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Diana Bullen Presciutti is a Professor and Head of History of Art at the University of Glasgow. Prior to her arrival in 2025, Diana lectured for ten years at the University of Essex. She has also taught at Rice University in Texas, Berea College in Kentucky, and the College of Wooster in Ohio. Diana's primary research focuses on visual culture as it intersects with social problems, including popular piety and institutional charity in late medieval and early modern Italy (1350-1650). Her notable works include 'Visual Cultures of Foundling Care in Renaissance Italy' and 'Saints, Miracles, Social Problems in Italian Renaissance Art,' which elucidates how images of miracles by mendicant saints shaped social perceptions in Renaissance Italy. Currently, Diana is engaged in research projects including a short book that explores non-elite viewing practices and a major project on the interplay of everyday devotional practices in Italian roadside religion. Her research interests encompass the social history of art, visual hagiography, print cultures, and the intersections of art with gender and sexuality studies.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland
Head of History of Art at University of Glasgow.
University of Essex • Essex, England
Lectured in History of Art.
Rice University • Texas, USA
Lectured in History of Art.