Publications

Exhibition catalogs

Catalogs published to coincide with exhibitions are an essential part of Villa Medici’s programming. Exhibition catalogs are either published by Villa Medici or co-published and distributed in collaboration with other publishing houses, depending on the themes addressed. These works offer a broad overview of the subjects explored in Villa Medici’s exhibitions.

Scientific publications

 

Studiolo, Villa Medici art history journal

Recognized as Class A by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes), Studiolo is a multilingual, international scientific journal, open to the most up-to-date research in all fields of art history. Each issue features a call for contributions on a thematic dossier, and four sections that include off-theme proposals (Varia, Debates), documentary studies (Villa Medici, History and Heritage), and contributions from the current year’s fellows (Champ libre). An international scientific committee, periodically renewed, ensures the editorial line and selection of articles. Since 2021, the magazine has been published by Éditions Macula.

Read Studiolo, freely available on Persée

Editorial Committee

Marc Bayard (Mobilier national), Diane H. Bodart (Columbia University), Olivier Bonfait ( University of Bourgogne), Luisa Capodieci (University of Lorraine, CRULH, Nancy), Stefano Chiodi ( University of Rome Tre), Frédéric Cousinié (University of Rouen Normandie), Ralph Dekoninck (University of Louvain), Jérôme Delaplanche (Centre des monuments nationaux), Antonella Fenech (CNRS / Centre André Chastel), Elena Fumagalli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Sophie Harent (Magnin National Museum, Dijon), Michel Hochmann (EPHE, Paris), Anne-Violaine Houcke (University of Paris-Nanterre), Dominique Jarrassé (University of Bordeaux Montaigne ; École du Louvre), Annick Lemoine (Petit Palais – musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris), Maria Grazia Messina (University of Florence), Patrick Michel (Charles de Gaulle University – Lille 3), Philippe Morel (University of Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne), France Nerlich (University of Tours ; CRR Daniel Marchesseau, Musée d’Orsay), Patricia Rubin (Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), Maddalena Scimemi (University of Rome Tre), Tiziana Serena (University of Florence), Anne-Elisabeth Spica è (University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), Giovanna Zapperi (University of Geneva).

The Art History Collection

The Art History Collection of the French Academy in Rome publishes collective works from colloquia, seminars, study days and research workshops organized by the art history department, often in collaboration with international institutions and universities. The choice of themes related to current cultural events in Europe, and the selection of articles that encourage debate, give this collection a resolutely contemporary and international perspective.

 

Outside of the collection

Villa Medici supports and participates in the publication of works resulting from colloquia organized in partnership with international institutions and research centers. These works focus on subjects often studied by former fellows and residents at the French Academy in Rome.

Among these are the five volumes devoted to Villa Medici, published between 1989 and 2010 by the French Academy in Rome and the École française de Rome under the direction of André Chastel and the coordination of Philippe Morel. They present some of the richest documentation on the institution, these volumes meticulously trace the genesis of the building right through to the details of its decoration and gardens, including the people who commissioned it and their collections. Combining numerous studies and texts by dozens of specialists, they provide in-depth documentation on the heritage and history of the building. These works are out of print but can be found in specialist bookshops.

 

Directors’ Correspondence

This is the publication, in several volumes, of the written correspondence of the directors of the French Academy in Rome, shedding valuable light on daily life and relations maintained by the Academy with Italian, French and European institutions and personalities of the time. In 2004, the Academy and the Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français (SHAF) published a new series of Correspondance relating to the directors of the institution in the 19th century.

Previously, the following volumes were published: the correspondence under the Ancien Régime published in the Archives de l’Art français in 17 volumes (1912), as well as the repertory volume and the two volumes devoted to the directorship of Joseph-Benoît Suvée.

 

Free access to digitized works

In partnership with Persée (Unité d’Appui et de Recherche attached to the ENS of Lyon and the CNRS), a digitization campaign was launched in 2022 to provide free access to older, out-of-print scientific publications, in particular the journal Studiolo. The works in the Art History Collection will be the subject of a new campaign launched in 2024, which will make them freely available on the Persée portal in 2026.

 

Further information:

General bibliography on Villa Medici and the French Academy in Rome (Fr)

 

Publications about Villa Medici

Villa Medici offers a series of publications aimed at a diverse readership. The story of the space, its inhabitants, its curiosities and its unique features, is told through illustrated works, magazines, themed guides, and children’s comics and books.