Biography
I am an Architectural Historian with specialist interest in the architecture of the European Renaissance and in the use of architecture to promote specific ideological or sociological principles. I have been teaching at PACE for over ten years and relish the opportunity to share my love for art and architecture with students. I also lead architectural tours abroad and give invited lectures nationally.
My PhD was from the University of Reading and the subject of my doctoral thesis was the architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini a Renaissance architect working in northern Italy. On many visits to Italy I have expanded my research and continue to discover new areas of interest. I have a particular fascination with how the Fascist regime used art and architecture to promote a particular ideology.
Teaching continues to be my passion and the International Summer Programme is a particular favourite, always stimulating and enjoyable.
Book chapters
- ‘La Scala Elicoidale: The Spiral Ramps of Francesco di Giorgio. An Architectural Re-Invention’ in Reconstructing Francesco di Giorgio Architect, Bertold Hub, Angeliki Polalli eds. Peter Lang, 2011
Journal articles
- The Convent of Santa Chiara in Urbino: A New Chronology of its Construction and Patronage. Architectural Histories,2015, 3(1): 16, pp. 1–5, 2015
- La ami o la odi: L’architettura futarista, modernista e brutalista nel Regno Unito, in Terzocchio Magazine, March, 2009
Reviews
- Reconsidering the Renaissance: New Questions for Old Themes by Kim W. Woods, Carol M. Richardson, Angeliki Lymberopoulou, Michael W. Franklin and Brian Curran, in Art History, 32: 199–204, 2009
- Christy Anderson Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 in Nexus Network Journal, Volume 10,1, 2008
- Women, Art and Architecture in Northern Italy 1520–1580: Negotiating Power - by Katherine A. McIver , in Renaissance Studies, 21: 448–450, 2007
- Overtures to the Renaissance: Finding New Ground, in Art History, 30: 111–116, 2007
- Mark Wilson Jones, Principles of Roman Architecture, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003, in Nexus Network Journal, Volume 7,2, 2005