Syracuse University Florence Master’s Program in Italian Renaissance Art

Prof. Sally Cornelison ('89) is very pleased to announce the publication of her book "Vasari and the Sacred Image: Renovating Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo"
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/vasari-and-the-sacred-image/301507CB53086AD6471E73C6F0589C36

In addition, she has launched a related website on Vasari and Arezzo: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a8e265b2133646c697b572268c505963

https://www.wmf.org/press-releases/the-restoration-of-the-loggia-of-raphael

The Restoration of the Loggia of Raphael

Alums on the move! Caitlyn Carr (‘24) just finished a multi-day campaign in Monreale, Sicily photographing and scanning the Cathedral with her undergraduate professor, Eric Hupe, founder of Zeuxis VR Immersive Art History, and teams from the Herziana Library in Rome. Stay tuned for updates about the results of her work! 📸

We learn together and eat together! Prof. Matteo Duni treated this year’s cohort to a pizza dinner last night to celebrate the conclusion of his seminar, Renaissance Italy: Culture, Conflict, & Connection. 🍕🍕🍕

An extensive digital resource dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci has gone live, bringing together thousands of pages by the Renaissance artist cut into pieces and separated over 400 years ago. The project, known as Leonardotheka, merges the expansive Codex Atlanticus—the largest single collection of da Vinci’s writings, housed at the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan—with around 550 sheets from the Royal Collection at Windsor, in the UK. The director of the Museo Galileo, who has led the Leonardotheka project, says it sets a “compelling precedent for how cultural institutions can and must retain intellectual ownership of their digital endeavours”.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/06/08/new-digital-archive-reconstructs-leonardo-da-vinci-manuscripts

Where is alumna Rose Brookhart ('25)? Standing in front of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where yesterday she began a new job as a gallery teacher in the Public and Academic Engagement Division! Rose will develop and lead educational experiences for PreK-Grade 12 school groups and says "my first day was fabulous. I am beyond excited for what's to come." Congratulations Rose!

Yesterday Faye Hiscock (‘25) presented her capstone research on Luca Pacioli’s concept of artistic proportion at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, held at Dalhousie University in Halifax! Way to go, Faye! 🙌

Prof. Sean Nelson ('07) and current grad Davis Priest (on the far left and right, respectively, of the 1st photo) made the trek from Florence to Bologna yesterday to attend the 15th Annual Italian Art Society/Kress Lecture delivered by Dr. Sean Roberts.

Huge congratulations to Sophia Frye (‘25), who last weekend presented her capstone research on the Trivulzio tapestries at an international textile conference held near Mulhouse, France. Sophia delivered her paper at a former fabric factory in the Parc de Wesserling, where this picture was taken. Bravissima, Sophia! 🙌