Carlo Vecce


Carlo Vecce is Professor of Italian Literature in the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, he taught also in the University of Pavia, the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara and the University of Macerata. Abroad he was visiting professor at Paris 3 and University of California Los Angeles .
He received his doctorate at the Catholic University of Milan with a dissertation directed by Giuseppe Billanovich, his researches focused on Renaissance Literature and Civilization in Italy and Europe, mainly in the history of intellectual workshops in the dawn of Modern Age, and in relationships between languages. Among his authors: Iacopo Sannazaro, Pietro Bembo, Lorenzo Valla, Erasmo da Rotterdam, Girolamo Aleandro, Antonio De Ferrariis detto Galateo.
Under the guide of Carlo Pedretti, he worked on the manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, publishing the Book on Painting and of Codex Arundel. He published also an anthology of Leonardo’s Writings, and a biography Leonardo translated in several languages. In 1994 he was appointed as a member of “Commissione Vinciana”.
He collaborated to the exhibitions of Leonardo’s drawings and manuscripts at Louvre and Metropolitan Museum, and to the exhibitions on Michelangelo at Kunsthistorisches Museum and Pietro Bembo. He organized the exhibition of Leonardo’s drawings from Codex Atlanticus in Ambrosian Library about Fables and tales. Under the patronage of UNESCO, he organized also the international conference I mondi di Leonardo.
Among his creative publications, the poems Feuilles, the dialogue Coblas. Il mistero delle sei stanze , and the poem Viaggio in Québec ; Other composition for theatre: La luna capovolta. Sogni di Girolamo Cardano, Compagne di classe, and Umbra profunda. Frammenti della giovinezza di Giordano Bruno.

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