Andrea Emiliani

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Andrea Emiliani with Denis Mahon and Pier Luigi Cervellati in Chiusdino . Photo by Paolo Monti .

Andrea Emiliani (born March 5, 1931 in Predappio , Forlì-Cesena province in the Emilia-Romagna region , Italy ; † March 25, 2019 in Bologna ) was an Italian art historian and connoisseur of medieval painting.

Life

Emiliani began his studies at the University of Urbino and then went to the University of Bologna . He received his doctorate from the University of Florence under Roberto Longhi , with Francesco Arcangeli as a second reviewer .

He was responsible for the protection of historical and cultural assets in his home region as superintendent and in 1974 founded the Istituto per i Beni Culturali della Regione Emilia Romagna . He was director of the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna and from 1970 to 1986 professor of museum studies, the history of style and art history at the University of Bologna. He was also president of the Accademia di belle arti di Bologna of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna. He was the curator of various exhibitions at home and abroad on the art and art treasures of Bologna. His research focused on the painters Federico Barocci and Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1657) as well as the Bolognese baroque painters Ludovico Carracci , Guido Reni , Giuseppe Maria Crespi and others.

Museum work and teaching activities

Emiliani was responsible for the redesign of various museums and from 1955 was a consultant for the Pinakothek in Bologna. Other museums were the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara (from 1969 to 1992), the Palazzo Milzetti Bolognesi di Faenza (since 1974) and the Pinacoteca Civica di Forlì . He created the organizational plan for the Museum of the Abbey of San Salvatore and the associated Museo di Santa Giulia in Brescia .

Memberships and honors

Publications

Emiliani was the author of more than 30 books on topics of art and monument protection.

  • as co-editor: Felsina / Bononia / Bologna - documenti di storia, costumi e tradizioni . Edizioni ALFA, Bologna 1962.
  • Acqueforti di Luciano de Vita . Edizioni Alfa, Bologna 1964.
  • El Greco . Istituto geografico De Agostini, Novara 1966.
  • as editor: Una politica per i beni culturali . Edizioni Einaudi, Turin 1974.
  • as editor: Federico Barocci . Edizioni ALFA, Bologna 1975. Critical catalog.
  • Il museo alla sua terza età . Nuova Alfa editoriale, Bologna 1985.
  • as co-editor: Giuseppe Maria Crespi 1665–1747 . Nuovo Alfa editoriale, Bologna 1990, ISBN 88-7779-252-3 . Exhibition catalog.
  • Renato Bruscagli: Acqueforti 1950–1989 , Stamparte, Bologna 1992.
  • La Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna . Electa, Milano 1997, ISBN 88-777-9510-7 .
  • Raffaello, La stanza de la Segnatura , Electa, Milano 1997.
  • as editor with Raffaella Morselli: Gonzaga . La celeste galleria, il museo dei duchi di Mantova . Skira, Milan 2002.
  • Palazzo Milzetti Bolognesi. L'inesplicabile splendore del bianco e oro . Carta Bianca editore, faenza 2014, ISBN 978-88-97550303 .
  • Una politica dei beni culturali . Bononia University Press, Bologna 2014, ISBN 978-88-7395-921-2 .
  • Bologna. Croniche dal vivere . Minerva edizioni, Bologna 2014, ISBN 978-88-7381-575-4 .

Web links

Commons : Andrea Emiliani  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lutto nel mondo della cultura: è morto lo storico Andrea Emiliani accessed on March 27, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Emiliani, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Predappio , Forli-Cesena province , Emilia-Romagna region
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2019
Place of death Bologna