Simone Facchinetti (born 1972) is an Italian art historian.

Biography

Born in

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

, he graduated from Milan University in modern art history in 2000. He then studied for a doctorate on

Roberto Longhi Roberto Longhi (28 December 1890 – 3 June 1970) was an Italian academic, art historian, and curator. The main subjects of his studies were the painters Caravaggio and Piero della Francesca. Early life and career Longhi was born in December 1 ...

Carlo Braccesco Carlo Braccesco was an Italian Renaissance painter, documented in Liguria from 1478 to 1501. His first known work is a ''Madonna and Saints'' at Imperia, signed ''CAROLUS MEDIOLANENSIS'' ("Carlo from Milan"), dating to 1478. From c. 1480 is a fres ...

, editing the critical edition of Braccesco's work, published in 2008. In 2002 he won the ''Premio Internazionale Sergio Polillo''. He was curator of the Museo Adriano Bernareggi in

from 2000 to 2018 and from 2019 onwards has taught art history at Salento University. He has also co-curated two exhibitions at London's

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

(that on

Giovan Battista Moroni Giovanni Battista Moroni, also known as Giambattista Moroni ( – 5 February 1578) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist school. Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, he is considered one of the g ...

in 2014, revived at the

Frick Collection The Frick Collection (colloquially known as the Frick) is an art museum on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. The collection (museum) ...

in 2019 as ''Moroni. The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture'', along with ''In the Age of

Giorgione Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco (; 1470s – 17 September 1510), known as Giorgione, was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, ...

'' in 2016). He has also collaborated with ''Alias-D'' on

il manifesto (; English: "the manifesto") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Rome, Italy. While calling itself " communist" and broadly left-wing, it is not connected to any political party A political party is an organization that coordin ...

and with "

Il Giornale dell'Arte ''The Art Newspaper'' is a monthly print publication, with daily updates online, founded in 1990 and based in London and New York City. It covers news of the visual arts as they are affected by international politics and economics, developments i ...

Works

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Chiara Frugoni Chiara Frugoni (4 February 1940 – 9 April 2022) was an Italian historian and academic, specialising in the Middle Ages and church history. She was awarded the Viareggio Prize in 1994 for her essay, ''Francesco e l'invenzione delle stimmate''. ...

and Simone Facchinetti, ''Senza misericordia. Il Trionfo della Morte e la Danza macabra a Clusone'' (Einaudi: Torino, 2016), * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Facchinetti, Simone Living people 1972 births Writers from Bergamo University of Milan alumni Academic staff of the University of Salento Italian art historians