About Me

My research centres on the devotional art and material culture of late medieval and Renaissance Europe, with a particular focus on Italy. Broadly speaking, I focus on intersections between materials, iconography and meaning. I am particularly interested in how workshop organisation and practice relate to technical and aesthetic exchanges across media. Other longstanding interests include patronage practices, particularly of traditionally underrepresented groups such as the socio-economically disadvantaged, women, and the disabled, as well as the strategies by which individual and corporate identity was visualised.

I cover arts and culture topics for a variety of outlets.