Research areas
My research and teaching focuses on the intersections of art and science in early modernity, with a particular focus on the Hispanic context. My current research interests include the history of Spanish painting in the age of Vel谩zquez, and in particular a study of the significance of the notion of ingenio in this context. In connection with the concept of ingenio, I am also interested in the history of practical knowledge in the early Americas, specifically through an analysis of the figure of the baquiano. Following on from previous work, I continue to study the contribution of images and image-makers to early modern science; of particular interest is the history of the visual materials produced in the context of the Francisco Hern谩ndez Expedition (1570-1577), specifically the illustrations (by the Flemish artist Christoffel Jegher) featured in the treatise Historia naturae maxime peregrinae (1635) by the Spanish Jesuit scholar Juan Eusebio Nieremberg.
My first book, Arte y ciencia en el Barroco espa帽ol. Historia natural, coleccionismo y cultura visual (Marcial Pons Historia, 2014), considers Spanish Baroque visual culture from the perspective of early modern science, exploring processes of visualization and knowledge-production linked to artistic practice, art collecting and natural historical enquiry in the period ca. 1570-1650.
Together with Alexander Marr, Rapha毛le Garrod and Richard Oosterhoff, I am also the co-author of Logodaedalus. Word Histories of Ingenuity in Early Modern Europe (Pittsburgh University Press, 2019), which offers an account of the meanings and uses of the notion of ingenuity across several European languages, shedding light on its prevalence in areas like medicine, natural philosophy, and artistic theory.
Prior to 58吃瓜 I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, as part of the ERC-funded Project Genius Before Romanticism: Ingenuity in Early Modern Art and Science. I also worked as Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge, and before that I was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science. I completed my PhD in 2011 at the CSIC / Universidad Aut贸noma de Madrid.
Selected publications
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Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 2014, Madrid; Sevilla: Marcial Pons Historia. 340 p. (Coleccio虂n Premio Internacional Alfonso E. Pe虂rez Sa虂nchez; vol. 3)
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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Marr, A., Garrod, R., Marcaida, J. R. & Oosterhoff, R. J., Jan 2019, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 358 p.
Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Book
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Marcaida, J. R., 6 Jan 2014, In: Renaissance Studies. 28, 1, p. 112-127 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Marcaida Lopez, J. R. & Pimentel, J., 2011, Collecting Across Cultures. Material Exchanges in the Early Modern Atlantic World. Bleichmar, D. & Mancall, P. (eds.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 99 115 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 15 May 2019, Murillo ante su IV Centenario: Perspectivas historiogr谩ficas y culturales. Navarrete Prieto, B. (ed.). Sevilla: Instituto para la Cultura y las Artes de Sevilla (ICAS), Ayuntamiento de Sevilla
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Conference contribution
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Open access
Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 6 Feb 2018, Ulisse Aldrovandi. Libri e immagini di storia naturale nella prima et脿 moderna. Olmi, G. & Simoni, F. (eds.). Bolonia: Bononia University Press, p. 23-27
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Conference contribution
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Marcaida, J. R. & Pimentel, J., 1 Sept 2014, In: History of Science. 52, 3, p. 277-296 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 1 Mar 2016, In: Isis. Journal of the History of Science Society. 107, 1, p. 134-139
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Literature review 鈥� peer-review
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Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 2014, Alegor铆as: imagen y discurso en la Espa帽a moderna. Tausiet, M. (ed.). Madrid: CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, p. 93 108 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review
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Open access
Marcaida Lopez, J. R., 2013, 101 Obras Maestras. Ciencia y Arte en los Museos y Bibliotecas de Madrid . S谩enz-L贸pez, S. (ed.). Fundaci贸n Espa帽ola de Ciencia y Tecnolog铆a - CSIC
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Other contribution
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