{{Short description|Interdisciplinary research centre in Italy}} {{Lead too short|date=October 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox museum |name=British School at Rome |image=British School at Rome by Edwin Luytens.jpg |caption=The British School at Rome, designed by Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]] |map_type= |map_caption= |coordinates = {{coord|41.9183|12.4812|display=inline}} |established=1901 |dissolved= |location= |type=[[Research centre]]<br />Humanities and visual arts |visitors = |director=[[Abigail Brundin]] (2021–present) |president=[[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]] |public_transit= |website= {{official URL}} }}
The '''British School at Rome''' ('''BSR''') is a British interdisciplinary research centre supporting the arts, humanities and architecture established in [[Rome]]. Historical and archaeological study are at the core of its activities.
==History== The British School at Rome (BSR) was established in 1901 and granted a UK [[Royal Charter]] in 1912. Its mission is "to promote knowledge of and deep engagement with all aspects of the art, history and culture of Italy by scholars and fine artists from Britain and the Commonwealth, and to foster international and interdisciplinary exchange."<ref name="Wallace-Hadrill, A. 2001">Wallace-Hadrill, A., 2001. ''The British School at Rome: One Hundred Years'', London: British School at Rome</ref>
Following the [[International Exhibition of Art (1911)|International Exhibition of Art]] in Rome in 1911, the site of the [[Edwin Lutyens]]-designed British Pavilion in the [[Valle Giulia]] was granted to the UK on condition that it be used exclusively as a British research centre for archaeology, history and the fine arts. In 1916, after significant adaptation by Lutyens, the BSR moved into what is still its home.<ref name="Wallace-Hadrill, A. 2001" /> In 2002, a purpose-built lecture theatre and gallery spaces, designed by [[Hugh Petter]] and sponsored by the [[Sainsbury family]], were opened by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].<ref>John, Richard, 2010. ''Robert Adam: The Search for a Modern Classicism'', Images Publishing.</ref> The BSR is immediately adjacent to the [[Villa Borghese gardens]] and the [[Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna]].
==Awards and fellowships== The BSR awards residential scholarships and fellowships to artists and scholars from the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] for periods of three to twelve months. The awardees live in the BSR building and have access to its specialist reference library.<ref name=Library>{{cite web | url=http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/artists_stories/single/442341 |publisher=a-n | title=Walter, John, 2008. John Walter – British School at Rome |access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> Recipients of the fine art awards are provided with studio and workshop facilities.<ref name=Studios>{{cite web | url=http://www.kevinmckayart.com/Rome_I.html | title=Kevin Mckay BSR blog}}</ref>
Awards, based on an open access application system, are made in the following fields: Archaeology of Italy and the Mediterranean; [[Late Antiquity|Late Antique]] and [[Middle Ages|Medieval History]]; [[Renaissance]] and [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment studies]]; Modern Italian Studies; [[History of Architecture|Architectural History]]; [[Architecture]] including [[Landscape architecture|Landscape Architecture]]; contemporary [[visual arts]] practice.<ref name=Award>{{cite web | url=http://www.abbey.org.uk/about_the_awards.php | title=Abbey Awards scholarships in painting | access-date=24 March 2014 | archive-date=14 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114083631/http://www.abbey.org.uk/about_the_awards.php | url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Fine Arts awards=== {{columns-list|colwidth=40em| *[[Edwin Austin Abbey#Marriage and Legacy: The Abbey Awards|Abbey Fellowship in Painting]] (three-month residency) *[[Edwin Austin Abbey#Marriage and Legacy: The Abbey Awards|Abbey Scholarship in Painting]] (nine-month residency)<ref name="Abaward2">{{cite web | url=http://www.abbey.org.uk/ | title=Abbey Scholarship website}}</ref> *[[Arts Council of Northern Ireland|Arts Council of Northern Ireland Fellowship]] (three-month residency) *Augusta Scholarship (three-month residency) *The [[Bridget Riley]] Fellowship (six-month residency) *BSR Wallace New Zealand Residency (three-month residency) *[[Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec|Conseil des Arts et des Lettres, Québec Residency]] (three-month residency) *Creative Wales – British School at Rome Fellow (three-month residency) *[[Derek Hill (painter)#Rome and the Derek Hill Foundation|Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship]] (three-month residency)<ref name="BSRDH">{{Cite web|url=https://bsr.ac.uk/|title=bsr.ac.uk – the British School at Rome}}</ref> *Helpmann Academy Resident (three-month residency) *[[National Art School|National Art School, Sydney, Resident]] (three-month residency)<ref name="BSRDH" /> *[[Rome Fellowship in Contemporary Art]] (three-month residency) *[[Rome Prize in Architecture]] (six-month residency) *[[Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Sculpture]] (one-year residency)<ref name="Linbury">{{Cite web|url=https://linburytrust.org.uk/|title=Linbury Trust|website=linburytrust.org.uk}}</ref> *Scholars' Prize in Architecture (three-month residency) }} <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bsr.ac.uk/research/award-holders-current | title=BSR Fine arts awards | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107165238/http://www.bsr.ac.uk/research/award-holders-current | archive-date=2012-11-07 }}</ref>
===Humanities awards=== {{columns-list|colwidth=40em| *[[J. P. V. D. Balsdon|Balsdon Fellowship]] (three-month senior fellowship) *[[Hugh Last|Hugh Last Fellowship]] (three-month senior fellowship) *[[Paul Mellon Centre|Paul Mellon Centre Rome Fellowship]] (three-month senior fellowship) *[[Coleman-Hilton Scholarship]] (University of Sydney) (six-month residency) *CRASSH–BSR Research Fellow (with funding from the Isaac Newton Fund) (six-month residency) *[[Giles Worsley#Travel Fellowship|Giles Worsley Rome Fellowship]] (three-month residency) *Henry Moore Foundation – BSR Fellowship in Sculpture (three-month residency) *John Murray / Keats – Shelley Memorial Association Creative Writing Resident (three-month residency) *Judith Maitland Memorial Award (three-month residency) *[[Macquarie University|Macquarie Gale Rome Scholarship]] (six-month residency) *[[Mougins Museum|Mougins Museum Rome Awards]] (three-month residency) *[[Rome Award]] (three-month residency) *[[Rome Fellowship]] (nine-month residency) }} <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bsr.ac.uk/research/award-holders-current | title=BSR Humanities awards | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107165238/http://www.bsr.ac.uk/research/award-holders-current | archive-date=2012-11-07 }}</ref>
==Governance and leadership== The British School at Rome is one of the sponsored institutes of the [[British Academy]], whilst maintaining itself as an autonomous body.<ref name=Institute>{{cite web | url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/intl/index-basis.cfm | title=Academy-Sponsored Institutes | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313045132/http://www.britac.ac.uk/intl/index-basis.cfm | archive-date=2016-03-13 }}</ref> It receives financial support from the British Academy, award sponsors, private donors and its membership,<ref name=Funding>{{cite web | url=http://www.bsr.ac.uk/about | title=Financial Support}}</ref> and is a [[Charitable organization|registered charity]] under English law.<ref>{{EW charity|314176|THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME}}</ref>
The BSR is led by a Director, who has traditionally been a senior scholar in the fields of Classical history, art history, or archaeology.
===List of directors=== {{div col}} * [[Gordon McNeil Rushforth]] – First Director<ref name="History BSC">{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.bsr.ac.uk/about/history|publisher=The British School at Rome|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> * Sir [[Henry Stuart-Jones]] (1903–1905)<ref>{{cite web|title=STUART-JONES, Sir Henry|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * [[Thomas Ashby (archaeologist)|Thomas Ashby]] (1906–1925)<ref>{{cite web|title=ASHBY, Thomas|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * [[Bernard Ashmole]] (1925–1928)<ref>{{cite web|last=Boardman|first=John|title=Ashmole, Bernard (1894–1988)|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004}}</ref> * [[Arthur Smith (curator)|Arthur Smith]] (1928–1930, 1932)<ref name=Smith>{{cite web|title=SMITH, Arthur Hamilton|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * [[Ian Richmond]] (1930–1932)<ref>{{cite web|title=RICHMOND, Sir Ian|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * Arthur Smith (1932) – Second term<ref name=Smith /> * [[Colin Hardie]] (1933–1936)<ref>{{cite web|title=HARDIE, Colin Graham|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=May 2009}}</ref> * [[Ralegh Radford]] (1936–1939)<ref>{{cite web|title=RADFORD, (Courtenay Arthur) Ralegh|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=May 2009}}</ref> * ''No director during [[World War II]] (1939–1945)'' * [[John Bryan Ward-Perkins]] (1946–1974)<ref>{{cite web|title=WARD-PERKINS, John Bryan|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * Dr [[David Whitehouse]] (1974–1984)<ref>{{cite web|title=WHITEHOUSE, Dr David Bryn|work=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|year=2012}}</ref> * Professor [[Donald A. Bullough]] (1984) – Acting Director<ref>{{cite web|title=BULLOUGH, Prof. Donald Auberon|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|date=December 2007}}</ref> * Professor [[Graeme Barker]] (1984–1988)<ref>{{cite web|title=BARKER, Prof. Graeme William Walter|work=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|year=2012}}</ref> * Professor [[Richard Hodges (archaeologist)|Richard Hodges]] (1988–1995)<ref>{{cite web|title=HODGES, Prof. Richard Andrew|work=Who's Who 2012|publisher=A & C Black|year=2012}}</ref> * Professor [[Andrew Wallace-Hadrill]] (1995–2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, FSA |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/w/5473/Andrew+Frederic.aspx |work=People of Today |publisher=Debrett's |access-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620065254/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/w/5473/Andrew%2BFrederic.aspx |archive-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> * Professor [[Christopher Smith (academic)|Christopher Smith]] (2009–2017)<ref name="Staff list BSR">{{cite web|title=Staff and Fellows|url=http://www.bsr.ac.uk/about/staff-and-fellows|publisher=The British School at Rome|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> * Professor [[Stephen Milner]] (2017–2020)<ref>{{cite web|title=British Academy welcomes new Director of the British School at Rome|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/british-academy-welcomes-new-director-british-school-rome|website=British Academy|access-date=15 July 2017|date=10 July 2017}}</ref> * Professor [[Chris Wickham]] (2020–September 2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement to BSR staff and BSR Faculties – Appointment of Professor Chris Wickham as BSR Director|url=https://www.bsr.ac.uk/site2014/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BSR-Council-communication-5th-November-Announcement-of-new-Director-1.pdf|website=bsr.ac.uk|language=en|date=5 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref> * Professor [[Abigail Brundin]] (September 2021–present) {{div col end}}
==Notable alumni== ===Fine arts=== {{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * [[Gillian Ayres]] [[Royal Academy of Arts#Membership|RA]] * [[Jane Boyd]] * [[Richard Billingham]] * [[Marc Camille Chaimowicz]] * [[Marvin Gaye Chetwynd]] *[[Adam Chodzko]]<ref name="Chodzko">{{cite web | url=https://www.bsr.ac.uk/adam-chodzko-speaks-at-maxxi-27-november|publisher=British School at Rome|title=Adam Chodzko Speaks at MAXXI, 27 November|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> * [[Judith Cowan (sculptor)]] * [[Stephen Farthing]] RA<ref name="Farthing">{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/stephen-farthing-ra|title=Stephen Farthing | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}</ref> * [[Denzil Forrester]] * [[Bethan Huws]] * [[Chantal Joffe]] * [[Winifred Knights]] * [[Julian Opie]] * [[Cornelia Parker]] RA * [[Eddie Peake]] * [[Elizabeth Price (artist)|Elizabeth Price]] * [[Laure Prouvost]] * [[John Skeaping]] RA * [[Bob and Roberta Smith]] RA * [[Emma Stibbon]] RA<ref name="Stibbon">{{Cite web|url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/emma-stibbon-ra|title=Emma Stibbon | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts|website=www.royalacademy.org.uk}}</ref> * [[Daniel Sturgis]] * [[Joe Tilson]] RA * [[Mark Wallinger]]<ref name=Wallinger>{{cite web | url=http://www.anthonyreynolds.com/biogs/wallinger.htm | title=Anthony Reynolds Gallery, Mark Wallinger biography | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324141526/http://www.anthonyreynolds.com/biogs/wallinger.htm | archive-date=2014-03-24 }}</ref> * [[Alison Wilding]] RA<ref>Press, O.U., 2012. Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, Oxford University Press.</ref> *[[Cerith Wyn Evans]] *[[Marvin Gaye Chetwynd]] *[[Soheila Sokhanvari]] *[[Kimathi Donkor]] *[[Cathy Lomax]]}}
===Humanities=== {{columns-list|colwidth=40em| * [[David Abulafia]] [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] (Professor of Mediterranean History, University of Cambridge) * [[Nicholas Cullinan]] (Director, National Portrait Gallery) * [[Penelope Curtis]] (Director, [[Calouste Gulbenkian Museum]], formerly Director of [[Tate Britain]]) * [[Rose Ferraby]] (Director of Aldborough Roman Town Project) * [[Nicholas Purcell (classicist)|Nicholas Purcell]] FBA (Camden Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford) }}
==Bibliography== *[[T. P. Wiseman]], ''A Short History of the British School at Rome'', 1990 *A. Wallace-Hadrill, ''The British School at Rome: One Hundred Years'', 2001
==See also== {{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * [[French Academy in Rome|Académie de France at Rome]] * [[American Academy in Rome]] * [[British School at Athens]] * [[Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo]] * [[German Archaeological Institute|Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom]] * [[École française de Rome]] * [[Romanian Academy in Rome]] * [[Villa Borghese gardens]] }}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://www.bsr.ac.uk/ The British School at Rome]
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