sciortino
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- Last name
- sciortino
- Position
- PhD Candidate,University of California, Santa Barbara
- Website
- http://www.linkedin.com/pub/cassandra-sciortino/8/b14/99b
- Brief Bio
Art Historian and researcher in cultural diplomacy.
- Full Bio
Art Historian -- 19th century European Art
PhD Candidate MA, Univ.of Calif., Santa Barbara
B.A. (Art History) Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyConference/Lectures
Dec. 2011 "Art as cultural diplomacy : the EU, the politicization of Europe, and the use of art to promote social cohesion, understanding, and strengthen intercultural relations," Euroacademia International Conference, Vienna, Austria
Nov. 2011 "Music that moves between worlds: One Myth toward intercultural understanding," 2nd International Aksit Göktürk Conference, Istanbul University, Turkey
Feb. 2011 "Quattrocento Florence, the Artist’s of the Soul, and Adorno’s Concept of Aura: A Day-Dreaming Surrender to that which is Far Away," CAA, New York, NY
April 2009 "Armand Point's Eternal Chimera: The Florentine Quattrocento and Symbolist Currents in Britain, France, and Italy, "The Symbolist Movement: Its Origins and Its Consequences, Univ. of Illinois
May 2005 “Topkapi Palace: perceptions and evocations,” in Istanbul, Turkey, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
February 2005 “Europäer von Übermorgen," Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, Italy
August 2004 “Of Queens Gardens: the myth of Florence in the Pre-Raphaelite milieu in the 19th and 20th centuries,” Uffizi Gallery, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence, Italy
July 2004 “Art and Architecture of Siena" Pratt, Lucca, Italy
June 2004 "Art and Architecture of Bologna” for Pratt, Lucca, Italy
April 2003 “French Realism: Art and Upheaval”, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Publications
"Armand Point's Eternal Chimera and Saint Cecilia: A French Quattrocento Symbolist Aesthetic," The Symbolist Movement: Its Origins and Its Consequences (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010).
In progress
“Charles Darwin, Antonio Damasio’s Neurobiological Model of Conscience and George Eliot’s Middlemarch”“Libertinism in the Oeuvre of Lely: Re-reading The Windsor Beauties of Hampton Court”
SpecialtiesArt History research and writing; teaching college level western and non-western art history; editing; Italian to English translation; public speaking
Cassandra Sciortino's Experience
PhD Candidate Department of History of Art and Architecture University of California, Santa Barbara
Educational Institution; Higher Education industryMay 2003 – Present (8 years 5 months)
PhD Candidate.
Research interests: 19th Century European Art: especially British, French, and German artists in Italy (1815-1913)
French Symbolist-idealism
Italian art (1815-1913) especially Purismo, Historical Romanticism, Symbolism, Preraffaellismo
British Pre-Raphaelitism, Aestheticism, and Symbolism especially in connection to the revival of 14th- and 15th-Century Italian artVisiting Lecturer MCI Management Center Innsbruck - The Entrepreneurial School®
Educational Institution; Education Management industryMay 2009 – June 2009 (2 months) Innsbruck, Austria
See: http://www.mci4me.at/mci4me/app/main?DOCID=100114983
This course was an introductory survey of painting, sculpture, and architecture in Europe from the 4th to the early 20th century. Attention was paid to developing students‘ understanding of the historical place of the objects studied, and how they relate to one another and to the culture in which they were created. Students were also be taught the language of art, that is, how to analyze and discuss works of art in terms of their formal values (i.e. use of light, line, color, etc.). Major periods and styles covered: Early Christian; Romanesque and Gothic painting, sculpture, and architecture; Renaissance Art in Italy; Renaissance Art in Northern Europe and Spain; Baroque Art in Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands; the Rococo in France, Germany, and Austria; Neoclassicism in France and Britain; Romanticism; Academicism; Realism; Impressionism; Post-Impressionism; Symbolism; Viennese Secession; Fauvism; Cubism; Expressionism.Kress Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Kunsthistorisches Institut-Max Planck-Institut in Florence Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Fine Art industrySeptember 2003 – August 2005 (2 years)
Two-year fellowship for dissertation study hosted by the Kunsthistorisches Institut-Max Planck-Institut in Florence.
Instructor, Pratt Art & Design Summer Abroad Program in Lucca, Italy Pratt Art Institute
Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industryJune 2004 – August 2004 (3 months)
This course introduced students to the art history and cultural life of the cities and towns of Tuscany, drawing on the art and architecture of Lucca, Florence, Pisa, and Siena. Classes were taught in situ, drawing on the rich art in these cities. Students were required to write a research paper, give an oral presentation, and document their studies in a weekly journal filled with written observations, drawing assignments designed to deepen students comprehension of themes pursued in the course.
In addition to creating the course, I was responsible for coordinating other art- related functions for Pratt’s Summer in Tuscany Program. Along with making travel arrangements for various excursions, including communicating with various museums, churches, and travel providers, I also researched and found members of the Tuscan art and art-historical community to enrich the program. I also acted as an advisor and guide for faculty and students in relation to living in Tuscany.
Instructor, History of Italian Art and Architecture: 1500-1600 Dept. Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Educational Institution; 10,001+ employees; Higher Education industryJune 2003 – August 2003 (3 months)
This course studied sixteenth-century Italian painting and sculpture, and architecture, focusing on Florence, Rome, and Venice and to a lesser degree Ferrara and Parma. Special attention was paid to issues of technique, iconography, patronage, workshop culture and theory, and the role of representative artists of the period. In addition to a reader composed of primary and secondary sources, students were assigned to read the text by John T. Paoletti and Gary M. Radke, Art in Renaissance Italy. With the assistance of a web designer, I created an extensive website including all images discussed in lecture and supplementary material to deepen students understanding of material, and to function as resources for the required term paper. Students were also required to take a midterm and a final exam, consisting of slide identifications and essays with question prompts relating to slides.
Cassandra Sciortino's Skills
History of Art Harp music cultural diplomacy Cassandra Sciortino's Education
University of California, Santa Barbara MA, Art History Nineteenth Century European
2000 – 2003Currently PhD Candidate (ABD)
University of California, Berkeley BA, Art History
1995 – 1999
Interests
- Arts & Humanities
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