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Tomaso Montanari (born 15 October 1971) is an Italian art historian, academic and essayist.
He was born inFlorence and there attended the liceo classico Dante, before graduating from theUniversity of Pisa and studying alongsidePaola Barocchi at theScuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He became ordinary professor of Modern Art History at theUniversità per Stranieri di Siena[1] after teaching at theUniversità della Tuscia, theUniversità degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata and theUniversità degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.
He is notable as one of the most authoritative authors on western Baroque art, on which he has written over one hundred essays in scholarly reviews and for noted publishers. He is president of the Comitato tecnico scientifico per le Belle Arti (technical scientific committee for fine arts) in Italy'sMinistry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, and is thus alsoex officio a member of theConsiglio Universitario Nazionale. He is also a member of theUffizi's scientific committee,[2] the editorial panel of the reviewProspettiva[3] and the jury for the Premio Sila.[4]
He writes for theIl Fatto Quotidiano and the "Ora d'Arte" column for theIl Venerdì di Repubblica. He considers himself a "radical Catholic", influenced by the ideas ofLorenzo Milani.[5]
