Roberto Longhi
Roberto Longhi was an Italian art historian, university teacher, journalist and film director (1890–1970). He was born at Alba and died at Florence.
Also recorded as Roberto Longi.
Roberto Longhi in brief
- Born
- 1890
- Died
- 1970
- Known for
- art historian, university teacher, journalist and film director
- Place of birth
- Alba
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Roberto Longi. His recorded language was Italian.
He married Anna Banti.
Formation and teaching
Roberto Longhi studied at University of Turin. He trained under Pietro Toesca.
As a teacher, Roberto Longhi is recorded in connection with Alfa Castaldi, Evelina Borea, Mina Gregori, Claudio Savonuzzi and Antonio Paolucci. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Career and activity
He was employed by University of Bologna and University of Florence. He belonged to Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, Accademia della Crusca and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He worked at Bologna and Florence.
Catalogued works
55 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1740 to 2012.
Workshop Ferrara. Orazio Borgianni. Lettere e scartafacci. La pittura del tardo Rinascimento a Roma e a Firenze. Viatico per cinque secoli di pittura veneziana. Officina ferrarese; 1934 [i.e. milenovecentotrentaquattro]. Seguita dagli ampliamenti 1940 e dai nuovi ampliamenti 1940-55. Carlo Carrà. The old Spanish masters from the Contini-Bonacossi collection. La leggenda della croce (affreschi in S. Francesco d'Arezzo, parete sinistra). R. Galleria Borghese. Da Cimabue a Morandi. Il Caravaggio e i caravaggeschi di Roberto Longhi. Giovanni Serodine. "Tiziano e l'Ostensione delle Santissime Croci a Brescia" and "Tiziano, Lorenzo Lotto e il 'San Marco parato da Messa' nell'atrio della Basilica Marciana". "Il 'Maestro di Pratovecchio'". L'"Ecce homo" del Caravaggio a Genova. Mostra del Caravaggio e dei caravaggeschi. Guida alla mostra della pittura bolognese del trecento. Edizione delle opere complete di Roberto Longhi. Il Morazzone. La commedia nell'arte Maccari. Gentileschi padre e figlia. Lettere (1946-1965). Ampliamenti nell'Officina ferrarese di Roberto Longhi. Scritti giovanili, 1912-1922. Pinacotheca. Studi di storia dell'arte. Quesiti caravaggeschi. De Giotto à Caravage. Nel segno di Roberto Longhi. Quel che resta di un dialogo. Incontri. Disegno della pittura italiana. "Arte italiane e arte tedesca". Proporzioni. L'Arte di scrivere sull'arte. Piero della Francesca. Nove secoli d'arte a Bologna. Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi 1573-1610. Arte italiana e arte tedesca con altre conginnture fra Italia ed Europa. "Arte italiana e arte tedesca" con altre congiunture fra Italia ed Europa, 1939-1969. Breve ma veridica storia della pittura italiana. Cinquecento classico e cinquecento manieristico. The Dance, dated c. 1750, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1932.52. Lady at Her Toilette, dated Late 1740s, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1947.433. Portrait of a Musician, dated c. 1770, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.76. Portrait of a Young Woman, dated c. 1760, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1962.959. Long, Robert, dated 15/07/2009, held by Wellcome Collection. `The Doctor's Dilemma' 14.11.1968: a television programme on the long term effects of drugs, dated 1968, held by Wellcome Collection. Memorables of the Montgomeries, a narrative in rhyme, composed before the present century. Printed from the only copy known to remain, which has been Preserved Above Sixty Years by the Care of Hugh Montgomerie Senior at Eaglesham, Long One of the Factors of the Family of Eglintoun, dated 1770, held by Wellcome Collection. Short rules for playing the game of cassino by Robert Long., dated 1792, held by Wellcome Collection. Explaining long-term trends in health and longevity / Robert W. Fogel., dated 2012, held by Wellcome Collection. Narcotic antagonists, the search for long-acting preparations / editor, Robert Willette., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection. Long-term cyclosporin : delivering effective therapeutic levels / edited by Robert Sells., dated 1994, held by Wellcome Collection. To the friends of science . It has long been the universal wish that the public might be furnished with an accurate geographical and topographical grammar of the United States., dated 1787, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 253 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
21 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Longhi, Roberto, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Roberto Longhi Foundation, The Grants Register 2019, 2018. Roberto Longhi Foundation, The Grants Register 2018, 2018. O corespondență inedită a lui Roberto Longhi la Brukenthal, Revista Muzeelor, 2026. Capitolo 1. A Firenze con Roberto Longhi, alla prova su Bartolomeo della Gatta, Alberto Martini (1931-1965), 2016. Reclaiming Artemisia, 2021. Futurist Sculpture Boccioni, 2015. The Futurist Painters, 2014. Reconstructing Artemisia: Twentieth- Century Images of a Woman Artist, 1999. Autoantibodies to Amphiphysin I and Amphiphysin II in a Patient with Sensory-Motor Neuropathy, European Neurology, 2002. Malattie del Metabolismo degli aminoacidi e degli acidi organici, 1988. Persistent supraventricular tachycardia in utero., Diagnostic gynecology and obstetrics, 1980. “Le Caravage”, de Roberto Longhi : une révolution picturale, Philosophie Magazine, 2024. «Illuminare il senso delle ricerche di oggi». Marisa Volpi Orlandini, critica militante negli anni sessanta/'Illuminating the meaning of today's research'. Marisa Volpi Orlandini, militant critic in the 1960s, Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2022. For an interpretative reading of L’airone, from the art writings to the "Nouveau Roman", Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, 2016. Pier Paolo Pasolini e as linguagens do real, Remate de Males, 2020. Senza freni e senza misura nel desiderio incomposto del nuovo. Traiettorie mediterranee e visioni critiche del Futurismo, Papireto, 2022. Evelina Borea. Dall’ arte dimenticata del Seicento allo Specchio dell’arte/Evelina Borea. From the Forgotten Art of the 17th Century to the Mirror of Art, Il Capitale Culturale: Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage, 2022. Esthetic and historiographical condition of Giotto’s architectural frames, Intrecci d'arte, 2016. Después de la abolición del marco: tres tendencias del cine italiano sobre arte alrededor del 1948 / After the Abolition of the Frame: Three Tendencies of Italian Cinema on Art around 1948, Secuencias, 2016. The author and its double. Considerations on disagreement between Morandi and Arcangeli, Intrecci d'arte, 2017.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Caravaggio (1968) — Internet Archive. Officina ferrarese 1934 seguita dagli ampliamenti 1940 e dai nuovi ampliamenti 1940-55. (1956) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 8 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 8 means 8 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Roberto Longhi studied at University of Turin. training under Pietro Toesca is recorded. Alfa Castaldi, Evelina Borea and Mina Gregori are recorded as having studied under Roberto Longhi. the recorded working language is Italian.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna and Florence. Employment is recorded with University of Bologna and University of Florence. Membership is recorded of Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, Accademia della Crusca and Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
Distinctions recorded are Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Chronology
- 1890Roberto Longhi born at Alba.
- 1956Officina ferrarese 1934 seguita dagli ampliamenti 1940 e dai nuovi ampliamenti 1940-55. digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968Caravaggio digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1970Roberto Longhi died at Florence.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Capitolo 1. A Firenze con Roberto Longhi, alla prova su Bartolomeo della Gatta, Alberto Martini (1931-1965), 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
- 3.
O corespondență inedită a lui Roberto Longhi la Brukenthal, Revista Muzeelor, 2026
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Open Library author record for Roberto Longhi (Internet Archive), 65 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 5.
Roberto Longhi Foundation, The Grants Register 2018, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Roberto Longhi Foundation, The Grants Register 2019, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 28 articles naming Roberto Longhi.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1086770226, Collezione Roberto Longhi (Firenze).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 9.
Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Roberto Longhi as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Roberto Longhi.
scholarly index · Unverified
Consult the source - 11.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Roberto Longhi.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 12.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 253 works naming Roberto Longhi.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 13.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1361667: Roberto Longhi
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 14.
“Roberto Longhi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
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