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COGNOME:VAI
PREMIOFONDAZIONECALIGARAASSEGNATOPER:BORSAPOST-LAUREAM
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Myresearchfocusesontherelationshipsbetweenart,architectureandmusicinnorthernItalian
RenaissanceSacredSpacesandincludesauralarchitectureandliturgy,iconographyofspacesand
theirceremoniesand,moregenerally,the16th-17thcenturyculture.
I graduated with a thesis entitled 'Per Ragion di Musica': organizzazione architettonica e prassi
musicalenellaBasilicaPalatinadiSantaBarbara.Mymaster'sthesis,togetherwiththeaudioCd
'Monteverdi Vespers' - recorded during the research by the Cantar Lontano ensemble - was
presentedattheFestivalCantarLontanoandawardedthe2011JohnnyCornagliaPrizeforthebest
masterdissertationoftheyear.
IobtainedmyPhDfromtheUniversityofStAndrewswithathesisentitled‘Pereccitareilpopoloal
concorso et alla divotione’. Art, Music and Liturgy between Pietas and Magnificentia at the
ConfraternityoftheMisericordiaMaggioreontheVenetianMainland(15th–17thc.)
Ihavebeenpre-doctoralFellowandJuniorArtHistoryResearchFellowatUniversityCentreinRome
andIreceivedgrantsandfellowshipsfromtheSocietyforRenaissanceStudies,theSocietyforItalian
Studies,theRoyalHistoricalSocietyandCapodInnovationGrant–UniversityofStAndrews.
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Myresearchinvestigatestherelationshipbetweensacredspaceanditsfunctioninacomparative
way through case studies of the Venetian Republic, between the 16th and 17th centuries, a keytransitional period. Through interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to understand sacred space in
relationstoitsfunction,formandspatiality.
Todatescholarlyresearchhastendedtofocustheattentiononthemostfamouscentreofartistic
production in Renaissance. These studies, undoubtedly valuable, lead to relative neglect of
provinces and their local identities, and run the risk misrepresenting the complexity of the 16th
century.Furthermore,theexitingliteratureisfartoooftenlimitedtoanexaminationofasingle
pieceofartandrarelyexploredasmultifacetedphenomenon.
Bystudyingthewaysinwhichliturgicalandmusicalneedsinfluencechurchinterior,theresearch
addresses these issues by means of a main case study on the westernmost boundaries of the
Venetian mainland empire, the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, which is explored
throughtheinterconnectionsofthechurchwiththeConfraternityoftheMisericordiaMaggiore,
proprietoroftheBasilica,aswellaswithotherlargerregionalprocesses.
Analysesofthe16thand17thcenturiesmanuscriptssourcesarecriticaltothisapproachastheyshed
lightoncontemporaneousnegotiationoflocalpoliticalandreligiousimperatives.Byinterpreting
patternsofsource-survivalandemployinghithertounexaminedsources,itispossibletounderstand
thehistoryofthesacredspaceasalocalbutsignificantcaseintheRenaissanceVenetianRepublic,
in which the life of a confraternity influenced and shaped both space and liturgy for a common
purpose:‘pereccitareilpopoloalconcorsoetalladivotione'.
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After obtaining my PhD with the support of the Fondazione Caligara per l’Alta Formazione
Interdisciplinare,IamcurrentlyResearchAssociateattheCentreforRenaissanceandEarlyModern
Studies,UniversityofYork(UK).Iwouldliketocontinuemyinterdisciplinaryresearchcareerinthe
fieldsofarthistory,musicologyandculturalheritage.
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CosaharappresentatopertelaborsadistudiodellaFondazioneCaligara?
TheFondazioneCaligaraprovidedhelpwithfinancialsupport,withoutwichIwould
havebeenunabletoundertakemyresearchandobtainmydoctoraldegreefromtheUniversityof
StAndrews(UK).IamthereforeindebtwiththeFondazioneCaligara,thatgavemethisinvaluable
opportunitytoachievemygoals,duringmydoctoralyearsandbeyond.
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