Enrico Castelnuovo (art historian) explained
Enrico Castelnuovo (26 May 1929, in Rome – 15 June 2014, in Turin) was an Italian art historian, specialising in medieval Italian art. His essays on Matteo Giovanetti published in 1962 earned him a Viareggio Prize, and in 1991, he received a Feltrinelli Prize from the Accademia dei Lincei along with Paola Barocchi, with whom he later on worked on the restoration of the Camposanto Monumentale di Pisa. He graduated from the University of Turin alongside Anna Maria Brizio, and studied under Roberto Longhi at the University of Florence. He subsequently was a professor emeritus at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and a member of the Accademia dei Lincei, the Accademia di San Luca, and the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Notes and References
- News: Scomparso lo storico dell’arte Enrico Castelnuovo, docente emerito della Normale . 28 March 2024 . NormaleNews on the web . it.
- News: Luppi . Stefano . Allievi e amici pisani per Enrico Castelnuovo, . 28 March 2024 . Il Giornale dell'arte . 21 May 2015 . it.
- News: Boyer . Guy . Disparition de l’historien de l’art médiéviste Enrico Castelnuovo . 28 March 2024 . Connaissance des Arts . 18 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729054752/http://www.connaissancedesarts.com/civilisation/actus/disparition-de-l-historien-de-l-art-medieviste-enrico-castelnuovo-107238.php . 29 July 2014 . fr-FR.
- Book: "Conosco un ottimo storico dell'arte ...": per Enrico Castelnuovo: scritti di allievi e amici pisani . 2012 . Edizioni della Normale . Pisa . 978-88-7642-435-9.