Evelina Borea

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Evelina Borea
Born (1931-09-22) 22 September 1931 (age 92)
Ferrara, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma mater University of Florence (M.A.)
Occupation Art historian

Evelina Borea (born 1931, Ferrara, Italy) is an Italian art historian, author and curator. [1]

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Biography

Evelina Borea obtained a degree in History of Art in 1958 at the University of Florence. Her tutor and mentor was art historian Roberto Longhi.

In 1976 Borea edited a publication of Gian Pietro Bellori's Lives , with a preface by Giovanni Previtali for Einaudi. [2]

Borea curated major exhibitions, notably Caravaggio e Caravaggeschi nelle Gallerie di Firenze (1970) [3] and L'idea del bello in spring 2000. [4] She is the author of studies on Domenichino (1965), [5] Rosso Fiorentino (1965), Francesco Mochi (1966), Caravaggio and the Caravaggeschi (1966), and Annibale Carracci (1986).

Bibliography

Borea, Evelina (1965). Domenichino. Milan: Edizioni per il Club del Libro.
Borea, Evelina (1965). Rosso Fiorentino. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri.
Borea, Evelina (1965). Il Chiostrino dell'Annunziata a Firenze. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri.
Borea, Evelina (1966). Francesco Mochi. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri.
Borea, Evelina (1970). Caravaggio e caravaggeschi nelle gallerie di Firenze. Florence: Palazzo Pitti.
Borea, Evelina; Bellori, Gian Pietro (1976). Le vite de' pittori, scultori e architetti moderni. Turin: G. Einaudi.
Borea, Evelina (1986). Annibale Carracci e i suoi incisori. École franc̜aise de Rome.
Borea, Evelina (2000). L'idea del bello: viaggio per Roma nel Seicento con Giovan Pietro Bellori. Rome: Edizioni de Luca.

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References

  1. "Evelina Borea". einaudi.it. Giulio Einaudi editore. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. Terzaghi, Maria Cristina (December 2011). "Evelina Borea". No. 315. Il Giornale dell'Arte. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  3. Borea, Evelina (1970). Caravaggio e Caravaggeschi nelle gallerie di Firenze. Florence: Mostra Firenze, Sansoni. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  4. Colantuono, Anthony (September 2001). "L'idea del bello: Viaggio per Roma nel Seicento con Giovanni Pietro Bellori by Evelina Borea; Carlo Gasparri; Luciana Arcangeli; Lucilla de Lachenal". The Burlington Magazine. 143 (1182): 576–577. JSTOR   889276.
  5. Spear, Richard (December 1967). "Review: Domenichino by Evelina Borea". The Art Bulletin. 49 (4): 360–368. doi:10.2307/3048499. JSTOR   3048499.