Matthew K . Averett, PhD

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College of Arts and Sciences
Fine & Performing Arts
Art History
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Matthew K . Averett, PhD

Professor

Research Focus

Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture,
Gian Lorenzo Bernini,
Cities and Urbanism,
Urban and Architectural History of Rome,
Renaissance Art Literature and Artists’ Biographies

Department

Fine & Performing Arts

Position

Professor

Articles

  • Religions
    Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605-1700
    7:60 2016
  • Routledge
    “Introduction: The Early Modern Child in Art and History,” in Matthew Knox Averett (ed.) The Early Modern Child in Art and History. New York.. 2015
  • Routledge
    “Uncle Urban Raises the Barberini Nephews: Education and Expectatoins of Papal Nipote,” in Matthew Knox Averett (ed.) The Early Modern Child in Art and History. New York 2015
  • Sixteenth Century Journal
    'Redditus orbis erat': The Political Rhetoric of Bernini's Fountains in Piazza Barberini
    45:1, p. 3-24 2014
  • American Journal of Numismatics
    The Annual Medals of Pope Urban VIII Barberini
    25, p. 303-331 2013
  • Discoveries
    Barberini Political Identity and Utilitarian Architecture in the Rome of Urban VIII
    29:1 2012
  • Journal of Religion and Society
    Bernini’s Triton Fountain: War and Fountains in the Rome of Urban VIII
    Supplement 8, p. 119-132 2012
  • Zeitschrift fur Kunstgeschichte
    Becoming Giorgio Cornaro: Titian’s Portrait of a Man with a Falcon
    74:4, p. 559-568 2011

Editing and Reviews

  • Routledge
    The Early-Modern Child in Art and History, editor and contributor. New York. 2015
  • CAA Reviews
    Genevieve Warwick (2013), Bernini: Art as Theatre. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett 2013
  • Sixteenth Century Journal
    Sarah McPhee (2013) Bernini's Beloved: A Portrait of Costanza Piccolomini. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett.
    44:2, p. 602-603 2013
  • Renaissance Quarterly
    Franco Mormando. Bernini: His Life and His Rome and The Life of Gian Lorenzo Bernini by Domenico Bernini: A Translation and Critical Edition, with Introduction and Commentary. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett
    65:2, p. 532-534 2012
  • CAA Reviews
    Snodin and Llewellyn. Baroque 1620-1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett. 2011
  • Sixteenth Century Journal
    David M. Unger (2010) Guercino's Paintings and His Patron's Politics in Early Modern Italy. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett.
    42:3, p. 777-778 2011
  • CAA Reviews
    Lisa A. Banner. The Religious Patronage of the Duke of Lerma, 1598-1621. Reviewed by Matthew Knox Averett 2010