Salvatore Settis
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Salvatore Settis (born 11 June 1941) is an Italian archaeologist and art historian. From 1994 to 1999 he was director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles and from 1999 to 2010 of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa.
Since 2010 he has been honorary president of the Associazione Culturale Silvia Dell'Orso.[1] He is also a member of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, the Comitato scientifico of the European Research Council, and the American Philosophical Society.[2]
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Personal life and education
Born in Rosarno, he graduated in classical archaeology from the University of Pisa as a student of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa in 1963. He married Chiara Frugoni in 1965, with whom he had three children.
Career
Getty Center
Settis, who was known as a scholar of ancient and Renaissance art, was a Getty consultant and scholar before joining the staff of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, in 1994.[3] He was appointed director in March 1993, to replace the founder Kurt Forster, who resigned in 1992 [4].[5] Settis left that position in January 1999, announcing that he would return to his former position as a professor of classical archaeology at the Scuola Normale Superiore.[6]
Honors
Works
- La "Tempesta" interpretata. Giorgione, i committenti, il soggetto, Torino, Einaudi, 1978.
- Settis-La Regina-Agosti-Farinella, La Colonna Traiana, Collana Saggi n. 716, Torino, Einaudi, 1988.
- Laocoonte. Fama e stile, Collana Virgolette, Roma, Donzelli 1999. ISBN 978-88-603-6040-3.
- Italia S.p.A. L'assalto al patrimonio culturale, Collana Gli struzzi n. 554, Torino, Einaudi, 2002
- Passaggi e paesaggi (with Saverio Calocero), Roma, Donzelli, 2003
- Quale eccellenza? Intervista sulla Normale di Pisa (edited by Silvia Dell'Orso), Collana Saggi Tascabili, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2004. ISBN 978-88-420-6974-4.
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- Battaglie senza eroi. I beni culturali tra istituzioni e profitto, Electa, Milano, 2005.
- (editor) Memoria dell'antico nell'arte italiana, Einaudi, Torino.
- Iconografia dell'arte italiana 1100-1500: una linea, Collana Piccola Biblioteca, Torino, Einaudi, 2005.
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- La villa di Livia. Le pareti ingannevoli, Mondadori Electa, Milano, 2008.
- Artisti e committenti fra Quattro e Cinquecento, Postfazione di Antonio Pinelli, Collana Piccola Biblioteca, Torino, Einaudi, 2010.
- Paesaggio Costituzione cemento. La battaglia per l'ambiente contro il degrado civile, Torino, Einaudi, 2010.
- Azione Popolare. Cittadini per il bene comune, Torino, Einaudi, 2012.
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- (presentazione di) Il cammino della Comunità, Roma, Edizioni di Comunità, 2013.
- Se Venezia muore, Collana Vele, Torino, Einaudi, 2014. ISBN 978-88-062-1826-3.
- Costituzione! Perché attuarla è meglio che cambiarla, Torino, Einaudi, 2016. ISBN 978-88-062-3071-5.
- Architettura e democrazia. Paesaggio, città, diritti civili, Torino, Einaudi, 2017.
- Cieli d'Europa. Cultura, creatività, uguaglianza, UTET, 2017.
As editor
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- Civiltà dei Romani, Electa, Milano, 1990–1993.
- I Greci. Storia, cultura, arte, società, Torino, Einaudi, 1996–2002.
References
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- ↑ "Salvatore Settis,' Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1997, image 510
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- ↑ Alan G. Artner, "Showtime: Fair Draws 24 Dealers, 10,000 Vintage Posters," Chicago Tribune, March 25, 1993, image 78
- ↑ "Art:Getty Shuffle," Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1999, image 54
External links
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- Intervento on Riforma Gelmini
- Interview on Annozero - 16 April 2009
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- Living people
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
- Grand Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Italian archaeologists
- Italian art historians
- People from Calabria
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa faculty
- University of Pisa faculty
- Viareggio Prize winners