# Bette Talvacchia

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American art historian

Bette Talvacchia Born Bette Lou Talvacchia 1951 (age 74–75) United States Occupations Art historian Educator Academic background Alma mater University of Texas at Austin Stanford University Thesis Giulio Romano's Sala di Troia: A Synthesis of Epic Narrative and Emblematic Imagery (1981) Doctoral advisor Kurt Forster Academic work Discipline Art history Sub-discipline Renaissance art Institutions University of Connecticut University of Oklahoma

**Bette Lou Talvacchia** (born 1951) is an American [art historian](/source/Art_historian) and [educator](/source/Educator). Talvacchia is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus at the [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut).

## Career

Talvacchia earned a [Master of Arts](/source/Master_of_Arts) in [art history](/source/Art_history) from the [University of Texas at Austin](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) in 1975. There, she wrote a thesis on the [Italian](/source/Italy) [Futurist](/source/Futurist) artists [Giacomo Balla](/source/Giacomo_Balla) and [Filippo Tommaso Marinetti](/source/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti).[1] Talvacchia then continued on to [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) to receive a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in Art History in 1981.[2] Her doctoral dissertation was on the work of [Giulio Romano](/source/Giulio_Romano) from the [Ducal Palace](/source/Ducal_Palace%2C_Mantua) in [Mantua](/source/Mantua), under the supervision of Professor Kurt Forster.[3]

A scholar of [Renaissance art](/source/Renaissance_art), Talvacchia has taught at the [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut) since graduating from Stanford.[4] She is now the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Art History Emeritus at the [University of Connecticut](/source/University_of_Connecticut). Talvacchia has been a Fellow of [Villa I Tatti](/source/Villa_I_Tatti), operated by [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). In 2003, she was awarded a Faculty Excellence in Research Award.[5]

From 2016 to 2019, Talvacchia served a stint as the Director of the School of Visual Arts at the [University of Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Oklahoma), succeeding [Mary Jo Watson](/source/Mary_Jo_Watson).[6]

## See also

- [List of Stanford University people](/source/List_of_Stanford_University_people)

- [List of University of Connecticut people](/source/List_of_University_of_Connecticut_people)

- [List of University of Texas at Austin alumni](/source/List_of_University_of_Texas_at_Austin_alumni)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Marinetti, Balla, futurism / Bette Lou Talvacchia"](https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/be14ds/alma991055480379706011). *lib.utexas.edu*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bette Talvacchia: The Striking Case of the Two Michelangelos"](https://nyss.org/lecture/bette-talvacchia-the-striking-case-of-the-two-michelangelos/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Talvacchia, Bette L. (1981). [*Giulio Romano's Sala di Troia: A synthesis of epic narrative and emblematic imagery*](https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/1026030) (Thesis).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [UConn Tradition Spring 2002](https://magazine.uconn.edu/content/uploads/2017/11/UConnTraditions_Spring2002.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Faculty Excellence Awards"](https://www.foundation.uconn.edu/about-the-foundation/history/faculty-excellence-awards/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["OU School of Art and Art History names new director"](https://www.oudaily.com/a_and_e/ou-school-of-art-and-art-history-names-new-director/article_120d8456-07ee-11e6-abe3-3b56c818ceba.html). April 21, 2016.

## External links

- [New York Studio School lecture](https://nyss.org/lecture/bette-talvacchia-the-striking-case-of-the-two-michelangelos/)

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