Dr. Elena Calvillo awarded the Hanna Kiel Fellowship at Villa I Tatti
April 4, 2013
Associate Professor Elena Calvillo, Department of Art & Art History, has been awarded the Hanna Kiel Fellowship for research at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
The fellowship will enable Dr. Calvillo to spend her sabbatical year at I Tatti, working on her second book, “Rome in Translation: Precious Objects in the Age of Prints.” This project continues work begun while finishing her first book manuscript on the miniaturist Giullo Clovio, (1498-1578), “The Cardinal’s Artist: Giulio Clovio and Artistic Service in Sixteenth-Century Rome.”
In her application, Dr. Calvillo said that the new book will address “the way in which artists experienced and reproduced in novel or precious media the canonical forms of sixteenth-century Rome and…the way in which collectors outside of Rome (especially in Spain) received and collected these artistic translations.” The precious objects being studied include albums of drawings, paintings on stone, and cabinet miniatures--techniques used to translate Rome’s greatest art works of the time, including those by Raphael and Michelangelo, into items that would be highly valued and collected elsewhere. While in residence, Dr. Calvillo will have access to the museums and libraries in the region that hold these items and related documents, as well as a community of Renaissance scholars at the Center.
Dr. Cavillo has taught at the University of Richmond since 2004. She received her Ph.D. degree in Art History from John Hopkins University.
The fellowship will enable Dr. Calvillo to spend her sabbatical year at I Tatti, working on her second book, “Rome in Translation: Precious Objects in the Age of Prints.” This project continues work begun while finishing her first book manuscript on the miniaturist Giullo Clovio, (1498-1578), “The Cardinal’s Artist: Giulio Clovio and Artistic Service in Sixteenth-Century Rome.”
In her application, Dr. Calvillo said that the new book will address “the way in which artists experienced and reproduced in novel or precious media the canonical forms of sixteenth-century Rome and…the way in which collectors outside of Rome (especially in Spain) received and collected these artistic translations.” The precious objects being studied include albums of drawings, paintings on stone, and cabinet miniatures--techniques used to translate Rome’s greatest art works of the time, including those by Raphael and Michelangelo, into items that would be highly valued and collected elsewhere. While in residence, Dr. Calvillo will have access to the museums and libraries in the region that hold these items and related documents, as well as a community of Renaissance scholars at the Center.
Dr. Cavillo has taught at the University of Richmond since 2004. She received her Ph.D. degree in Art History from John Hopkins University.