Art History PhD Candidate
B. A., Tufts University, 2022
Cohort
2022
Graduation Year
2027
Emilia Cottignoli researches perception and experience in medieval and contemporary art, architecture, and installation. Her dissertation centers the twenty-first century skyspaces of American artist James Turrell and their relationship to ground, environment, and landscape imaginaries.
Emilia holds a BA from Tufts University in Art History and International Literary/Visual Studies and is working toward a PhD in Art History at Stanford University.
Articles
Emilia Cottignoli (13 Jan 2026): Cathedral Star (DOMSTERN), Crystal House, Comet Stone: Essentialising Light as Crystalline Structure in Max Taut’s Berlin Tombstone, Architectural Theory Review, DOI: 10.1080/13264826.2025.2594798.