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Professor of Early Modern Art History (L-Art/02) Coordinator

Giovanni Battista Fidanza (Perugia, 1967) is Professor of Early Modern Art History since 2018. He served the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” as Coordinator of the PhD Program in “Cultural Heritage, Education, and Territory” (2018-2021) and as the Rector's Delegate and Director of “Villa Mondragone”, a monumental complex owned by the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (2020-2022). From 2018 to 2021, Prof. Fidanza has been a member of the National Scientific Qualification Board (Art History-10/B1 Sector). His papers have been published in reputed international refereed journals, including: Renaissance Studies, The Burlington Magazine, Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte, and Artibus et Historiae. In 2022, he published (with the publisher Ad Ilissum in London) the fresco cycle by Andrea Sacchi in the loggia of Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte’s Ripetta Palace, long held to be lost. 

SSD: L-ART/02

CURRICULUM: Art, Archaeology, History, Restoration

MAIN RESEARCH EXPERTISE

The role of images, their history and context of production from the seventeenth century to the early years of the eighteenth century, with particular reference to the Papal States; history of sculpture and wooden furnishings in Central Italy during the Early Modern period (particularly in the Papal States and Florence), with in-depth analysis of the formal and historical-critical aspects of materials and artistic techniques; diagnostic investigation techniques applied to the study of painting and sculpture from the Early Modern Period.

DIRECTON OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS

Scientific coordinator of the Research Unit at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” for the PRIN Project (Programs of Scientific Research of National Relevance - MIUR) from 2010 to 2011. 

Title of the research project: “Wooden Sculpture in Europe between the Renaissance and Baroque: Circulation of Craftsmen, Models, and Materials among Italy, Spain, France, and Germany” (Administrative Office: University of Perugia).

2008 to present: National Coordinator (together with Dr. Nicola Macchioni from the Institute for BioEconomy-CNR) of “ArISStArt” (Archivio delle Identificazioni delle Specie Legnose dei Beni Storico-Artistici), a system that enables computerized management of the anatomical identification of wood species of wooden artifacts of art-historical interest, conceived in collaboration with the Institute for BioEconomy-CNR of Sesto Fiorentino (Florence).

DIRECTION OR PARTICIPATION IN EDITORIAL COMMITTEES AND EDITORIAL MAGAZINES AND SERIES

From 2019 to 2022, Prof. Fidanza was a member of the editorial board of Rivista d'Arte (founded in 1903), Leo S. Olschki Publisher (since 2011, he has been a member of the editorial board) [“A Class” Journal - ANVUR].

Prof. Fidanza is a member of the editorial board of Confronto. Studi e ricerche di storia dell'arte europea (2020 to present). A journal founded by Ferdinando Bologna in 2003.

TEACHING OR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS GRANTED BY QUALIFIED UNIVERSITIES OR FOREIGN OR SUPRANATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS

2013: Visiting Professor at Pennsylvania State University – Erie, The Behrend College (USA). Pennsylvania State University is ranked 37th in the national rank and 54th in the world rank according to the 2013 Academic Ranking of World Universities [www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings-2013/USA.html].

2011: Visiting Lecturer at Loughborough University (UK), in the School of Arts (MA Art and Design Studio Practice). Loughborough University is ranked 14th in the Ranking of British Universities The Complete University Guide 2012 by Mayfield University Consultants.