Art History
Landscape painting and ecology in Roman Campagna, antiquarianism and the history of collecting in early Europe. Female patronage networks in early modern Italy and Europe. The development of Modernism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary Australian Art.
Faculty Research Focus
- landscape painting and ecology in the Roman Campagna
- Australian art:colonial to modern
- Female patronage networks in early modern Italy and Europe
Current Projects
- Mapping Matrons: Women's Cultural Patronage Networks in Seventeenth Century Northern Italy: from Maria Cristina of Savoy to Vittoria della Rovere.
Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Antiquarianism and the history of collecting - Dr Lisa Beaven
- Art and travel - Dr Lisa Beaven
- Australian Art - Dr Caroline Jordan
- Histories of art - Professor Diane Kirkby
- Women and Art - Dr Caroline Jordan
- Women’s cultural production - Dr Adelina Modesti
