Art Historian, Curator, Author, and Lecturer
specializing in Italian art before 1800 (Old Masters) and a wide range of contemporary artists.
con specializzazione nell'arte italiana ante 1800 e una gamma diversa di artisti contemporanei.
Mattia Preti
Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings, John T. Spike (Florence: Centro Di, 1999)
Gregorio Preti
“Pittore di buon nome” Storia di una riscoperta, exhibition and catalogue curated by John T. Spike and Giuseppe Valentino, 22 dicembre 2022 – 20 febbraio 2023, Museo Civico, Taverna.
Young Michelangelo
The Path to the Sistine, John T. Spike (New York: Vendome Press 2010; London: Duckworth Overlook, 2011)
IL Giovane Michelangelo
La nascita di un genio, John T. Spike (Roma, elliot editore, 2011)
The Concept of Time in Western Art
A lecture presented at the Techno Medioevo Study Day at the Museum of the Order of St John in London on June 14, 2018, sponsored by The Sir Denis Mahon Charitable Trust.
Botticelli and the Search for the Divine
Florentine Painting Between the Medici and the Bonfires of the Vanities, with Alessandro Cecchi and an additional essay by Frederick Ilchman and Victoria S. Reed, exh. cat. Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Centro Di Florence 2017.
Leonardo da Vinci and the Idea of Beauty Leonardo da Vinci y la idea de la belleza
With additional essays by David Alan Brown and Paul Joannides, exh. cat. Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Centro Di Florence 2015; exh. cat. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 2015.
Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane
Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, exh. cat. Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, VA and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Centro Di Florence, 2013.
John T Spike
"Art is neither new or old, but always contemporary. Florence was made great by contemporary artists named Giotto, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo. In every place and time, creative artists find new ways to tell the age-old stories."
Firenze fu resa grande da artisti contemporanei come Giotto, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo. In ogni tempo e luogo, i grandi artisti trovano parole nuove per raccontare le stesse verità.
John T. Spike, charcoal drawing by Antonio Ciccone (detail), 2008
John T. Spike, Palazzo Torrigiani, Florence, photograph by James O'Mara, 2007
