Dr. Eva Falaschi
Vita
Eva Falaschi specializes in Greek and Roman artistic literature and literary sources of art. She studied Classics and Archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and at the universities of Pisa, Oxford and München. She was research fellow (2014-2020) and is still scientific coordinator of the project OltrePlinio, dedicated to the study of the art books (33-36) of Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia and to the development of digital tools. She also took part in excavations at the agora of Segesta and in archaeological surveys in Locri Epizephyrii. She organized international workshops, also in collaboration with KU Leuven, and gave lectures and conferences in Italy, Europe, North and South America and South Africa. She is working on her second book, taken from her PhD thesis and focusing on the reception of painters in Plutarch. Her current research includes an edition with commentary of the fragments of ancient art treatises and of the biographical works on Greek artists.
Academic Degrees and Career
- From 2014 | Scientific coordinator of the project OltrePlinio (www.oltreplinio.it)
- May 2021 | Reading group “Kunst und Natur bei Plinius d.Ä.” at Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen
- November 2020 | Fondation Hardt Scholarship (1 month), Vandœuvres-Geneva
- 2014-2020 | Research Fellow in the project OltrePlinio, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
- 2015 | PhD in Art History and Archaeology, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
- October 2012 – July 2013 | Visiting student at St John’s College, University of Oxford
- 2010 | Diploma di licenza in Art History and Archaeology, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
- 2009 | MA in Classics, Università di Pisa
- October 2008 – February 2009 | Visiting student at Ludwig-Maximialians Universität, München
- 2006 | BA in Classics, Università di Pisa.
Selected Publications
- περιηγηταί nel mondo antico. Usi e interpretazioni del termine in una prospettiva cronologica. Milano: LED (in press, spring 2021)
- G. Adornato, E. Falaschi, A. Poggio (eds.), Περὶ γραφικῆς. Pittori, tecniche, trattati, contesti tra testimonianze e ricezione. Milano: LED, 2019
- Collecting and Owning Sikyonian Paintings. Aratus of Sikyon and his Interest for Art in Plutarch’s Perspective. In G. Adornato, G. Cirucci, W. Cupperi (eds.), Beyond “Art Collections”. Owning and Accumulating Objects from Greek Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, 77-94. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020
- G. Adornato, E. Falaschi, Storia e aneddoti: Plinio e il bronzo. In F. Morandini, A. Patera (eds.), Il restauro dei grandi bronzi archeologici. Laboratorio aperto per la Vittoria alata di Brescia, 81-88. Firenze: edifir, 2020
- Imaging Menander from the Byzantine age to the 20th century. Archeologia Classica 72, 2021 (accepted)
- Biografie, trattati e letteratura artistica: problemi di genere e di frammenti. Per una edizione della Kunstgeschichte (FGrHist IV), ASNP 2021 (accepted)
- Compiting (in) art. Rivalry among Greek artists and its reception in the Imperial Age. In P. d’Hoine et al. (eds.), Polemics, Rivalry and Networking in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Turnhout: Brepols (accepted)
- Pliny the Elder and the portraits of ancient authors. The philosophical and literary value of images. In U. Gärtner et al. (eds.), Ut pictura poeta. Autorbilder als literarische, historisch-biographische und mediale Denkfiguren und ihr Einfluss auf die Lektüre antiker Literatur. Turnhout: Brepols (accepted)
- M. Bonazzi, E. Falaschi, M.S. Funghi, P.Vind. inv. 29800r: testo di filosofia platonica (?). In Corpus dei papiri filosofici greci e latini (CPF), parte II.1: frammenti adespoti, 228-255. Firenze: Olschki, 2019
- More than words. Restaging Protogenes' Ialysus. The many Lives of an Artwork between Greece and Rome. In G. Adornato et al. (eds.), Restaging Greek Artworks in Roman Times, 173-190. Milano: LED, 2018
- From Athena Nike to Nike Apteros: literary and epigraphical sources. In G. Adornato et al. (eds.), Restaging Greek Artworks in Roman Times, 75-92. Milano: LED, 2018
- L’artista alla sbarra: il processo a Fidia. Distorsioni storiche, invenzioni letterarie. In M. Castiglione, A. Poggio (eds.), Arte – Potere. Forme artistiche, istituzioni, paradigmi interpretativi, 207-225. Milano: LED, 2012
[Status: August 2021]