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Robin L. Thomas specializes in European architecture and urbanism from 1400 to 1800. His research focuses on the architecture of Naples, with interests that include early-modern urbanism, the social history of buildings, the interaction of music and space, and the intellectual formation of architects. His book, 'Architecture, Statecraft: Charles Bourbon’s Naples 1734–59' (2013), examines how the remaking of Naples by King Charles Bourbon addressed the political, social, economic, and cultural importance of the royal building program. His current book project, titled 'Palaces of Reason: Royal Residences in Enlightenment Naples,' explores the palaces of Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta in light of eighteenth-century ideas of reform. His publications include articles on Duca di Noja’s map of Naples, the architect Luigi Vanvitelli, and the role of slavery in the construction of the Palace of Caserta. His research has been supported by a Fulbright Fellowship, a Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities, a fellowship from the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University, and an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In recognition of his classroom instruction, he received the College of Arts and Architecture’s award for outstanding teaching in 2014.
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