University of Pittsburgh

Graduate Students

Aaron Tacinelli

Modern/Contemporary

ajt42@pitt.edu
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Aaron Tacinelli’s research focuses on contemporary architecture and critical theory, and his specific interests include rationality and politics in architecture, contemporary architectural theory, and medieval architectural drawing.  Currently, Tacinelli is completing an MA that examines anti-rationalist grids in the architecture of Peter Eisenman.   

Education

MA– University of Pittsburgh, in progress

BA – Miami University, May 2008, History of Art and Architecture, summa cum laude
Senior Thesis: “God, Gislebertus, and the Medieval Artist: Reexamining Medieval Artistic Identity and the Autun Inscription”

Presentations

"Gislebertus Hoc Fecit: A New Perspective on the Supposed Master of Autun,"
The National Undergraduate Symposium in Art History, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon April 27-28, 2007, and the Undergraduate Art History Symposium, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio April 14, 2007

Honors, Awards, and Distinctions

Arts and Sciences Graduate Fellow in the History of Art and Architecture Department, University of Pittsburgh, 2008-2009

Outstanding Senior in History of Art and Architecture, Miami University, 2008

Undergraduate Research Award, Miami University, 2007

Marston D. Hodgin Scholarship, Miami University, 2007

Judith Ferris Scholarship, Miami University, 2006

Teaching Experience

Department of History and Art of Architecture, University of Pittsburgh, Teaching Assistant August 2009–
Courses: Introduction to Western Architecture

Department of Art, Miami University, Undergraduate Associate
August 2007–May 2008
Courses: History of Western Art: Prehistoric to Gothic, History of Western Art: Renaissance to Modern

Department of Architecture, Miami University, Undergraduate Associate
August 2007–May 2008
Courses: History of Environmental Design 1 & 2

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