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SARAH FERRARI
Position
Ricercatrice a tempo det. art. 24 c.3 lett. B L. 240/2010
Structure
Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali: archeologia, storia dell'arte, del cinema e della musica (DBC)
Address
PIAZZA CAPITANIATO, 7 - PALAZZO LIVIANO - PADOVA
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Sarah Ferrari is a tenure-track assistant professor (RTDB) in History of Early Modern Art at the University of Padova, Department of Cultural Heritage (DBC). She has been awarded an MSCA grant funded by the EU for the research project WOMENWRITERS: "The Self-fashioning of Women Writers in Early Modern Italy (1490-1610)" (Proposal number: 101068976). She is currently working on this topic, while at the same time teaching the course "L'Arte italiana nel Rinascimento" for BA students of the degree course "Italian Medieval and Renaissance Studies" in the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies (DiSLL) of the University of Padova.
The research project WOMENWRITERS aims to investigate the emergence of women writing in Italy in the so-called long 16th century, by addressing an aspect which has been only sporadically touched upon, i.e. the self-fashioning of women writers in portraits. It aims to provide the first interdisciplinary cross-analysis of portraits associated with the names of women writers whose works were published in the 16th century (e.g. Vittoria Colonna, Veronica Gambara, Tullia d’Aragona), particularly in anthologies of poetry.
More in general, Sarah's research interest are mainly set at the crossroads between art and literature, with a special focus on portraiture and landscape. She has published extensively on Giorgione and the young Titian, on the relationship between pastoral poetry and landscape paintings and drawings, as well as on the role of copies and history of collecting.
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Office hours
Office is located at the second floor of Palazzo Maldura. Students are kindly asked to get in touch via email to book an appointment.
Publications
Selected Publications
Monographs:
- S. Ferrari, The Self-fashioning of Women Writers in Early Modern Italy (1490-1610): forthcoming.
- S. Ferrari, "Una luce per la natura". Studi su Giorgione, Padova: Padova University Press, 2016.
Edited books:
- S. Ferrari, M. Olin (eds.), Market, Musealization and Materiality: studies on Italian paintings of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm: forthcoming.
- R. Battaglia, S. Ferrari, A. Mazzotta, Tiziano 1508: agli esordi di una luminosa carriera, Firenze: Mandragora, 2023.
- C. Ceschi, S. Ferrari (eds.), Elizabeth Gardner, A Bibliographical Repertory of Italian Private Collections, vol. 5: S – Z, Verona: Scripta, 2019.
- S. Ferrari, A. Pattanaro (eds.), Disegnare l’antico, riproporre l’antico nel Cinquecento, Padova: Padova University Press, 2019.
- B, Crivelli, S. Ferrari, M. Grosso (eds.), Venezia e gli Asburgo. Pittura, collezionismo e circuiti commerciali nel tardo Rinascimento europeo, Padova, Padova University Press, 2018.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
- S. Ferrari, Giuseppe Porta and the Sala dei Giganti in Padua: a newly discovered drawing in Uppsala, in Paragone. Arte, vol. LXXIV, 879-881, 2023, pp. 29-40, ISSN: 1120-4737.
- J. Eriksson, P. Widén, S. Ferrari, M. Hayashi, Digital reconstructions of picture galleries as art historical method: The Virtual Museum at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, in Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 29, 2023, pp. 1-8.
- S. Ferrari, Le infinite vie del mercato dell’arte: note a margine di una ricerca sulla dispersione della collezione di Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (1690-1756) tra Svezia e Danimarca, in Saggi e Memorie di Storia dell'Arte, vol. 45, 2022, pp. 110-125, ISSN: 0392-713X.
- S. Ferrari, Copying from the old masters: Raphael "à la française": "The Holy Family with a Sparrow" and its copies by Philippe de Champaigne and Jean Baptiste Corneille, in Art Bulletin of Nationalmuseum Stockholm, vol. 27, 2022, pp. 63-70, ISSN: 2001-9238.
Essays in Edited Collections:
- S. Ferrari, Committenza e iconografia nelle opere del giovane Tiziano, in "Tiziano 1508: agli esordi di una luminosa carriera", exhibition catalogue ed. by R. Battaglia, S. Ferrari, A. Mazzotta, Firenze: Mandragora, 2023, pp. 12-27.
- S. Ferrari, Ancora su Perugino a Venezia: una breve nota intorno alla Pietà di Williamstown, in "Perugino Pittore Per Tutto L’universo Mondo", ed. by E. Lunghi, M.R. Silvestrelli, Foligno (PG) 2023, pp. 192-201.
- S. Ferrari, I. Brooke, Constructing the Myth of Bembo through Visual and Verbal Portraits, in "Musica e cultura nella Padova di Pietro Bembo", ed. by C. Cassia, "Studi e Saggi", Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2023, pp. 127-155.
- S. Ferrari, The Role of Cardinals' Portraits in Venice, in "Portrait Cultures of the Early Modern Cardinal", ed. by P. Baker-Bates I. Brooke, Amsterdam University Press, 2021, pp. 117-148.
- S. Ferrari, Tiziano e Francesco Vecellio, in "La Pontificia Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Padova. Archeologia, Storia, Arte, Musica", ed. by L. Bertazzo, G. Zampieri, Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2021, pp. 1255-1304.
- S. Ferrari, Una fonte per i disegni di paesaggio di Tiziano. Prime riflessioni sui ‘Lusus’ di Andrea Navagero, in "Il Paesaggio veneto nel Rinascimento, ed. by A. Caracausi, M. Grosso, V. Romani, Milano, Officina Libraria, 2019, pp. 27-47.
Research Area
Sarah Ferrari's research interests are mainly addressed towards Venetian art, apart from an initial incursion into the Bolognese and Emilian context dating back to her MA thesis on Francesco Cavazzoni. Particular attention is devoted to the genres of portraiture and landscape in Renaissance painting and drawings. She has published extensively on these subjects, in particular on Giorgione and the young Titian, on the relationship between pastoral poetry and landscape paintings and drawings, as well as on the role of copies and the history of collecting. She has also published a total of 20 entries for exhibition catalogues and guides.
