"The work of the historian is, in short, a challenge, all the more difficult because the objects of study are ephemeral."

Ștefana POP-CURȘEU* in dialogue with Prof. Renzo GUARDENTI

Abstract

Renzo Guardenti is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Florence. He has taught as a visiting professor at the Institute of Theatre Studies at the University of Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle and at the University of Caen-Normandy. A specialist in theatrical iconography, his research has focused on the Commedia dell'Arte in France and the Fairground Theatre, as well as on actor iconography between the 17th and 19th centuries. He directs the Dionysos digital archive of theatrical iconography (SAGAS Department, University of Florence), the Quaderni di Dionysos collection (Bulzoni editore), and the journal "Drammaturgia." His publications include *Gli italiani a Parigi. La Comédie Italienne (1660-1697). Storia, pratica scenica, iconografia*, Rome, Bulzoni, 1990; and *Le fiere del teatro*. Percorsi del theater fairground del primo Settecento. With a wonderful comedy about the Fairs of Saint-Germain and Saint-Laurent (1711-1715), Roma, Bulzoni, 1995; Attori di carta. Motivi iconografici dall’antichità all’Ottocento, Roma, Bulzoni, 2005; Sguardi at the theater. Saggi di iconografia theater, Roma, Bulzoni, 2008; In quadro form. Note di iconografia theater, Imola, Cue Press, 2020; Atlante iconography. La Commedia dell’Arte, Corazzano (Pisa), Titivillus, 2023.