Branko Mitrovic
Background and activities
I am an architectural historian with a dual background in architecture and philosophy. For the complete list of my publications see the attached CV. Most of my articles can be downloaded at "Branko Mitrovic" at www.academia.edu.
EDUCATION
PhD (Philosophy) University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2007. Dissertation: Intellect in Jacopo Zabarella’s Interpretation of Aristotelian Psychology.
PhD (Architecture) University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1996. Dissertation: Theory of Proportions in Daniele Barbaro’s Commentary on Vitruvius’ De architectura.
M.S. (Architecture) University of Pennsylvania, 1993.
Dipl. Phil. (Philosophy) Belgrade University, 1992.
Dipl.Ing.Arch. (Architecture) Belgrade University, 1988.
HONOURS
2008 Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Forschungpreis), awarded by the Humboldt Foundation.
2012 New Zealand Government’s research ranking in PBRF scheme: “A”.
FELLOWSHIPS AND POSTDOCS
2000-2001 Research (postdoc) fellowship, Harvard University Centre for Renaissance Studies "I Tatti", Florence.
2001-2002 Research (postdoc) fellowship, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal.
2002-2004 Research (postdoc) fellowship, The Humboldt Foundation (at the Technical University Berlin).
2007 Senior Fellowship, National Gallery of Art in Washington, (CASVA)
2009 Research Fellowship, The Clark Institute, Wiliamstown, Massachusetts.
Courses
- AAR4430 - History of Architecture and Architectural Theory
- AAR4460 - Theory and History of Architecture C
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2020) Guarino Guarini's Architectural Theory and Counter-Reformation Aristotelianism: Visuality and Aeshtetics in Architettura Civile and Placita Philosophica. I Tatti Studies. vol. 23 (2).
- (2020) Guarino guarini’s architectural theory and counter-reformation aristotelianism: Visuality and aesthetics in architettura civile and placita philosophica. I Tatti Studies. vol. 23 (2).
- (2018) Visuality and Aesthetic Formalism. British Journal of Aesthetics. vol. 58 (2).
- (2017) Is multiple realizability a valid argument against methodological individualism?. Philosophy of the Social Sciences. vol. 47 (1).
- (2015) Historical understanding and historical interpretation as contextualization. History and Theory. vol. 54 (3).
- (2015) Leon Battista Alberti, Mental Rotation and the Origins of Three-Dimensional Computer Modeling. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH). vol. 74 (3).
- (2014) Opacity and transparency in historical representations. History and Theory. vol. 53 (2).
- (2013) Nelson Goodman’s Arguments against Perspective. Nexus Network journal. vol. 15.
- (2013) Romantic Worldview as a Narcissistic Construct. Journal of Art Historiography. vol. 9.
- (2013) Visuality after Gombrich. Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. vol. 76.
- (2011) Atribution of Concepts and Problems with Anachronism. History and Theory. vol. 50.
- (2010) A Defence of Light. Ernst Gombrich, the Innocent Eye and Seeing in Pers. Journal of Art Historiography. vol. 3.
Books
- (2020) Materialist Philosophy of History. A Realist Antidote to Postmodernism. Lexington Books. 2020. ISBN 9781793620026.
- (2015) Rage and Denials. Collectivist Philosophy, Politics and Art Historiography, 1890-1947. Penn State University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-271-06678-3.
- (2013) Visuality for Architects. University of Virginia Press. 2013. ISBN 081393379X.
- (2011) Philosophy for Architects. Princeton Architectural Press. 2011. ISBN 1568989946.
- (2005) Serene Greed of the Eye. Leon Battista Alberti and the Philosophical Foundations of Renaissance Architectural Theory. Deutscher Kunstverlag. 2005. ISBN 3-422-06573-3.
- (2004) Learning from Palladio. W.W. Norton. 2004. ISBN 0393731162.
Part of book/report
- (2019) Daniele Barbaro's Architectural Theory. Daniele Barbaro's Vitruvius of 1567.
- (2019) The Individualism-Holism Dilemma and the Ideological Framework of Marxism. A socialist realist history? Writing art history in the post-war decades.