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Ph.D.,
History of Art, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1983.
M.A., History of Art, Queens College of the City University of New York,
1972.
B.A., History, Fordham University, Thomas More College, 1969. |
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Italian
Renaissance art, 1300-1600; further concentration in Western art before
1600 - Classical and Medieval, including aspects of architecture, sculpture
and painting; Conservation philosophies and methodologies, techniques
of restoration of paintings, sculpture and architecture; Contemporary
American Realism. |
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Yale
University Morse Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 1986-1987. |
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Individual
and matching grants from the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Lehman Foundation
and a number of other organizations and private donors for the Pompeii Menander
Project (administered by ICCROM, Rome), 1985-1987. |
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A.
Whitney Griswold Fellowship, Summer 1984. |
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Samuel
H. Kress Foundation Fellowship, 1980-1981. |
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Krautheimer
Fellowship for Post-Classical Humanist Studies, American Academy in Rome,
1980 1981. |
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Martin
and Edith Weinberger Fund Fellowship, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University,
1980. |
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Samuel
H. Kress Foundation Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1979-1980. |
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Chester
Dale Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1978-1979. |
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Theodore
Rousseau Fellowship, 1977-1978. |
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Institute
of Fine Arts Fellowship, 1976-1977. |
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Institute
of Fine Arts Summer Study Travel Grant, 1974 and 1975. |
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Graduate
Assistantship, Department of Art, Queens College, 1970-1972. |
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Regents
College Scholarship, 1965-1969. |
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College
Art Association of America; Renaissance Society of America; Society of Fellows,
American Academy in Rome. |
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| EMPLOYMENT |
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Head,
Virginia Anne Bonito Fine Arts, Inc, offering art history and art advisory
services, February 91 - present. |
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Director,
Restoration of the Renaissance altar of S. Anne in the Church of S. Agostino,
Rome: principal components of the altar - the marble figural group of S.
Anne, Virgin and Child by Andrea Sansovino and the fresco of the Prophet
Isaiah by Raphael. The altar was dedicated on July 26, 1512. Phase I of
the restoration, Fall 1979-January 1981; Phase II of the restoration, July
1995 - November 1998. Publications in progress. |
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Partner,
Vazquez and Bonito, Inc., Old Master Works of Art, Northport, NY and Stamford
CT, January 1989 - January 91. |
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Considering
the purchase of an expensive item such as a painting or antique? An appraisal
can assist you in making an informed purchase. |
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Lecturer,
Winter Courses Program 1989, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winter/Spring 1989. |
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Lecturer,
Gallery Talks, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fall 1988. |
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Lecturer,
New School for Social Research, Fall 1988. |
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The
IRS requires verifiable documentation on the value of property donated to
a non-profit organization. An appraisal in accordance with IRS regulations
and guidelines provides you with the information needed to document your
donation. |
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Assistant
Professor, Department of the History of Art (and Renaissance Studies Program),
Yale University, Fall 1983-Spring 1988. |
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Lecturer,
Department of the History of Art (and Renaissance Studies Program), Yale
University, Fall 1981-Spring 1983. |
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Adjunct
lecturer, Queens College of the City University of New York, Summer 1974
continuously in each semester through Summer 1978; Spring l981. |
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Adjunct
lecturer, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New
York, Fall 1973 continuously in each semester through Spring 1977.
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Research
assistant for Professor Kathleen Weil-Garris, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU,
survey of 16th century Italian sculpture, 1974-1976. |
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Research
assistant for Professor Rose Carol Washton Long, Queens College, CUNY, manuscript
phase of Vasily Kandinsky and the Development of Abstraction, Oxford, 1980.
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Acquisition
/ curating Old Master and Contemporary American Realist art for collectors
and investors in the private and corporate sectors; lecturing and guest
curating for Galleries and Museums; authoring of scholarly articles and
books. |
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Graduate
and undergraduate level lectures and seminars surveying Italian Renaissance
art and art theory, monographic examination of artists, and exploration
of single themes; general surveys of art (Ancient through Gothic, Renaissance
through Modern, Prehistoric through Modern, Interdisciplinary surveys);
surveys of Northern and Southern Renaissance art; 19th century European
art; art history methodology seminars. |
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In
1983, developed a course to complement art history studies and courses on
materials and techniques, to provide information to art historians about
the life of materials over time, entitled "Introduction to Philosophies
and Methodologies of Conservation." |
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Yale
College Undergraduate Course of Study Committee, Fall 1987-Spring 1988. |
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Departmental
Graduate Admissions and Fellowship Committees, Fall 1983-Spring 1984. |
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Yale
Junior Year Abroad Committee, Fall 1984-Spring 1985. |
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Get
Real: Contemporary American Realism from the Seavest Collection, Duke University
Museum of Art, Spring,1988. |
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Contributor
of biographies of Italian Renaissance artists,to the MacMillan Dictionary
of Art, revised edition, 1997-98. |
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Articles
("Fra Angelico", "Andrea del Sarto", "Sculpture"),
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance, Market House Books Limited, l987. |
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"A
Coordinated Methodology for the Treatment and Study of the Peristyle Garden
Wall of the House of Menander, Pompeii: An Interim Report," Case Studies
in the Conservation of Stone and Wall Paintings, Preprints of the contributions
to the International Institute for Conservation Bologna Congress, 21-26
September 1986, pp. 38-43, principal author. |
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"Some
Technical Observations on Raphael's Isaiah and the Academia San Luca Putto,"
Source: Notes in the History of Art, Vol. III, no. 4, Summer 1984, pp. 68-80,
principal author. |
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Book
review, J.B. de C.M. Saunders and C.D. O'Malley, Leonardo on the Human Body,
Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. LX, September 1985. |
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"The
Saint Anne altar in Sant'Agostino, Rome; restoration and interpretation,"
Burlington Magazine, May 1982, pp. 268-275. |
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"The
Saint Anne altar in Sant'Agostino, Rome; a new discovery," Burlington
Magazine, December 1980, pp. 805-811. |
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Don
Eddy; Mainstreams of later 20th Century Art, manuscript in progress, ArtRegister
internet website, Fall 1999. |
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The
Saint Anne altar in Sant Agostino, Rome; an ensemble of sculpture, painting,
and poetry, of the Roman High Renaissance restored, various post-restoration
publications, Fall 99 - Spring 2000. |
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"The
Altar of Johann Goritz in Sant'Agostino, Rome; an ensemble of sculpture,
painting and poetry of the Roman High Renaissance restored," Institute
of Fine Arts, New York University, Spring 1983. |
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"The
Saint Anne altar in Sant Agostino, Rome: A Restoration Saga," Duke
University Museum of Art, March 27, 1997. |
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"Five
Contemporary American Realists: Carolyn Brady, Richard Estes, John Baeder,
Don Eddy, Gregory Gillespie," Duke University Museum of Art, opening
lecture, Get Real exhibition, April 4, 1997. |
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Between
Mind and Matter: The Role of Artistic Creative Imagination," November
29, 1991, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, New York City; January 6, 1991, The Dixon
Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee; February 21, 1991, The Knoxville
Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee. |
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"Una
Vera Meraviglia di Roma: Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Ceiling Restored,"
delivered at the 707th meeting of the Rembrandt Club, Brooklyn, NY, February
5, 1990. |
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"The
Romantic Movement in American Art" and "Degas coordinated with
the permanent and special exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
for The Edward andFredda Sexton Academy, Manhattan School of Music, Fall,
1989. |
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"Andrea
Sansovino's Popolo Tombs," Symposium on Late quattrocento Sculpture,
Brigham Young University, Provo,Utah, April 4-7, 1988. |
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"The
Locus Amoenus, Myth or Reality: Efforts to Preserve the Peristyle Garden
of the House of Menander in Pompeii, delivered to the Saint Louis Chapter
of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Art and
Archaeology, Washington University, January 24, 1988. |
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"Roman
Mortars and Decorative Surfaces under Study in the Pompeii Menander Project,"delivered
to Members of the International Masonry Institute, Annapolis Maryland Headquarters,
May 30, 1987. |
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"Humanism
and the Image of the Madonna in the Italian Renaissance," Metropolitan
Museum of Art Sunday lecture series, scheduled for 25 January 1987. |
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"A
Coordinated Methodology for the Treatment and Study of the Peristyle Garden
Wall of the House of Menander, Pompeii; An Interim Report," IIC Congress,
Bologna, 22 September 1986. |
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"Restoration
and Historical Investigation of the Peristyle Garden Wall in the House of
Menander Pompeii; an Interim Report,"Williamstown Regional Art Conservation
Laboratory, March 1986. |
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"YUAG's
Allegory of Modesty,"Yale University Art Gallery, Art a la Carte lecture
series, 6 November 1985. |
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"The
Excavation and Restoration of an Ensemble by Raphael and Sansovino in Sant'Agostino,
Rome," Symposium: From the Stone Age to Recent Times; Current Research
in Archaeology, New Haven Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America,
30 march l985. |
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"Raphael's
Isaiah in Sant'Agostino; conservation issues,"Symposium: Homage to
Raphael, Columbia University, 22 October 1983. |
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"The
Saint Anne altar in Sant'Agostino, Rome; restoration and interpretation,"
given: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass, March 1986. Department of
Renaissance Studies, Yale University, November 1982. |
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Institute
of Fine Arts, Friday lecture series, May 1981. |
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Sant'Agostino,
Rome; inaugural address for the Mostra on the restoration of the ensemble,
January 1981. |
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"Raphael's
Transfiguration," Yale University Art Gallery, Art a la Carte lecture
series, for the special exhibition of the Polaroid copy, December 1981. |
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Guest
curator, John Baeder: Diners, Diner Lore and other Roadside Delights; The
Making of An American Icon, traveling exhibition projected for Fall 2000. |
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Guest
curator, "Get Real: Contemporary American Realism from the Seavest
Collection," Duke University Museum of Art, April 4 - July 6, 1997. |
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Curator
and director of restoration of newly discovered masterpiece by Andrea del
Sarto, entitled, Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas, ca. 1525. |
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Guest
curator "L'Alta Fantasia: Saints, Angels and Other Heavenly Creations"
in conjunction with the Schmidt Bingham Gallery. On exhibit: Schmidt Bingham
Gallery, NYC, November 26 - December 20, 1990, Dixon Gallery and Gardens,
Memphis Tennessee, January 4 - February 10, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville,
Tennessee, February 20 - April 7, 1991. |
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Manuscript
reader, Getty Grant Program, J. Paul Getty Trust, October 1989. |
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Consultant
for Oxford University Press, Reference Text Division, 1985. |
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Developer,
director and chairperson, Board of Governors, the Yale Conservation Project,
1983 85. |
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Art
Historian and co-director with L. and P. Mora, Istituto Centrale per il
Restauro (ICR, Rome) and G. Torraca, University of Rome, of mural restorations,
House of Menander, Pompeii, Spring 1985-Winter 1986. |
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Post
restoration publications following the completion in November 98 of the
restoration of the Renaissance monument, the S. Anne Altar, S. Agostino,
Rome. (principal components S. Anne Virgin and Child, life-size marble figural
group by Andrea Sansovino, and Prophet Isaiah, fresco by Raphael, dedication
date of ensemble1512.) |
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Condition
reports and documentation of authenticity and historical context for Old
Master objects acquired under aegis of Virginia Anne Bonito Fine Arts, Inc. |
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Towards
a publication on the newly discovered Portrait of a Gentleman, Andrea del
Sarto, oil on canvas, ca. 1525 |
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Editor
and co-author, Documentation Report, House of Menander Project. |
