BELLOSI, Luciano 1936-

PERSONAL:

Born July 7, 1936, in Florence, Italy; son of Enrico (a gardener) and Maria (a domestic worker; maiden name, Cuccuini) Bellosi. Education: Attended University of Florence. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Tennis.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Via A. Manzoni 3, 50121 Florence, Italy. Office—University of Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italy.

CAREER:

Educator, historian, and author. Art historian and superintendent of art gallery in Florence, Italy, 1969-79; University of Siena, Siena, Italy, professor of history of medieval art, 1979—, director of department of archaeology and art history, 1983-86. Military service: Served in Italian armed forces, 1963-64.

MEMBER:

Accademie degli Intronoti.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Premio Viareggio, 1974.

WRITINGS:

Buffalmacco e il Trinfo della Morte, Einaudi (Turin, Italy), 1974.

Il museo dell'Ospedale degli Innocenti, Electa (Milan, Italy), 1977.

Giotto, Scala Books (New York, NY), 1981, published as Giotto: Complete Works, Riverside Book Co. (New York, NY), 1993.

La pecora di Giotto, Einaudi (Turin, Italy), 1985, translation published as Duccio: The Maesta, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 1999.

Cimabue, Federico Motta (Milan, Italy), 1998, translated by Jay Hyams, Alexandra Bonfante-Warren, and Frank Dabell, Abbeville Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Come un prato fiorito: studi sull'arte tardogotica, Jaca (Milan, Italy), 2000.

(Editor) Le arti figuative nelle corti dei malatesti, B. Ghigi (Rimini, Italy), 2002.

Contributor to exhibition catalogs and other reference books. Contributor to professional journals, including Burlington.

SIDELIGHTS:

Luciano Bellosi told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is my great interest in the research on Italian Renaissance art. My work is particularly influenced by my master, the great Italian art historian Roberto Longhi.

"My writing process is to detect the many problems of Italian Renaissance art that are yet unsolved. It is like constructing a detective story. I use my eyes to understand and to 'read' the works of art, and then I confront them with the information we have about artists. I have to read many books and sometimes archival documents.

"The many works of art which reflect an 'environmental context' in the country where I live inspires me to write on the subjects that I choose."