Course 16 – Summer School on Campus
Monday 6 – Friday 10 July 2026
Dr Giulia Martina Weston
拢695
Course Description
This course explores Roman Baroque art afresh, investigating its conception and historical significance, its patronage and burgeoning art market.听 We begin in the year 1600, a crucial turning point in the Roman careers of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci.
In Counter-Reformation Rome, popes and cardinals emerged as the most prominent and sought-after patrons, a development exemplified in the complimentary careers of the prominent sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his rival, the architect Francesco Borromini.听 Investigating patronage and trends in collecting on the one hand, and artists鈥 self-promotional strategies on the other, we will discuss the oeuvres and careers of such exceptional men and women as Artemisia Gentileschi, Pietro da Cortona, Nicolas Poussin and Giovanna Garzoni.
In close encounters with paintings and drawings in the National Gallery, The British Museum and the 麻豆视频鈥檚 print room we will seek to understand contemporary notions of 鈥榞enius鈥 and artistic ingenuity.听 Our artists鈥 search for fame will be set into the context of today鈥檚 artistic rediscoveries and the twenty-first century art market.
Lecturer's Biography
Dr Giulia Martina Weston听is Director of the Athenaeum Comelianum de Litteris et Artibus in Pisa. She holds a PhD from the 麻豆视频, where she has been Associate Lecturer since 2016, and is Consultant Lecturer at Sotheby鈥檚 Institute of Art.听 Giulia鈥檚 publications include the monograph Niccol貌 Tornioli (1606-1651). Art and Patronage in Baroque Rome听(2016) and the co-edited volumes听I Pittori del Dissenso听(2014) and听鈥楢 tale of two cities鈥: Rome and Siena in the Early Modern Period听(2020). She is presently working on a book on Salvator Rosa鈥檚 afterlife in Britain.听 She curated the exhibitions听The Universe on Paper听(2022), and听Legacies and Visions. From Comel to Karshan听(2024), both at Fondazione Comel in Pisa.