Education & Professional History
Columbia University, MA; Princeton University, MA; PhD
At Carleton since 1988.
Highlights & Recent Activity
The Centro Andaluz de las Letras has recently published a revised edition of my 2010 book on modern architecture, titled La ironía y la adhesión: José Moreno Villa y la arquitectura moderna. This work examines the contributions of José Moreno Villa, Spain’s first professional architecture critic, charting his evolution from early support for rationalism to his eventual disillusionment with the movement. The book will be featured at the upcoming international conference Arquitectura, Literatura y Modernidad: La Generación de 1925, set to take place in Andalucía during the fall and winter of 2025-2026.
In addition, in 2025, I published a book on the on the sixteenth-century Venetian painter Paolo Veronese, which was released in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition dedicated to the artist at the Prado Museum, running from May 27th to September 21st, 2025.
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.
