rivista della Società del Liuto
2000-2002 Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Economic History, University of Siena
1999 CNR-NATO Research Fellowship, Research Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
– “Bernardo Rucellai”, in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, (forthcoming)
– “Il fascino della ‘risonanza’. Viaggio di un’idea tra scienza, platonismo e quabbalah”, in Umanesimo e cultura ebraica nel rinascimento italiano, Proceedings of the International Congress ISI Florence, Palazzo Rucellai, Firenze, 10 March 2016, ed. S. U. Baldassarri – F. Lelli, Firenze, Angelo Pontecorboli, 2016
– “Il liuto di Re Salomone”, in «Il Liuto. Rivista della Società del Liuto», XIII, November 2016
– “Il liuto dalla corda spezzata: pensiero, arte e politica alle origini di un simbolo”, in «Il Liuto. Rivista della Società del Liuto», 10, May 2015
– “Lo studio di Rubens di Cornelis de Baeilleur”, in «Il Liuto. Rivista della Società del Liuto», 8, May 2014
– “Orti Oricellari”, in Enciclopedia Machiavelli, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2014
Teaching Philosophy
I believe that love and enthusiasm are the two most important ingredients for any class you teach: seeing students responding with joy, parteciaption and interest tells me that what we have learned together will remain for long in our memory and in our spirit.
Most Rewarding Moments
Seeing students leaving the class with a smile in their eyes, and reading the joyful emails they send me once the semester is over and they are back home.