Benjamin Paul
Assistant Professor
Biographical Information:
Benjamin Paul is a specialist in Italian Renaissance art, focusing on Venetian
architecture and painting of the 16th century. His recent publications include “Tintoretto
and the church of San Benedetto in Venice” (Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen
Institutes in Florenz, 49 [2005]), „’Erst hat man kein Glück
und dann kommt auch noch Pech dazu’: Die gescheiterte Karriere des Jacopo
Soranzo (1518-99) im Spiegel seines Grabmals,“ (Grab, Kult, Memoria. Studien
zur gesellschaftlichen Funktion von Erinnerung, edited by Arne Karsten and Philip
Zitzlsperger, Cologne 2007), “Identità e Alterità nella pittura
veneziana al tempo della battaglia di Lepanto” (Venezia
Cinquecento, 29 [2005]). Paul has also published on contemporary art, including an article on
the contemporary Roman photographer Tano D’Amico (Springerin, 13 [2007])
and curated Wolfgang Tillmans: Still life (exh. cat., Harvard University Art
Museums, 2002), the first solo exhibition of the German photographer Wolfgang
Tillmans in the US. He is currently completing a book on the architecture and
decoration of the Benedictine reform convent of SS. Cosma e Damiano on the Giudecca
and is preparing a monographic study on the Venetian painter Jacopo Tintoretto.
In addition, he is completing articles on Doge Alvise Mocenigo’s representation
in art and the artistic exchange between Venice and Rome.
Recent Publications:
“Wolfgang Tillmans: still life, Tel Aviv” http://www.pixtura.org
“Mythos 1977. Zur Dokumentation der italienischen Autonomen- und Spontibewegung” in
Springerin, Band XIII, Heft 3 (Summer 2007), pp. 54-55.
“’Erst hat man kein Glück und dann kommt auch noch Pech dazu’:
Die gescheiterte Karriere des Jacopo Soranzo (1518-99) im Spiegel seines Grabmals,“ in
Grab, Kult, Memoria. Studien zur gesellschaftlichen Funktion von Erinnerung,
ed. by Carolin Behrmann, Arne Karsten and Philipp Zitzlsperger, Cologne, 2007,
pp. 41-59.
“Tintoretto and the Church of San Benedetto in Venice,” in Mitteilungen
des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz., Band 49, Heft 3 (2005), pp. 377-412.
„Venedigs ‘Sixtinische Kapelle’: Tintoretto und die Scuola
Grande di San Rocco,“ Damals. Das Magazin für Geschichte und Kultur,
1 (2007), pp. 74-80.
„Who Killed the JAMs! Über Adbusting, Open Content und die jüngsten
Kampagnen des britischen Künstlers James Cauty,“ in Springerin,
Band XII, Heft 4 (Fall 2006), pp. 14-15.
“Identità e Alterità nella pittura veneziana al tempo
della battaglia di Lepanto,” in Venezia Cinquecento, 29 (2005), pp. 155-87.
“Issues of Political Iconography: Clement VII’s Personal & Political
Concerns in his Representation as Leo I in the Sala di Costantino.” In
Coming about… A Festschrift for John Shearman. Cambridge, MA, 2001, pp.
267-75.
Reviews:
Book review of Hans Dieter Huber, “Paolo Veronese. Kunst
als soziales System.” Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 60, number
2 (Summer 2007), pp. 545-47.
Book review of Arne Karsten, “Bernini. Der Schöpfer des barocken
Roms.” Renaissance Quartely, vol. 60, number 1 (Spring 2007), pp. 178-80.
“Tüten in Riga,” Tip. Das Stadtmagazin, March 2007, p. 32.
Exh. review of “Felix Gonzalez-Torres.” Springerin, Band XIII,
Heft 1 (Winter 2007).
Exh. Review of „36 x 27 x 10.“ Springerin, Band XII, Heft 2 (Spring
2006).
Exh. Review of “Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments.“ Springerin,
Band XI, Heft 1 (Spring 2005).
Exh. review of “Schrumpfende Städte.” Springerin, Band X,
Heft 3 (Fall 2004).
Exh. review of “Moltitudini-Solitudini,” Springerin, Band IX,
Heft 3 (Fall 2003).
Book review of Richard Cocke, “Paolo Veronese: Piety and Display in
an Age of Religious Reform.” Journal für Kunstgeschichte (2003,
Heft 1), pp. 45-9.
Book review of Erasmus Weddigen “Jacomo Tentor F. Myzelien zur Tintoretto-
Forschung. Peripherie, Interpretation und Rekonstruktion.” Venezia
Cinquecento,
24 (2002), pp. 187-97.
Book review of Tom Nichols “Tintoretto. Identity and Tradition.” Zeitschrift
für Kunstgeschichte, 64 (2001), pp. 283-93.
Exh. review “Mirror’s Edge” Springerin, Band VI, Heft 4
(Dezember 2000-Februar 2001).
Exh. review “Freier Blick auf die Fruchtblase. ‘Spectacular Bodies’ in
der Londoner Hayward Gallery.” Die Tageszeitung, Nr. 6332 (28. Dezember
2000).
Exh. review “Elizabeth Peyton: ’Tony’” Kunstforum
International, Bd. 152 (Oktober/Dezember 2000).
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