Background
Grillo, Michael Henry was born on July 12, 1953 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry and Lola Bernice (Peterutti) Grillo.
(How do images convey meaning? Traditional scholarship has...)
How do images convey meaning? Traditional scholarship has treated iconography as a vocabulary of relatively fixed symbols. Symbolic Structures explores how composition, as a framing syntax, formally cues their specific meanings. Establishing its foundation in Italian Early Medieval and Byzantine images, this study examines paintings and relief sculptures from the twelfth century to the early fifteenth century in Italy to investigate the subtle role of composition as a symbolic system that permits images a wealth of expressive capabilities suited to the diverse needs of their times. In its analysis, this inquiry reveals the vital role of ambiguity in the succession from hierarchical composition to perspective in the Italian Late Medieval era.
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Grillo, Michael Henry was born on July 12, 1953 in Andover, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Henry and Lola Bernice (Peterutti) Grillo.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975. Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1977. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1991.
Assistant professor of history, Utah State University, Logan, 1984-1986; visiting lecturer, Trinity College, Hartford, 1988-1990; visiting assistant professor of history, Hollins College, Roanoke, Virginia, 1990-1991; assistant professor of history, U. Maine, Orono, since 1991.
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Member College Art Association, International Center for Medieval Art, British Association of Art Historians, Italian Art Society.
Married Anne Flora Hayes, July 22, 1979. 1 child, Harry.