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Diogo Lemos

Diogo Lemos is an Art History PhD candidate in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, for which he was awarded a PhD fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/05859/2021, Symbols and signs of authority and power in eighteenth-century Portuguese art: the Palace of the University of Coimbra). He is currently a senior technical specialist at the National Museum Machado de Castro and an invited lecturer at the University of Coimbra (Faculty of Arts and Humanities). His scholarly activity is devoted to the study of Portuguese art of the Early Modern period, with particular emphasis on portraiture and painting, focusing on their iconographic, iconological, and hermeneutic dimensions. He has participated in projects involving the inventory, conservation, planning, and management of the University of Coimbra’s heritage, as well as in national and international scholarly meetings. His research pays particular attention to the impact of Luso-French and Luso-Italian relations on the Portuguese artistic and cultural landscape.

Main interests and research topics: Portuguese Art and Heritage in the Modern Age; University of Coimbra, Painting; Portraiture; Iconography and Iconology; Material Culture; Decorative Arts.

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2985-0119

Ciência Vitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt//891F-0522-4D96

Repository: https://coimbra.academia.edu/DiogoLemos

Research field(s): Heritage, Cultures and Identities