Elizabeth Rodini

My current book project, On the Street of the Hidden Shops, is a metaphoric archaeology of a single block in central Rome, from its geologic foundations to the present. History lies thick here, a museum atop a convent atop an ancient theater; layered in are the traces of artisans and poets, pilgrims and saints, a communist coffee bar, a political assassination, and a fascist deportation. By digging down deep, this creative work of historical narration seeks new ways of understanding the places we think we already know.

“Imitation as a Mercantile Strategy: The Case of Damascene Ware,” in Typical Venice? The Art of Commodities, 13th-16th Centuries, ed. Ella Beaucamp and Philippe Cordez (Turhout: Brepols Publishers, 2020): 107–119

“Containing Collections: On The Social Meanings of Damascened Metalwork in Early Modern Venice,” in Islamic Art and Architecture in Italy: Between Tradition and Innovation, ed. Silvia Armando and Avinoam Shalem (Rome: American Academy in Rome)