Liliana Leopardi
Assistant Professor of Art, Art History

Liliana Leopardi’s current research interests lie in reframing the use of ornament in Renaissance paintings, conceiving it as an autonomous stylistic order that completes and signifies the visual representation. She also works on the construction of gender and sexuality in the Renaissance, and on fetishism and the relationship between word and image. Professor Leopardi is deeply committed to Chapman’s student-focused teaching mission and always strives to create a vibrant and stimulating learning atmosphere in the classroom. She teaches courses in Ancient Roman and Greek art, Egyptian art, Medieval art, Italian Renaissance art, and Baroque art. She also teaches courses in gender identity and art and psychoanalysis.

Recent Creative/Scholarly Work and Publications:

Conference paper: “Fetishism and the Neoplatonic Gaze in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili – Renaissance Society of America, Los Angeles, (March 2009).

Conference Paper: “Ornament, Ritual and Performativity in Carlo Crivelli’s Paintings” – International Medieval Conference, University of Michigan, Kalamazoo, (May 9, 2009)

Conference Paper: “Semiotics and Pedagogy: Teaching Visual Thinking to Studio Graphic Design and Art History Students” – International Conference on the Arts in Society, Venice, (July 31, 2009)

“La Madonna della Passione”, in Castelvecchio Museum Catalogue, Verona.

“Bibliography of Italian Language Studies on Early Modern Women” in the journal of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. IV.

Accepted and Upcoming. “The Sacred Heart”, an introduction. To be published by Peter Nevraumont.

Accepted and Upcoming. “Necessarium ad Condecentium sui Status”: New Criteria for Assessing the Ornato in Crivelli’s Paintings” in Festschrift for Colin Eisler, University of Toronto, “Essays and Studies” series, edited by Konrad Eisenbichler.

Accepted and Upcoming. “Art 295 at Chapman: Semiotics and Pedagogy”. Article is currently being typeset for the International Journal of the Arts in Society.

Conference Paper: “Come le immagini scolpite nelle pietre si dica havere effetto”: Imagining Masculinity Through The Magical Power of Images on Carved Gems. – College Arts Association, Dallas, TX, February 2008

Conference Paper: “Word and Image in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: Picturing Fetishim in the 15th century,” American Association for Italian Studies, Colorado Springs, CO, May 2007

“Carlo Crivelli e Tarsia: Un Nuovo Documento” in Arte Veneta, No.60, 2003, pp. 195-199