Ruy Ventura

Email: biscainho.ventura@gmail.com

A doctoral candidate in Art History at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, he holds a master’s degree in Portuguese Studies from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the NOVA University of Lisbon. He has taught in Polytechnic Higher Education and served as a senior technical specialist at the National Museum of Ancient Art, where he was responsible for the management of the sculpture collection and for providing research support. He currently teaches in the city of Setúbal. He is preparing a doctoral dissertation entitled The Sculpture of the Passion of Christ: A Long Modernity between the Fifteenth and the Eighteenth Centuries (supervised by Maria de Lurdes Craveiro and Sandra Costa Saldanha). He has published in the field of Art History, has been responsible for exhibitions, and has coordinated the editing of exhibition catalogues.

Main interests and research topics: History of Art (sculpture); Religious Architecture; Local History; History of Mentalities

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7809-9841

Ciência Vitae: https://www.cienciavitae.pt/portal/CB1C-DDFF-6CB1

Repository: https://independent.academia.edu/VenturaRuy

Research field(s): Heritage, Cultures and Identities