The Ohio State University The Department of History of Art The College of the Arts

Francis Richardson—Professor Emeritus

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Francis Richardson

Professor Richardson is a specialist in the field of Renaissance Art in Europe with a secondary interest in the post-Renaissance Art of the West (1600–1960). His own field of expertise is in Venetian Art of the Renaissance. Over the years he has contributed to numerous professional organizations and held several academic distinctions including being a Fulbright scholar in Italy (Padua, 1959–1960) and an I Tatti Fellow (1984–1985).


Publications

    Books, Edited Volumes, & Exhibition Catalogues

  • Andrea Schiavone. Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1980.
  • The Genius of Venice, 1500–1600. Exhibition Catalogue, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1983 (Biographical Note and Catalogue Entries on Giorgione).
  • The Dictionary of Art. Articles on: Boccaccio Boccaccino; Benedetto Diana; Bartolomeo and Benedetto Montagna; Domenico and Francesco Morone; Andrea Previtali; Andrea Schiavone.

Seminars, Lectures & Presentations

    Seminars

  • The Age of Giorgione
  • Venetian Painting 1480–1520
  • Giorgione
  • Giovanni Bellini
  • Renaissance Painting in Lombardy
  • The Later Quattrocento in Florence
  • Raphael
  • Mannerism
  • Caravaggio and his Followers
  • Italian 16th c. Sculpture
  • Still-Life Painting in Southern Europe (17th c.)
  • Goya