Education & Professional History
Columbia University, MA; Princeton University, MA; PhD
At Carleton since 1988.
Highlights & Recent Activity
In Fall 2026 I expect to publish a new book on the influence of the German magazine Der Querschnitt on the Spanish avant-garde, titled Madrid / Berlín: Der Querschnitt y la vanguardia española (Madrid: Casimiro, forthcoming).
2027 marks the four-hundredth anniversary of the death of the Spanish Baroque poet Luis de Góngora. As part of the commemorations, I have been invited to contribute essays to the French journal Criticón and to the exhibition catalogue of the National Library of Spain. I have also been invited to present a paper on Góngora and Flemish painting at the International Symposium on Góngora, to be held at the University of Córdoba, Spain, in March 2027
Current Courses
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Fall 2025
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Winter 2026
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Fall 2026
My research spans five key areas: Góngora and Baroque aesthetics, sixteenth-century Venetian painting, photographic theory of the 1920s, urban studies and architecture, and the work of José Moreno Villa, who, in many ways, first introduced me to both painting and modern architecture. Recent publications in each of these fields include
- La ironía y la adhesión. Moreno Villa y la arquitectura moderna. Málaga: Diputación de Andalucía, 2025.
- Paolo Veronese, el tesorero de la pintura. Madrid: Archivos VOLA, 2025.
- Con tan grande furia. Escritos sobre Tintoretto, 1548-1780. Madrid: Casimiro, 2021.
- Jacinta la Pelirroja. Poema en poemas y dibujos. By José Moreno Villa. Barcelona: Anthropos, 2021.
- El desahucio a la vista. Escritos sobre fotografía (1908-1954). By Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Madrid: Casimiro, 2020.
My latest publications on Góngora and the arts include:
- “La negatividad barroca. Reflexiones en torno al soneto ‘Al conde de Villamediana, celebrando el gusto que tuvo en diamantes, pinturas y caballos’, de Góngora.” Creneida, 13 (2025), pp. 348-453.
- “‘Tu mudo horror divino’: Góngora y el horror sagrado.” Creneida, 11 (2023), pp. 248-332.
When I am not writing, I am reading, watching movies, looking at paintings, or cooking. I also like biking.
