rebecca Gill

Biography

"Rebecca Gill is Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery, London and Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Arts and the Sacred at KCL. Her area of interest is the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance, with a particular focus on the effect of the Counter Reformation on religious architecture in the years immediately before and after the Council of Trent. Rebecca received her PhD from the University of Reading in the Department of History of Art. Her thesis focuses on the architect Galeazzo Alessi and his contribution to the development of ecclesiastical architecture in the years immediately before and after the Council of Trent. Prior to joining the National Gallery and Kings College London, Rebecca was Teaching Fellow at Birmingham University in the department of Art History, Curating and Visual Culture, where she taught across the BA and MA programme on topics such as Women and Artistic Culture in the Early Modern Period and Power, Society and Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe 1400-1600.   Rebecca has also taught at the universities of Reading and Leeds. In 2012-13, Rebecca held the position of Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome, during which time she conducted post-doctoral research on the Sacro Monte di Varallo. "   "Rebecca Gill is Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Fellow in Art and Religion at the National Gallery, London and Visiting Research Fellow in the Centre for Arts and the Sacred at KCL. Her area of interest is the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance, with a particular focus on the effect of the Counter Reformation on religious architecture in the years immediately before and after the Council of Trent. Rebecca received her PhD from the University of Reading in the Department of History of Art. Her thesis focuses on the architect Galeazzo Alessi and his contribution to the development of ecclesiastical architecture in the years immediately before and after the Council of Trent. Prior to joining the National Gallery and Kings College London, Rebecca was Teaching Fellow at Birmingham University in the department of Art History, Curating and Visual Culture, where she taught across the BA and MA programme on topics such as Women and Artistic Culture in the Early Modern Period and Power, Society and Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe 1400-1600.   Rebecca has also taught at the universities of Reading and Leeds. In 2012-13, Rebecca held the position of Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome, during which time she conducted post-doctoral research on the Sacro Monte di Varallo. "  

Research Interest

"Counter Reformation Art and Architecture The architecture of Galeazzo Alessi The ecclesiastical architecture of Giulio Romano Sacri Monti Architectural Drawing"