
BA (Hons) Italy; MLitt; PhD (University of Aberdeen)
Honorary Research Fellow
- About
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Biography
I graduated with a PhD in History of Art from the University of Aberdeen with a thesis entitled “Siena and its Contado: Art, Iconography and Patronage in the Diocese of Grosseto from c. 1380 to c. 1480”. My research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and examined the relationship between the commune of Siena and the territories under its control, and how this reflected on the artistic output of the diocese of Grosseto, in Southern Tuscany. It also explored the dynamics of patronage in this area. I previously completed an Masters of Letters with Distinction and a BA (Hons).
I have been working on the visual culture of liminal communities in Tuscany, and on broader issues such as the role of art and visual culture in the formation of individual and collective identities. This research resulted in the co-edited volume: "Art and Identity: Visual Culture, Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" (Cambridge Scholars, 2012). I also work on sanctity, visual culture and healing, and this is also part of the co-edited volume: "Saints, Miracles and the Image: Healing Saints and Miraculous Images in the Renaissance (Brepols, 2018). A monograph on an altarpiece commissioned from Sienese artist Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo (c. 1430-1495) now housed in the Pinacoteca of Siena, has been published recently in Italian with the sponsorship of the Diocese of Grosseto.
My research on patronage and devotion in Renaissance Florence resulted in an article on Filippo Lippi's Alessandri altarpiece, published in the current issue of the Metropolitan Museum Journal.
I am currently co-editing a follow up book entitled: "Visual Networks of Healing in Renaissance Italy", and I set up a discussion group on Facebook to provide a platform for the exchange of knoweldge and ideas on anything related to healing in the visual arts:
www.facebook.com/groups/visiblehealing/.
Latest Publications
New Insights into Filippo Lippi's Alessandri Altarpiece
The Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 120-133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Depiction of Virtue and Beauty: The Patronage of the Saint Ursula fresco in the church of San Giorgio at Montemerano
Women and Ideal in the Italian Renaissance. Piana, M., Brizio, E., Eisenbichler, K. (eds.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, pp. 55-81Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMatteo di Giovanni a Gavorrano: La Pala 432 nella Pinacoteca di Siena
Editrice Effigi, Arcidosso. 64 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksThe Lignum Crucis and the veneration of the Cross in the contado of Siena: Unmasking some neglected images in the cathedral of Massa Marittima
New Horizons in Trecento Italian Art. Whittington, K., Keene, B. (eds.). Brepols, pp. 261-276, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSaints Cosmas and Damian at Gavorrano: Florentine Influence and a Proposal for the Provenance of Panel 432 in the Pinacoteca of Siena
Saints, Miracles and the Image. Cardarelli, S., Fenelli, L. (eds.). Brepols, pp. 147-167, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
- Research
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Research Overview
- The interplay between centres and peripheries with particular emphasis on fifteenth-century Siena and Florence and how this shaped artistic outputs, iconography, patronage and devotion
- Faith and Healing as represented in the Visual Arts
- Religious and Secular Authority and Patronage
Research Areas
History
Art History
Research Specialisms
- Fine Art
- History of Art
- Medieval History
- Italian History
- Italian Society and Culture
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Publications
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New Insights into Filippo Lippi's Alessandri Altarpiece
The Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 120-133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Depiction of Virtue and Beauty: The Patronage of the Saint Ursula fresco in the church of San Giorgio at Montemerano
Women and Ideal in the Italian Renaissance. Piana, M., Brizio, E., Eisenbichler, K. (eds.). Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, pp. 55-81Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMatteo di Giovanni a Gavorrano: La Pala 432 nella Pinacoteca di Siena
Editrice Effigi, Arcidosso. 64 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksThe Lignum Crucis and the veneration of the Cross in the contado of Siena: Unmasking some neglected images in the cathedral of Massa Marittima
New Horizons in Trecento Italian Art. Whittington, K., Keene, B. (eds.). Brepols, pp. 261-276, 16 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSaints Cosmas and Damian at Gavorrano: Florentine Influence and a Proposal for the Provenance of Panel 432 in the Pinacoteca of Siena
Saints, Miracles and the Image. Cardarelli, S., Fenelli, L. (eds.). Brepols, pp. 147-167, 20 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMichele C. Ferrari, ed., Saints and the City: Beiträge zum Verständnis urbaner Sakralität in christlichen Gemeinschaften (5.–17. Jh.) (FAU Studien aus der Philosophischen Fakultät 3.) Erlangen: FAU University Press, 2015. Paper. Pp. 346. €16. ISBN: 978-3-944057-29-3.
Speculum, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 1200-1201Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesSaints, Miracles and the Image: Healing Saints and Miraculous Images in the Renaissance
Brepols, Turnhout. 322 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksRemembering the Dead, Planning for the Afterlife in Fifteenth-Century Tuscany. The Case of Cione di Ravi
Memorializing the Middle Classes in Medieval and Renaissance Europe. Leader, A. (ed.). Medieval Institute Publications, pp. 187-236, 49 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersSt Francis in Southern Tuscany: History, Art and Devotion in the records of Francesco Anichini and Other Archival Documents
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAntonio Ghini and Andrea di Francesco Guardi: Two 15th-Century Tuscan Artists in the Service of Local Governments
Journal of Art Historiography, vol. 9, pp. 1-20Contributions to Journals: Articles