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Aurelia E. D'Antonio
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Art, Art History & Visual Studies
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112 East Duke Building
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Phone: 668-1490
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Fax: 684-4398
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Curriculum Vitae
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Specialties
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Architectural History
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Medieval Architecture & Sculpture, History of France & Italy
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Research Summary
Caroline Bruzelius
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Research Description
Aurelia is a PhD candidate currently writing her dissertation entitled, "Throwing Stones at Friars: The Church of San Francesco in Piacenza." The dissertation explores the political environment of Piacenza and the Italian peninsula more generally, and how individual agendas created the conditions for the construction of the Franciscan church. Her research looks critically at the economic and social impact of the mendicant project on local institutions and examines how the construction of the Franciscans' Gothic church permanently changed the urban shape of the city.
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Current Projects
"Throwing Stones at Friars: The Church of San Francesco in Piacenza"
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Areas of Interest
Interests include:
the architecture of medieval Italy, particularly the mendicant Orders and civic structures;
medieval urbanism;
the restoration of medieval buildings and city centers in the 19th and 20th centuries and
the economic, political and social contexts of architecture
