Chestnova, Elena

Dr Elena Chestnova

Institute for History and Theory of Art and Architecture, Academy of Architecture Mendrisio, Università della Svizzera italiana

elena.chestnova@usi.ch

Research Interests

Material culture 

Nationalism 

Popular art

Education

Decorative art

Theory of art and architecture

Museums

Lectures

Digital humanities

Publications

  • Material Theories and Objects: Gottfried Semper and the Mid-Nineteenth Century, London: Routledge. (Forthcoming 2022)
  • "Vessels of Character" in Gnehm M., Hildebrand S. (eds.) Architectural History and Globalised Knowledge: Gottfried Semper in London, Mendrisio: Mendrisio Academy Press. (Forthcoming 2021)
  • Chestnova E., Vermeul S. “Semper-Edition” in Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte, 2020, 2+3, pp. 139-152.
  • “Substantial differences: Semper’s Stoffwechsel and truth to materials” in Hildebrand S., Mondini D., Grignolo R. (eds.) Quaderni dell'Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio: Mendrisio Academy Press, Silvana Editoriale, 2018, pp. 112–125.
  • “The house that Semper built” in Architectural Theory Review, vol. 21 (1), 2017, pp. 44-61.