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Antonio Becchi (PhD 1994) studied in Genoa, Florence, and Bologna, and spent long research periods in Berlin, Göttingen, Paris, and London. He taught at the Universities of Genoa and Venice (IUAV). His research interests include the history of science, mechanics, art, and architecture.
He is co-founder of the Edoardo Benvenuto Association for the History of Structural Mechanics (1999), Edoardo Benvenuto Prize (2002), Bibliotheca Mechanico-Architectonica (2007), Ornella Osti Francisci Prize (2013), and the International Federation of Construction History Societies (2018). Since 2010 he has been a member of the editorial board of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge and co-director of the book series Between Mechanics and Architecture (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Rome). In 2012-2020 he was a member of the Construction History Society Trustees and Management Committee. Since 2012 he has been a correspondent member of the International Academy of the History of Science and referee for the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes. Since 2014 he has been a member of the Conseil d’administration of the Association Francophone d’Histoire de la Construction (Paris) and since 2016 of the Scientific Board of the Centro Interdipartimentale Urbino e la Prospettiva (University of Urbino) and of the Werner Oechslin Library Foundation (Einsiedeln). 2018-2019 he was a Visiting Fellow at the Warburg Institute (London).
He is currently working on the history of the Codices Forster (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) and the Codex Ashburnham 361 (Biblioteca Laurenziana, Florence), and on the projects In-Camera-Out and Disiecta Membra. Tracing the History of the Albani Libraries.
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Selected Publications
Becchi, Antonio (2024). “Vitruvius’ Historiae and the Love of Learning.” In Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Vitruvius, ed. I. Rowland and S. Bell, 627–684. Leiden: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004688704_027.
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Becchi, Antonio and Jürgen Renn (2021). “Diamonds and Glass: A Conversation in the Workshop of Leonardo Research.” In Leonardo’s Intellectual Cosmos, ed. J. Renn, M. Valleriani, S. Hoffmann, and A. Becchi, 331–347. Florence: Giunti.
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Renn, Jürgen, Matteo Valleriani, Sabine Hoffmann, and Antonio Becchi, eds. (2021). Leonardo’s Intellectual Cosmos. Florence: Giunti.
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Renn, Jürgen, Matteo Valleriani, Sabine Hoffmann, and Antonio Becchi, eds. (2021). Leonardos intellektueller Kosmos. Florenz: Giunti.
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