Main Focus
- Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art
- Early Twentieth Century Art Historiography
- Theories of Empathy
Research project
Durissimum iudicium gentibus profert: On the Production and Circulation of Philippe Thomassin’s Last Judgment (1606)
Publications (Selection)
- “The Demented, the Demonic, and the Drunkard: Edgar Wind's Anarchic Art Theory", Engramma, 176 (2020), pp. 43—98.
- “One Touch of Venus: Notes on a Cardiac Arrest at the Uffizi", Figura, 8,1 (2020), pp. 115—149.
- “‘A Tract for the Times’: Edgar Wind's 1960 Reith Lectures", Journal of Historiography, 21 (2019), pp. 1—23.
- “‘Il y a un sort de revenant’: The Afterlife of Aby Warburg in a Letter-Draft from Edgar Wind to Jean Seznec (1954)", Engramma, 171 (2020). pp. 97—112.
- “‘L'esprit de Warburg lui-même sera en paix’: A Survey of Edgar Wind's Quarrel with the Warburg Institute", Engramma, 153 (2018), pp. 109—182.
Curriculum Vitae
Ianick Takaes joined in 2018 the Ph.D. program in Art History and the certificate program in Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University. He specializes in Italian Renaissance art, early twentieth-century art historiography (with emphasis on the Warburgian tradition), and theories of empathy. He has a B.A. in Visual Arts (2013) and an M.A. in History of Art (2017) from the State University of Campinas, Brazil. In his first M.A. thesis, Ianick discussed and translated into Portuguese Edgar Wind’s Art and Anarchy (1963). His work has been supported by CNPq, FAPESP, Casa Muraro Fellowship, and the Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Fellowship, among other grants.
Memberships/Honorary positions
- Member of the editorial board of La Rivista di Engramma
- Member of the editorial board of the Engramma
- Member of the editorial board of The Edgar Wind Journal