Giovanna Guidicini

Name

Giovanna Guidicini

Job title

Senior Lecturer in History of Architecture and Urban Studies

Email

G.Guidicini@gsa.ac.uk

Professional Address

167 Renfrew St, Glasgow G3 6RQ

Country

Biography

Giovanna holds a Laurea Magistrale (Master’s Degree) in Architecture from the Università degli Studi di Ferrara (2004) and a Ph.D. in History of Architecture from the University of Edinburgh (2009).
Giovanna has taught at the Università di Ferrara, at the University of Edinburgh, and at Plymouth University; she had taught both architecture in the studios and lecture-based courses in Architectural History. She joined The Glasgow School of Art in 2014.

Latest Additions

'Coming into View: Eric Watt's photographs of Glasgow' Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, 4 March 2023 to 31 July 2023
Guidicini, Giovanna (2023) 'Coming into View: Eric Watt's photographs of Glasgow' Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, 4 March 2023 to 31 July 2023. International Review of Scottish Studies, 48 (2). pp. 129-132. ISSN 1923-5755
Early Modern Songscapes, English ayres & their dynamic acoustic environments, website
Guidicini, Giovanna (2023) Early Modern Songscapes, English ayres & their dynamic acoustic environments, website. Early Modern Digital Review. ISSN 2562-9263
A champion “large of portratour”: Robert the Bruce as “Giant” in Anti-Tudor Propaganda
Guidicini, Giovanna (2022) A champion “large of portratour”: Robert the Bruce as “Giant” in Anti-Tudor Propaganda. In: Giants and Dwarfs in European Art and Culture (c. 1350-1700): Real, Imagined, Metaphorical. Amsterdam University Press.
Digitalising Experiential Celebrations in the Early Modern Civic Space: A Methodological Investigation of Augmented Reality as Interpretative Tool
Guidicini, Giovanna (2021) Digitalising Experiential Celebrations in the Early Modern Civic Space: A Methodological Investigation of Augmented Reality as Interpretative Tool. DSH: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. pp. 109-120. ISSN 0268-1145
Borders in Borderland: Scottish frontiers as makers and markers of national and urban identity
Guidicini, Giovanna (2021) Borders in Borderland: Scottish frontiers as makers and markers of national and urban identity. The Drouth (67). ISSN 1474-6190
Triumphal Entries and Festivals in Early Modern Scotland: Performing Spaces
Guidicini, Giovanna (2020) Triumphal Entries and Festivals in Early Modern Scotland: Performing Spaces. European Festival Studies: 1450-1700 . Brepols Publishers. ISBN 978-2-503-58541-3
Edinburgh and Venice: Comparing the Evolution in Communal Living in Geographically Challenged Mercantile Communities
Guidicini, Giovanna (2020) Edinburgh and Venice: Comparing the Evolution in Communal Living in Geographically Challenged Mercantile Communities. In: The Architecture of Scotland 1660-1750. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9781474455268
Review of 'Scotch Baronial, Architecture and National Identity in Scotland', By Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie. 312 pages. iv pages ISBN: 9781474283472 London and New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. Hardback £65.
Guidicini, Giovanna (2020) Review of 'Scotch Baronial, Architecture and National Identity in Scotland', By Miles Glendinning and Aonghus MacKechnie. 312 pages. iv pages ISBN: 9781474283472 London and New York: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019. Hardback £65. The Scottish Historical Review, 99 (1). pp. 165-167. ISSN 0036-9241
Royal Welcomes in Edinburgh New Town: Portraying Civic Identity in 1822 and 1842
Guidicini, Giovanna (2019) Royal Welcomes in Edinburgh New Town: Portraying Civic Identity in 1822 and 1842. In: The New Town of Edinburgh, An Architectural Celebration. John Donald, pp. 99-113. ISBN 9781910900352
Ordering the World: Games in the Architectural Iconography of Stirling Castle, Scotland
Guidicini, Giovanna (2019) Ordering the World: Games in the Architectural Iconography of Stirling Castle, Scotland. In: Games and Game Playing in European Art and Literature, 16th-17th Centuries. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, pp. 221-248. ISBN 9789463728119

Most Viewed Items

#	Item title
1	A Scottish triumphal path of learning at George Heriot Hospital, Edinburgh	430
2	The Political and Cultural Influence of James V’s Court on the Decoration of the King’s Fountain in Linlithgow Palace	407
3	Scottishness on stage: creating and performing Scotland’s national identity during triumphal entries in the XVI and XVII centuries	368
4	Imagining and staging an urban border: the role of the Netherbow gate in early modern Edinburgh	346	68
5	Nobiltà Bolognese tra Città e Campagna: la Villa Angelelli-Zambeccari di Argelato	342
6	Municipal Perspective, Royal Expectations, and the Use of Public Space: the case of the West Port, Edinburgh 1503-1633	285
7	Early Modern High-Rise Living and the Tenement Experience	242
8	The Iconography of Stirling Castle Façade: Barrow Award Report	227
9	"The storm of heresy is raging": Political Defiance and Religious Subversion in James V's Scotland	223
10	Celebrating Mary Stuart in Edinburgh; the Use of Civic Space in 1558 and 1561	218

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