Past Graduate Symposium Papers

Graduate symposium papers, 1987 - present
Year Topic Title Author
2009 Renaissance High Chapel Decoration Speaking to the Laity: The Frescoes in the High Chapel of the Duomo of Orvieto Laura Genatiempo
A Franciscan Legacy: Benozzo Gozzoli’s Frescoes in the Choir Chapel of San Francesco in Montefalco Shannon Emily Gilmore
Piero Pollaiuolo’s Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece and the High Chapel of Sant’Agostino in San Gimignano Julia Frances Colchie
2008 The Speaking Hand: Gesture in Italian Art Gesture and Narrative in Paintings of the Annunciation: An Analysis of Primary Sources Tom DePasquale
From the Spoken Word to the Power of God: Tracing the Evolution of the Gesture of Benediction Mary Delmastro
The Gesture of Silence: A Transformation in Form and Meaning in Late Medieval
Italian Art		 Sarah Tangeman
The Gesture of Finger Counting: Depicting Disputation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Kellin Barlow-Wilcox
Hand-Picked Poses: The Development of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini's Gestures in Pinturicchio's Piccolomini Library Stephanie Kaplan
The Search for Truth in Botticelli's Calumny of Apelles E. Clark Marshall
Within Reach: Unspoken Communication with the Divine in Caravaggio's Conversion
of Saint Paul		 Lara Lea Roney
2006 Sacristies of Renaissance Florence Functions of a Sacred Space: The Sacristy of Santa Croce Paola Vojnovic
The Carmine Sacristy and the Fresco Cycle of Saint Cecilia Christina M. Cooper
Fit for a Knight: Strozzi Patronage of the Santa Trinita Sacristy Victoria Kolomensky
The Sacristy of Santo Spirito in the “Age of the Octagon Kimberly Detterbeck
Uncharted Waters: The Sacristy Lavabo Carrie Ann Mugridge
2005 Hidden treasures of the Santissima Annunziata The stained glass window in the Oratory of Piero de’ Medici at Santissima Annunziata Cavallo, Bradley James
2004 Alla porta: studies on the Renaissance threshold The façade of the Palazzo dei Visacci: a reflection of the patron Domenici, Jillian B.
The door of the Sala dei Gigli and the misplaced sculpture of Saint John the Baptist Dillon, Sarah
The atrium of the Santissima Annunziata Esposito, Catherine M.
Bronze on the edge: Lorenzo Ghiberti’s frames for the doors of the Florence Baptistery Glatstein, Jeremy
Michelangelo’s fortifications designs and the problem of the city gate Mendillo, Katherine
Opening the porta clausa: doors in Tuscan Renaissance Annuciations Schiavone, Emily D.
2003 Let the games begin…: ludic pastimes in Italy, 1400 – 1800 Dumb luck or divine will: lot iconography in fifteenth-century Italian crucifixion scenes Di Resta, Jason
Patroness/huntress: Isabella d’Este and the camera grande of the Appartamento della Grotta Hill, Kate
Marketing the invincible vice: gambling boards by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli Kukenberger, Christine M.
Amusing and subtle exchanges: realizing private motivations in imprese Rossi, Alison Greuel
Il Palio dei Cocchi: chariot racing in Piazza Santa Maria Novella Swaydan, Kathleen Denise
From curses to cards: Andrea del Sarto’s visual adaptation of a literary tradition Turner, Amy M.
2002 Dante: a visual legacy New observations on the Gaddi Chapel in the church of San Remigio in Florence Bentkowski, Sebastian A.
Poet to patriot: the celebration of Dante in nineteenth-century Florence Cappanelli, Danielle Christine
The Dante Urbinate and the Dukes of Urbino Schuman, Lauren E.
A new poetic vision: Gustave Dore’s illustrations for the Divine Comedy Tomaselli, John
2001 Illness, healing and death in early modern Italy I Santi Medici: the hospital of “Lelmo” and a lost painting of Paolo Uccello Bullen, Diana Elizabeth
Childbirth in Italian Renaissance art Campbell, Elizabeth Katherine
The notion of infertility in the Renaissance De Tora, Lisa Joanne
Per grazia ricevuta: Luca Ferrini and ex-voto imagery in the Santissima Annunziata of Florence Namack, Elizabeth Michelle
The Avelli of Santa Maria Novella Nolin, Heather R.
From the Palazzo del Podesta’ to the gallows: the condemned prisoner’s path to salvation Sykes, Desiree Michael
Death by crucifixion: passion and compassion in the carved wood crucifixes of early Trecento Pisa Weller, Peter
2000 The Arno: a source of art, architecture, and ritual Ponte Santa Trinita’ and statecraft in the late Cinquecento Markey, Lia R.
Devotional art and architecture on the Ponte alle Grazie Moreton, Melissa
“For the beauty and utility of the Commune of Florence”: early urban projects and the Arno Neal, Lisa Jane
The quest for the golden fleece: a marriage spectacle on the Arno in 1608 Patten, Jenny Lydia
Pageantry on the ice: the feste on the Arno December 31, 1604 Taylor, Melanie Lea
Allegories of the Arno during Grand-Ducal Tuscany Zappia, Julie A.
1999 Made for society: essays on the functions of art Art and ritual in the refectory of Sant’Apollonia Hillard, Caroline
Amulets on infants: visual and documentary evidence of a tradition Korey, Alexandra
“A gallery of particular worth”: the Jarves collection of Medieval and early Renaissance paintings Macaluso, Laura A.
Implications of spectacular display: Florentine pharmacy majolica Santoro, Kimberly L.
The universal language of art and its power to move people in meditation according to Cardinal Gabriele Paleotti Weatherley, Anne Jill
1998 Selected papers on the Chiostro dello Scalzo A reconstruction of the Oratory of the Company of the Scalzo Callahan, Meghan
The iconographical importance of the Veronica Veil in the decorative frieze of the Chiostro dello Scalzo Cipriano, Jillian
The copies of Andrea del Sarto’s Chiostro dello Scalzo: a visual legacy Loken, Solveig Elisa
The significance of the monochrome technique in the Chiostro dello Scalzo Silva, Joseph Michael
1997 Art, patronage and pageantry at Ognissanti Scholars of faith: Saint Jerome and Saint Augustine in the church of the Humiliati Agosta, Loredana L.
Pageantry and propaganda: the Medici wedding of 1565 Alvarez, Marta
The iconography of Carlo Portelli’s Ognissanti Immaculate Conception Bunn, Steven
A question of style: the Sinopia for Ghirladaio’s Ognissanti Last Supper Harrison, Jennifer
The Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento in Borgo Ognissanti and the plague of 1630: confraternal cult objects in context Purvis, Betsy Bennett
St. Francis of Assisi: miracle worker on the Ognissanti cloister wall Rucidlo, Patricia
Patronage and portraiture in Ghirlandaio’s Vespucci Chapel Turnier, Stephanie
1996 Selected papers on the Capponi family 15th -17th centuries Raffaellino del Garbo and the Capponi Cowden, Jennifer
Cum plenissima balia: the influential operai of Santo Spirito Duclaux, Kirk
The Villa La Pietra: new findings Lawrence, Mary Ellen
Women’s wills and bequests in sixteenth-century Italy: the case of Caterina Ridolfi and Pontormo’s Capponi Madonna and child Mellen, M. Catherine
Brunelleschi’s Santo Spirito: a new assessment of the early building history and a later dating Ruggiero, Rocky
The decorative program as didactic display: a study of the apartment of Caterina Ridolfi as revealed by a 1534 inventory Schonbeck, Ursula F.
A northern artist working in Italy: Guillaume de Marcillat’s stained glass window for the Capponi Chapel in Santa Felicita Wardzala, Karen L.
1995 Dominican contributions to the art and society of Renaissance Florence The division of sacred space: a new reconstruction of the church of San Marco in Florence Flanigan, Theresa L.
La vita angelica: ideals of monastic reform in Fra Angelico’s “Last Judgement” for Santa Maria degli Angeli Games, Mimi Elizabeth
The Compagnia della Purificazione: adolescent spirituality and its artistic environment at San Marco Matchette, Ann
The decorative program for the refectory wall at Santa Maria Novella: a pictorial archive Mifsud, Christina M.
The choral books of San Marco in Florence: hidden jewels of liturgical art Ziebro, Andrew P.
1994 Out of the shadow: light on the cathedral complex of Florence Uomini illustri of Santa Maria del Fiore and their fate Bastianich, Tanya
Le vetrate di Santa Maria del Fiore: the color of light and the language of divine inspiration Dagon, Michael J.
Domenico Ghirlandaio and Renaissance mosaic technique: looking at the Porta della Mandorla’s lunette of the Annunciation DeFrance, Samantha
A chronicle of preservation and renewal at Sta. Reparata and Sta. Maria del Fiore Granieri, Laurie Anne
Frescoes of Saint peter Martyr in Piazza Duomo, Florence del Grieco, Jacqueline A.
The nineteenth century facade of the Florentine Duomo: a monument of national identity Kamii, Carolyn Y.
Civic values in Trecento Florence: the Campanile Hexagons and the writings of Hugh of St. Victor Reeve, Diana
Murder in the cathedral: the secret of Bertoldo di Giovanni’s Pazzi conspiracy medal Rubenstein, Lisa
Reflections on the pavements of the Cathedral of Florence Zaloga, Jane Leslie
1993 Cardo Viarum: Florence as crossroads of artistic and intellectual discourse Drawing on Flemish tapestries: Leonardo’s modification of the traditional drapery study Fleming, Alison C.
In vogue in fifteenth-century Florence: Cassoni and the courtly taste Leone, Stephanie
A stranger in a strange land: the tomb of Joseph II of Constantinople and the Council of Florence Wallens, Nicole
1992 Pitti Palace A museological study of the Palatine Gallery Burgess, Shelly Ann
Michelangelo’s Boboli slaves and the Grotta Grande Pascuzzi, Alan J.
1991 Santa Croce Some observations on the stained glass in the High Chapel at Santa Croce Averbuck, Michele L.
Alessandro Allori’s Descent from the Cross and the Compagnia del Gesu in Santa Croce LaFrance, Robert G.
Donatello’s Saint Louis of Toulouse on the facade of Santa Croce Janak, Courtney
Program of Taddeo Gaddi’s Santa Croce refectory wall decoration: a call to a new way of life Kennedy, Dennis
Ideas of the Immaculate Conception in the Baroncelli Chapel Reilly, Heidi
1990 Palazzo Vecchio A study on the cortile of the Palazzo Vecchio Boylan, Margaret
Le camere dell’illustrissima Signora Duchessa Eleanora Toledo Cross, Allison
La piazza, il palagio e la peste: the evolution of a public space in Florence Larson, Lawrence
“Some great thicket”: the studiolo of Francesco de’ Medici Squires, Nicole
1989 Eleanora of Toledo Eleanora of Toledo and Bronzino Coonin, A. Victor
The court dress of Eleanora of Toledo Johnson, Leann
The tomb of Eleanora of Toledo Martenson, Susan L.
Eleanora of Toledo in the court of Cosimo I Rundle, Robin
1988 The Chapel of the Medici Palace “King in all but name and state”: the Medici Chapel frescoes as a statement of political aspirations Bourne, Mary H.
Echoes of the Strozzi altarpiece in Benozzo Gozzoli’s frescoes in the Medici Chapel O’Grody, Jeannine A.
A chapel to rule: the design of the Palazzo Medici Chapel and its necessary inclusion in the place Speck, Jeff B.
The steps of humility, the steps to sovereignty: Fra Filippo Lippi’s Nativity altarpiece for the Chapel of Palazzo Medici Zughaib, Nancy Lee
1987 Problems in the Spanish Chapel The appearance of heretics, infidels, heresy, and non-belief in the frescoes of the Spanish Chapel Santa Maria Novella, Florence Burger, Simone
The iconography of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Spanish Chapel at Santa Maria Novella, Florence Morss, Ruth C.
The frescoes of the life and miracles of St. Peter Martyr on the south wall of the Spanish Chapel The history of the restoration of the Spanish Chapel at Santa Maria Novella Montgomery, Scott Bradford Ruffolo, Elaine
The sources of Andrea Bonaiuti’s Spanish Chapel “Crucifixion” and late style Wolf, Steven