Biography

Noriko Kotani received her Ph. D. from Princeton University in 2010 and currently teaches at Osaka University of Arts in Japan. Her primary research interest lies in cross-cultural artistic phenomena, related to Italian and Italianate art of the sixteenth century. She has authored several articles on the Italian Renaissance villa, art theory, and Mannerist painting. Her first book, based on her doctoral dissertation, The Art of Reproduction: Jesuit Art in Japan, 1549-1614, is scheduled to be published by Koninklijke Brill in 2014. She is also interested in the topics of villa architecture, the art collector, and the Geography of Art.

Project Summary

Building upon her previous research that addressed Jesuit art in Japan, this new project investigates the reception of Florentine art in Japan between 1549 and 1614. It aims to trace the model-copy relationship between Jesuit artworks produced in Japan and the works of Florentine masters, such as Antonio Tempesta.