Giuseppe Capriotti is Assistant Professor of Early Modern Art History at University of Macerata (Italy), where he teaches History of Images, Image Education, and Iconography and Iconology.
After an interdisciplinary thesis in History of Religion – Early Modern Art History (2000), he won a scholarship for a PhD at University of Macerata (2000-2003), during which he studied at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Paris. Always keeping an interdisciplinary approach, he has aimed much of his research to the resolution of iconographic issues, combining the traditional iconological method with the criteria of history of religions and historical anthropology, problematically applying them to the fine arts.

He gave seminars at Université Pierre-Mandès-France of Grenoble (France), at University of Zagreb (Croatia), and at University of Oviedo (Spain). He was Visiting Professor at University of Split, Croatia (January-April 2016); Marie Curie Fellow Researcher at Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya (February-March; July; November-December 2018); Visiting Professor at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) Madrid, Spain (April-May 2019); Marie Curie Fellow Researcher at Pwani University, Kilifi, and at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya (February-March 2020).

Main interests of research:

1. anti-Jewish and anti-Turkish painting, and studies on images and religious conflicts.
2. fortune of the Greek mythology in art (in particular on the fortune of the Ovid’s Metamorphosis)
3. Visions, images, real pictures, and mystical experiences.

Main international projects: