Biography
Biography
Role
Assistant Professor (RTD-A) of Medieval Art History
Short Bio
I received my PhD in Art History in joint supervision from the University of Florence and the University of Lausanne (2019), with a dissertation devoted to thirteenth- and fourteenth-century wall paintings at the Sacro Speco of Subiaco (Rome).
I subsequently held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Florence (2019–2020), within the PRIN project Per un catalogo del Museo Nazionale del Bargello, and at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (2020–2025), where I worked on the project VIGOR – National Museums of Lucca. Research activity in several Tuscan museum contexts, combined with collaborations on major national and international exhibitions, has allowed me to develop strong expertise in interdisciplinary projects focused on the study, cataloguing, and dissemination of cultural heritage.
My research focuses on Gothic and Late Gothic painting in central and southern Italy, examined through stylistic, technical, material, and iconographic approaches. A central concern of my work is the historical reintegration of artworks into their original spatial, functional, and experiential contexts, with particular attention to wall painting cycles and their relationship to architecture, ritual practices, and viewers’ movement. This approach underpins my monograph on the medieval wall paintings of the Sacro Speco (Mandragora, 2020). More recent work, including a volume published by Einaudi (2024), investigates medieval painting techniques and their aesthetic, perceptual, and iconographic implications.
Research interests
- Wall painting cycles as integrated visual systems embedded within sacred spaces, with attention to architectural articulation, ritual practices, movement, and modes of viewing.
- Medieval painting techniques and materials as historically situated practices, and their role in shaping visual perception, iconographic meaning, and symbolic value.
- Technical and theoretical sources as evidence of early modern viewers’ perceptual habits and modes of engagement with the materiality of painting.
- The impact of modern restoration practices on the material appearance, visual legibility, and historiographical interpretation of medieval and early modern artworks.