L’IDEA | Texts, Sources, Lexicon • Designs
Digital journal of artistic literature, the history of philosophy, linguistics and the history of design
e-ISSN 3035-2452 | DOI 10.69114/LIDEA/ | Annual publication | Language en, it, fr | ERC SH5 – SH4_10
L’IDEA is a publishing project in the field of the humanities, art history and drawing, inspired by the legacy of Leonardo da Vinci and Federico Zuccari – two focal points within the broader context of European intellectual history, around which researchers from various disciplines (including art history, the history of philosophy, linguistics & history and connoisseurship of design), different European universities and institutes, who come together to share common perspectives and interests.
The journal is published annually in open access digital format. Each issue consists of two parts: Texts, Sources, Lexicon and Designs. It offers the scientific community original articles of an international scope (in the main languages: English, French, Italian), subject to double-blind peer review.
IDEA is the result of research carried out by the Research Unit of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome as part of the PRIN 2022 project, IDEA | Zuccari Digital Corpus: Texts, Contexts, Sources and Lexicon, funded by the European Union (NextGenerationEU) and the Ministry of University and Research, and co-funded by the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Scientific Director
Vita Segreto (Academy of Fine Arts in Rome)
Scientific Committee
Annarita Angelini (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna)
Juliana Barone (The Warburg Institute and Birbeck College, University of London)
Daniele Benati (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna)
Johannes Bartuschat (University of Zurich | UZH)
Salvatore Carannante (University of Trento)
David Ekserdjian (University of Leicester)
Caterina Furlan (University of Udine)
Ketty Gottardo (The Courtauld, Prints and Drawings Department, London)
Dagmar Korbacher (Staatliche Museen, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin)
Donata Levi (University of Udine)
Catherine Loisel (Musée du Louvre, Department of Graphic Arts, Paris)
Veronique Meyer (University of Poitiers, Criham Laboratory)
Nicola Panichi (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa)
Patrizia Pellizzari (University of Turin)
Roberto Rea (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Vittoria Romani (University of Padua)
Alessandra Trotta (University of Salerno)
Franca Varallo (University of Turin)
Catherine Whistler (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford)
Editorial Committee
Angelamaria Aceto (Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford)
Luca Baroni (Marche Nord Museum Network)
Thomas Dalla Costa (Independent Scholar and Curator)
Gloria De Liberali (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Francesco Guidi (Alma Mater Studiorum , University of Bologna and DTC-Lazio)
Hélène Gasnault(Beaux-Arts, Collections des dessins, Paris)
Francesco Grisolia (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Grant Lewis (The British Museum,Department of Prints and Drawings, London)
Nino Nanobashvili(Gutenberg-Museum, Mainz)
Marco Sgattoni (University of UrbinoCarlo Bo)
Vincenzo Stanziola (Capodimonte Museum,
Department of Drawings and Prints, Naples)
Visual design
Francesca Ceccarelli
Software engineering
Giacomo Fabbian
Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
Via di Ripetta, 222 • 00186 Rome (RM)
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Scientific certification of the contributions published by L’IDEA:all published articles have received a favourable opinion from the designated reviewers, through an anonymous review process and under the responsibility of the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Committee..
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