Professor Paul Davies
Professor
Postgraduate supervision
Postgraduate teaching and supervision:
I convene two modules for the MA in the History of Art and Architecture: the core module and the research methods module. I have supervised several PhD students, both full and part-time, and I would welcome research proposals relating to Italian or Spanish architecture 1350-1650.
Teaching
Undergraduate :
I contribute to two Part 1 modules, entitled Art's histories a survey and Makers and Making: artists, architects and their practices, as well as to four Part 2 modules: Distance and Difference: perspectives on art, architecture and visual culture; Art and Power in Renaissance Italy; Altars, aristocrats and guillotines; and Other Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art and Architecture. At Part3 I teach a module called Framing Piety: architecture and the holy in Renaissance Italy.
Research centres and groups
Member of the Centre for Italian History and the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies
0118 378 7880
Research projects
My research focuses primarily on architecture in Italy 1350-1650. Particular areas of interest include centrally-planned churches and the architectural response to miracles; architecture in Venice and the Veneto; and Italian Renaissance architectural drawings. I have written (with D. Hemsoll), Michele Sanmicheli (Electa 2004), and The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. A.X. Renaissance and later architecture and ornament (Royal Collection 2013), and I have edited (with D. Howard and W. Pullan Architecture and Pilgrimage1000-1500: the Southern Mediterranean and Beyond Ashgate 2013)
Publications
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2019) Who was Vitruvius? A Renaissance debate. Companion to Vitruvius. Brill
- Davies, P. (2019) 'Saving the soul of Giovanni di Bicci de'Medici: function and design in the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo. Architectural History , 62 pp. 1-37. ISSN: 0066-622X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/arh.2019.1
- Davies, P. (2018) Antonio da Sangallo, his workshop, and the drawings for S. Maria di Monte Moro in Montefiascone. In: Beltramini, M. and Conti, C. , (eds.) Antonio da Sangallo il Giovane. Architettura e Decorazione da Leone X a Paolo III. Officina , Milan. pp. 120-132. ISBN: 978-88-3367-012-6
- Davies, P. (2017) Giuliano da Sangallo e decorum negli edifici a pianta centrale: S. Maria delle Carceri e la sagrestia di Santo Spirito. In: Belluzzi, A. , Elam, C. , Fiore, F. , (eds.) Giuliano da Sangallo. Officina , Milan. pp. 304-318. ISBN: 9788899765200
- Davies, P. (2017) Nicholas V's Tempietti on the Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome: two discovered fragments. Annali di Architettura , 28 pp. 11-26. ISSN: 1124-7169
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2016) L'architettura. Verona fidelis.. In: Battilotti, D. , Beltramini, G. , Demo, E. , Panciera, W. , (eds.) Storia dell'architettura nel Veneto. Il Cinquecento. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 188-209. ISBN: 9788831720656
- Davies, P. (2015) La chiesa a pianta centrale e il suo successo nel'Italia del Rinascimento. In: Villata, E. , (eds.) L'arte rinascimentale nel contesto. Jaca , Milan. pp. 237-250. ISBN: 9788816413191
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2014) Quattro progetti architettonici legati a Giulio Romano. In: Bazzotti, U. , (eds.) Giulio Romano e l'arte del Cinquecento. Franco Cosimo Panini , Modena. pp. 185-208. ISBN: 9788857007878
- Davies, P. (2014) Porticoes and privation: walking to meet the Virgin. In: Rosso, M. , (eds.) Investigating and writing architectural history: subjects, methodologies and frontiers. Politecnico di Torino , Turin. pp. 426-436. ISBN: 9788882020484
- Davies, P. (2014) The hidden signature: scale keys in Italian Renaissance architectural drawings. Pegasus: Berliner Beiträge zum Nachleben der Antike , 16 pp. 123-150. ISSN: 1436-3461
- Davies, P. (2014) Adornment and decorum at SS. Annunziata: the tabernacle of the Virgin as shrine. In: Basso, M. , Gritti, J. , Lanzarini, O. , (eds.) The gordian knot: studi in onore di Richard Schofield. Campisano Editorio , Venice. ISBN: 9788898229048
- Davies, P. (2013) The early history of Jacopo Sansovino’s scheme for Piazza San Marco: a proposal. In: Avicoglu, N. and Jones, E. , (eds.) Architecture, Art and Identity in Venice and its Territories, 1450-1750. Ashgate Publishing Group , Aldershot. pp. 51-69. ISBN: 9781472410825
- Davies, P. (2013) Imitation in Italian Pilgrimage architecture: the case of Impruneta. In: Siverfors, P. , (eds.) Urban Encounters, Experience and Representation in Early Modern City. Fabrizio Serra Editore , Rome, Pisa. pp. 241-282. ISBN: 9788862275972
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2013) Interesse per i momumenti antichi nel Veneto tra 1450 e 1600. In: Basso, D. and Cavalieri Manesse, G. , (eds.) Storia dell'architettura nel Veneto: L'Età Romana e Tardoantica. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 226-233. ISBN: 9788831717120
- Davies, P. (2013) Framing the miraculous: the devotional functions of perspective in Italian Renaissance tabernacle design. Art History , 36 (5). pp. 898-921. ISSN: 1467-8365 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8365.12032
- Davies, P. , Howard, D. , Pullan, W. , eds. (2013) Architecture and pilgrimage 1000-1500: the southern Mediterranean and beyond. Ashgate , Aldershot. pp 304. ISBN: 9781472410832
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2013) The Paper Museum of Cassiano Dal Pozzo. A.X. renaissance and later architecture and ornament. The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo The Royal Collection in association with Harvey Miller , London. pp 746. ISBN: 9781905375776
- Davies, P. (2012) Architettura e culto a Venezia e nelle citta' di terraferma 1475-1490. Pietro Barozzi. Un vescovo del rinascimento. Fonti e ricerche di storia ecclesiastica padovana Istituto per la storia ecclesiastica padovana (35). , Padua. pp. 193-203. ISBN: 8897835015, 9788897835011
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2010) Sebastiano Serlio, progetti per una villa fortificata / projects for a fortified villa. In: Faliva, A. , (eds.) Ville del Rinascimento padano. I bastioni, il portico e la fattoria / the bastions the portico and the farmyard. Mondadori Electa , Milan, Italy. pp. 97-99. ISBN: 9788837077457
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2010) Fourteen sheets of drawings by Sebastiano Serlio. In: Beltramini, G. and Elam, C. , (eds.) Some degree of happiness: studi di storia dell’architettura in onore di Howard Burns. Edizioni della Normale , Pisa, Italy. pp. 273-296. ISBN: 9788876423727
- Davies, P. (2009) The palace of Charles V in Granada and two drawings from the school of Raphael. In: Eriksen, . and Malmanger, . , (eds.) Imitation, representation and printing in the Italian Renaissance. Fabrizio Serra Editore , Pisa and Rome, Italy. pp. 157-190. ISBN: 9788862271110
- Davies, P. (2009) Review of 'Tempo novo: Venezia e il quattrocento' by E. Concina. Annali di Architettura , 21 pp. 183-184. ISSN: 1124-7169
- Davies, P. (2008) Palladio, l'architettura e la peste. In: Barbieri, . , (eds.) Palladio 1508-2008: Il simposio del cinquecentenario. Marsilio , Venice, Italy. pp. 189-195. ISBN: 9788831796262
- Davies, P. (2008) Modello del Tempietto Barbaro. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Palladio. Royal Academy of Arts , London, UK. pp. 242-243. ISBN: 9781905711246
- Davies, P. (2008) A re-reading of Antonio Labacco's drawing of San Sebastiano in Mantua. In: Poeschke, . and Syndikus, . , (eds.) Leon Battista Alberti: humanist, architekt, kunsttheoretiker. Rhema , Munster, Germany. pp. 299-314. ISBN: 9783930454662
- Davies, P. (2007) Representing Siena: an image of the city as ex-voto model. In: Sivefors, . , (eds.) Urban preoccupations: mental and material landscapes. Early modern and modern studies , 2. Fabrizio Serra Editore , Pisa. pp. 197-203. ISBN: 9788862270960
- Davies, P. (2007) Review of exhibition 'Spectacular miracles. Images of supernatural power from Northwest Italy'. Renaissance Studies , 21 (1). pp. 110-113. ISSN: 1477-4658 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-4658.2007.00374.x
- Davies, P. (2006) The tempietti on the Ponte Sant’Angelo and the Renaissance of architecture in Rome. In: Eriksen, . and Tschudi, . , (eds.) Ashes to ashes : art in Rome between humanism and maniera. Edizioni dell'Ateneo , Rome. pp. 11-40. ISBN: 8884761034
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, . (2005) “La Soranza” a Treville. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 284-286. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, . (2005) Le ville di Plinio il Giovane e la loro influenza sui progetti di villa veneti. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta: da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice . pp. 201-203. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2005) Vincenzo Scamozzi: pianta della villa Laurentina di Plinio. In: Beltramini, G. and Burn, H. , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta: da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 201-203. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, . (2005) Un 'fortissimo palazzo': Castello Bevilacqua. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta: da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 282-284. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, . (2005) Villa Soranza: modello ligneo e il disegno di Giovanni Battista Berti. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta: da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 286-288. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2005) Villa della Torre a Fumane. In: Beltramini, . and Burns, . , (eds.) Andrea Palladio e la villa veneta: da Petrarca a Carlo Scarpa. Marsilio , Venice. pp. 288-291. ISBN: 9788831786409
- Davies, P. , eds. (2004) The lighting of pilgrimage shrines in Renaissance Italy. In: Thunoe, . and Wolf, . , (eds.) Analecta Romana Instituti Danici, Supplementum , 35 pp. 125-148. ISSN: 2035-2506
- Davies, P. (2004) Santa Maria del Calcinaio a Cortona come architettura di pellegrinaggio . In: Fiore, . , (eds.) Francesco di Giorgio alla corte di Federico da Montefeltro. , 2. Olschki , Florence, Italy. pp. 679-702. ISBN: 8822253221
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2004) Michele Sanmicheli. Electa , Milan, Italy. ISBN: 9788837028046
- Davies, P. (2002) La santità del luogo e la chiesa a pianta centrale nel Quattro e nel primo Cinquecento. In: Adorni, B. , (eds.) La Chiesa a Pianta Centrale. Tempio Civico del Rinascimento. Mondadori Electa pp. 26-35. ISBN: 9788843596782
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2002) Michele Sanmicheli a Verona e a Venezia. In: Brushi, A. , (eds.) La storia dell’architettura italiana: il primo Cinquecento. Mondadori Electa , Milan. pp. 354-371. ISBN: 978884357176
- Davies, P. (2001) Observations on Alberti’s attitude to late medieval architecture. In: Golden, L. , (eds.) Raising the Eyebrow: Johns Onians and World Art Studies. An album amicorum. Archaeopress , Oxford. pp. 43-65. ISBN: 1841712779
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2000) Sanmicheli and his patrons: planning for posterity. In: Beltramini, G. , Ghisetti Giavarina, A. , Marini, P. , (eds.) Studi in onore di Renato Cevese. Centro internazionale di studi di architettura Andrea Palladio , Verona. pp. 161-186.
- Davies, P. (2000) Building the ideal: problems of designing domed centralised churches in Renaissance Italy. In: Gomme, A. , (eds.) Domes 2000: Papers from the Annual Symposium of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain , Dorking. pp. 57-83.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2000) Sanmicheli’s architecture and literary theory. In: Clarke, G. and Crossley, P. , (eds.) Architecture and Language. Constructing Identity in European Architecture, c. 1000- c. 1650,. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 102-117. ISBN: 9780521650786
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2000) I portali dei palazzi veronesi nel Rinascimento. In: Lanaro, P. , Marini, P. , Varanini, G. , (eds.) Edilizia privata nella Verona rinascimentale. Electa Edizioni , Milan. pp. 252-267. ISBN: 978884357654
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (2000) Palazzo Onori. In: Lanaro, P. , (eds.) Edilizia privata nella Verona rinascimentale,. Electa Edizioni , Milan. pp. 328-334. ISBN: 978884357654
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1998) La Villa Zani a Villimpenta. In: Gombrich, E. , (eds.) Giulio Romano. Cambridge University Press pp. 254-257.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1998) Le ville per Carlo Bologna. In: Gombrich, E. , (eds.) Giulio Romano. Cambridge University Press pp. 247-250.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1998) Le ville di Giulio Romano. In: Gombrich, E. , (eds.) Giulio Romano. Cambridge University Press pp. 241-242.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1996) Michele Sanmicheli and the facade of SS. Biagio e Cataldo in Venice. Annali di Architettura , 8 pp. 115-126. ISSN: 1124-7169
- Heydenreich, L. , Lotz, W. , Davies, P. , eds. (1996) Architecture in Italy 1400-1500. Yale University Press , New Haven, London. ISBN: 9780300064674
- Davies, P. (1995) The early history of S. Maria delle Carceri in Prato. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians , 54 pp. 326-335. ISSN: 0037-9808
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1995) Villa Zani at Villimpenta: a palace fit for a prince. Arte Lombarda , 113/4/5 pp. 62-77.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1995) Sanmicheli’s Palazzo Pompei: site, dating, design. Annali di Architettura , 7 pp. 95-110. ISSN: 1124-7169
- Davies, P. (1995) La Madonna di Campagna di Sanmicheli: il progetto originario. In: Burns, H. , (eds.) Michele Sanmicheli. Architettura, linguaggio e cultura artistica nel Cinquecento. Electa , Milan. pp. 118-127.
- Davies, P. (1994) A project drawing by Jacopo Sansovino for the Loggetta in Venice. The Burlington Magazine , 136 (1097). pp. 487-497. ISSN: 0007-6287
- Davies, P. (1993) S. Maria delle Carceri in Prato and Italian Renaissance pilgrimage architecture. Architectural History , 36 pp. 1-18. ISSN: 0066-622X
- Davies, P. (1993) Quattrocento palaces in Mantua and Ferrara. In: Ames-Lewis, F. and Bednarek, A. , (eds.) Mantegna and 15th-Century Court Culture. Birkbeck College, Department of History of Art , London. pp. 72-83. ISBN: 9780907904656
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1993) Sanmicheli through British eyes. In: Bold, J. and Cherry, E. , (eds.) English Architecture Public and Private. Essays in Honour of Kerry Downes. Hambledon Press , London. pp. 121-134.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1992) Entasis and diminution in the design of Renaissance pilasters. In: Guillaume, J. , (eds.) L'emploi des ordres dans l'architecture de la Renaissance. Picard , Paris. pp. 339-353.
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1991) Palazzo Bevilacqua e la tipologia del palazzo veronese. Annali di Architettura , 3 pp. 57-71. ISSN: 1124-7169
- Davies, P. , Hemsoll, D. , Jones, M. (1987) The Pantheon: triumph of Rome or triumph of compromise?. Art History , 10 (2). pp. 133-153. ISSN: 1467-8365 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8365.1987.tb00247.x
- Davies, P. and Hemsoll, D. (1983) Renaissance balusters and the antique. Architectural History pp. 1-23. ISSN: 0066-622X