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Fellowships and Awards: Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Villa I Tatti; J.B. Harley Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, British Library; Harvard University Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching. A specialist in Gonzaga court circa 1500, she has published numerous articles on court culture, artistic patronage, villa design, cartography, and the domestic interior in Renaissance Mantua. She has recently completed a book on the artistic patronage of Francesco II Gonzaga (1484-1519), Fourth Marquis of Mantua, published in 2008 by Bulzoni Editore.
Prof. Bourne has been teaching art history and architectural history for Syracuse University in Florence since 1999.