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Carlo Avilio
CURRICULUM VITAE
Department of History of Art
e-mail: [email protected]
University of Warwick
Mobile: (+44) 7922 4875 41
Coventry, CV4 7HS (UK), Milburn House
Research interests
My principal research interests lie in the field of Baroque art. My methodology relies on an interdisciplinary approach linking
together art history, literature and the history of sciences along with a close analysis of manuscript sources and archive
documents.
CURRENT POSITION
PhD student at the Warwick University, Department of History of Art (supervisor Dr. Lorenzo Pericolo)
Dissertation Title: ‘Naturalism and the Picaresque in Jusepe de Ribera's Work’.
EDUCATION
1997-2002
Master of Arts in Conservation of Cultural Heritage University Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples
Dissertation: La catacomba di San Gaudioso a Napoli: aspetti topografici e iconografici.
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Leonardo Di Mauro
Awarded the highest distinction (70/70 cum laude)
2003-2006
School of Specialization in History of Modern Art, University of Studies Federico II, Naples
Dissertation: I graffiti di Giovan Battista de Pino (1612-1647) nella Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanità a Napoli.
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Paola Santucci
Awarded the highest distinction (110/110 cum laude)
2001
Certificate of Assistant Librarian, Italy, 2001.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
October 2012-September 2015
Chancellor’s Scholarship, Warwick University, Department of Hostory of Art, Three-year fully funded Doctoral Scholarship
April 2013
Association of Art Historians―John Flaming Travel Award (UK) for my Ph.D. project: A Journey to Italy in Jusepe de
Ribera's Footsteps: Naturalism, “New Science”, Picaresque.
2007
Franco Strazzullo Award for my School of Specialization dissertation.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles
“Una commedia inedita di Francesco Mastriani: Il marito di tela”, Critica letteraria, XXXIX/151 (2011), n. 2, pp. 334354.
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“Per un primo profilo documentato di Giovan Battista De Pino”, Arte Cristiana. An international review of art history
and liturgical arts, XCVI/849 (2008), pp. 459-464.
Chapters in books
“La catacomba di San Gaudioso. Le radici della cristianità disegnano nuove prospettive per il quartiere della
Sanità”, in Undergrounds in Naples. I sottosuoli napoletani, ed. Roberta Varriale (Napoli: CNR. Istituto di Studi sulle
Società del Mediterraneo, 2009, pp. 91-101, CNR conference proceedings, Naples, November 2007).
(forthcoming) ‘The Failure of Painting in Jusepe de Ribera’s Sense of Smell’, in Dialectics of Faith and Doubt in
seventeenth-century Spain, edited by Aneta Georgievska-Shine and Matt Ancell.
Editor
Editor of the series Scoprire e Riscoprire (3 issue published; Napoli: D’Auria, 2008-) (short guides for local tourism).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Tuition of Italian Language
Lessons of Italian Language, Buddy Scheme ― Warwick University
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Ribera’s Five Senses: Between the New Science and the Picaresque”, New York, The Renaissance Society of
America Annual Meeting Conference (27-29 March 2014).
“Comedic and Parodic Aspects in Ribera’s Lazarillo and the Blind Man”, Berlin, The Renaissance Society of America
Annual Meeting Conference (26-28 March 2015).
SEMINARS
University of Warwick, Department of History of Art, Research Seminar Series, 16th March 2016
"Painting Experience: Ribera's Series of the Five Senses"
SEMINARS ORGANIZATION
Research Seminar Series, Warwick University – Department of History of Art, 28th January 2015
Angelamaria Aceto (Ashmolean Museum), “Translating Architecture into Prints: Giovanni Giacomo de’ Rossi and
Workshop Practices in 17th century Rome”
WORK EXPERIENCE
Management of library services and supervisor for digital libraries projects (2003-2012)
LANGUAGES SKILLS
Italian (native speaker)
English (IELTS 7/9: read, write, speak fluently)
Spanish (intermediate reading, writing and speaking)
Latin for academic purposes
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Renaissance Society of America
Association of Art Historians
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Italian Art Society
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