Full Professor
ARTE-01/B Storia dell’arte moderna
fidanza@lettere.uniroma2.it
Other professional positions
From 2020: Dean’s delegate for the direction of the University Centre “Villa Mondragone”, a monumental complex owned by the University of Rome Tor Vergata
Education
PhD in History of Art, University of Perugia
Teaching Positions
2013: Visiting Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, The Behrend College within the course: Italian Renaissance Art of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (at the invitation of Sharon Dale, Professor of History of Art)
2011: Visiting Lecturer, Loughborough University (UK), School of the Arts, within the MA Art and Design Studio Practice course (at the invitation of Roberta Bernabei, Lecturer)
Fields of research
History of painting from the 17th century to the early 19th century, with particular reference to the Papal States
History of wooden sculpture and furnishings in the Early modern period in Central Italy, in particular in the Papal State and Florence, with emphasis on stylistic and historical aspects of materials and techniques
Diagnostics applied to the study of wooden sculpture and painting in the Early modern period
Editorial boards
2019- : Co-editor of Rivista d’Arte (first published 1903), Leo S. Olschki Publisher, Florence
2011-2019: Member of the editorial board of Rivista d’Arte (first published 1903), Leo S. Olschki Publisher, Florence
Peer Reviewer for the following journals
Bollettino d’Arte
Paragone
Napoli Nobilissima
Artibus et Historiae
Research training and grants
Research fellow at CNR-Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree (National Research Council of Italy-Trees and Timber Institute). Field of research: diagnostics applied to wooden artworks (from February 2017 to February 2018)
2017: Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca (FFABR), Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes)
2011-2016: Investigator, Research unit of University of Rome, Tor Vergata: PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) Title of project: La scultura lignea in Europa fra Rinascimento e Barocco. Circolazione di maestranze, modelli e materiali tra Italia, Spagna, Francia e Germania in association with: University of Perugia; University of Udine; University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa; University of Salento
Selected international colloquia and papers
67th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (7-10 April 2021); title: The Grant of Altare Privilegiato and the Replacement of Altarpieces: Case Studies in Baroque Rome
“North Atlantic Catholic Communities in Rome, 1622-1939”, University of Notre Dame, Rome Global Gateway (5-7 June 2017; title: English Baroque Rome: Artists and Patrons