Luciano Bellosi (7 July 1936 – 26 April 2011) was an Italian art historian.

Life

He was born and died in Florence, graduating from the University of Florence in 1963 alongside Roberto Longhi with a thesis on Lorenzo Monaco. He worked for the Soprintendenza alle Gallerie di Firenze from 1969 to 1979, before teaching medieval art history at the University of Siena until retiring in 2002. He took part in several international art history conferences and organised and edited the Atti del Convegno internazionale di studio su Simone Martini held in Siena in 1985.

Works

Studies and essays

  • Buffalmacco e il Trionfo della Morte, Einaudi, Torino 1974; Premio Viareggio Opera Prima di Saggistica,[1] nuova edizione 5 Continents, Milano 2003;
  • catalogue of Florence's Museo dello Spedale degli Innocenti, Milano 1977;
  • La pecora di Giotto, Einaudi, Torino 1985;
  • monograph on Cimabue, Federico Motta, Milano 1998;
  • Come un prato fiorito. Studi sull'arte tardogotica, Jaca Book, Milano 2000;
  • "I vivi parean vivi": scritti di storia dell'arte italiana del Duecento e del Trecento, Centro Di, Firenze 2006.

Exhibitions

He organised the following exhibitions and edited their catalogues:

Personal library and archive

The Biblioteca Umanistica dell'Università di Siena houses his library of 8,000 volumes, particularly art historical monographs.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Premio letterario Viareggio-Rèpaci". premioletterarioviareggiorepaci.it (in Italian).
  2. ↑ "Biblioteca di Luciano Bellosi". Università degli studi di Siena. Biblioteca di Umanistica (in Italian).
  3. ↑ "Catalogue".
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