Federica Rossi

Federica Rossi is an Associate Scholar at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max Planck Institute, where she has been conducting research since 2015. She serves as an academic collaborator in Professor Gerhard Wolf's department and also holds a position as an SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) academic collaborator at the Archivio del Moderno in Lugano. Her institutional affiliations reflect her transnational academic trajectory spanning Italian, Swiss, and Russian cultural institutions.

Dr. Rossi's research focuses on Russian art and architecture in relation to Western Europe from the 15th to 20th centuries, with particular attention to the classical tradition in Russia, architectural transformations in Moscow, Palladianism, and the work of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Her scholarly interests extend to multilingual lexica of cultural heritage, Russian travel literature, linguistic analysis of translated art treatises, and comparative approaches to cultural heritage preservation between Europe and the Russian Federation.

Her recent research projects include 'The future is our only goal': Soviet Imaginaire and the Past, which examines the complex relationship between heritage destruction and conservation in post-revolutionary Russia, and 'Il Rinascimento importato. Firenze e la nuova architettura russa (XV–XVI)', which investigates Florence's role in the translatio imperii from Constantinople to Moscow and the reception of Italian Renaissance architecture in Russia.

Among her notable achievements are the 'Pinax d'Argento' national research prize and the 'James Ackerman' international prize for history of architecture (both 2008), a Medal 'For contribution' from the Russian Ministry of Culture (2016), and recognition from the Society for the Study of the Russian Villa (2017). She received nominations for Exhibition of the Year 2016 and Book of the Year 2017 for her work on the Piranesi exhibition and catalogue.

Dr. Rossi has managed significant research and exhibition projects, including the historical analysis of Moscow's Volchonka quarter and the conception of the 'Piranesi before and after' exhibition at the Pushkin State Museum. She has organized numerous international conferences addressing topics ranging from industrial heritage conservation to the architectural reconstruction of Moscow after the 1812 fire.

Her academic work bridges art history, architectural studies, cultural transfer, and linguistic analysis, contributing to a deeper understanding of the complex artistic and architectural exchanges between Russia and Western Europe across centuries.