Andrea Aromatico

Andrea Aromatico
Born (1966-09-22) 22 September 1966
Urbino, Italy
Nationality Italian
Alma mater University of Urbino
Occupation Historian, art historian, expert in esotericism

Andrea Aromatico (born on 22 September 1966) is an Italian historian, art historian, journalist, essayist, writer and expert in Hermetic iconography and esotericism.[1][2][3]

Career

Aromatico was born in Urbino, educated at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of University of Urbino. He is manager of the historical archives for the Region of Pesaro-Urbino, Italy.[1] He has worked for various Italian public and private organisations and was responsible for a scientific exhibition dedicated to alchemy in Urbino in 1998.[4] He has taught at the University of Perugia where he gave seminars and special courses. From 1999 to 2001, he was professor of art history at Ludes University of Lugano and was director of external relations at the same university since 2000.[5] He has held conferences and seminars at numerous cultural centres and universities in Italy and abroad.[6][7]

He collaborates with various magazines and is director of Secreta, a magazine of esotericism and mystery. As a television consultant, director and screenwriter, he has collaborated for years with Rai 2 and the programme schedules of the Seasons e Diana Web TV networks, of which he is currently the director.[8] He is the author of Ottaviano Ubaldini, il principe filosofo e la rocca di Sassocorvaro (1993), Liber Lucis: Giovanni da Rupescissa e la tradizione alchemica (1996) and Alchimia: l’oro della conoscenza, a heavily illustrated pocket book belonging to the collection “Universale Electa/Gallimard”, which has been translated into seven languages, including English. He has also authored a comic series entitled Nemrod, i cacciatori della Bestia 666.

Selected publications

The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus by Joseph Wright of Derby, featured on the cover of Alchimia: l'oro della conoscenza.
  • With Marcella Peruzzi, Medicamenti, pozioni e incantesimi del Ricetario Magico Urbinate, Roche, 1994
  • Alchimia: l’oro della conoscenza, collection «Universale Electa/Gallimard» (nº 86), serie Storia e civiltà. 176 pages. Electa/Gallimard, 1996
    • Alchimie, le grand secret, collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 302), série Culture et société. 144 pages. Éditions Gallimard, 1996 (translated from the Italian by Audrey van de Sandt)
      • Alchemy: The Great Secret, “Abrams Discoveries” series. 144 pages. Abrams Books, 2000 (translated from the French by Jack Hawkes)
  • With Umberto Piersanti, Il poeta e il cacciatore, Editoriale Olimpia, 2008
  • La flagellazione: Il romanzo, i codici, il mistero, Petruzzi Editore, 2012
  • Urbino itinerari turistici: Percorsi e vie, Arti Grafiche Stibu, 2013

References

  1. 1 2 Aromatico, Andrea (2000). Alchemy: The Great Secret. “Abrams Discoveries” series. Translated by Hawkes, Jack. New York: Abrams Books. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-8109-2889-3. About the author
  2. ↑ "Andrea Aromatico". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Aromatico, Andrea". BnF (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. ↑ Aromatico, Andrea (1997). Alquimia, el secreto entre la ciencia y la filosofía. Coll. “Biblioteca de bolsillo CLAVES” (in Spanish). 8. Translated by Rodríguez de Lecea, Francisco. Barcelona: Ediciones B. p. inside front flap. ISBN 978-8-4406-7711-2. About the author
  5. ↑ "Andrea AROMATICO". UNILIT - Sede di Cagli (PU) (in Italian). 2013. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  6. ↑ "ANDREA AROMATICO". bighunter.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  7. ↑ "Andrea Aromatico: Socio". letarot.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  8. ↑ Altomeni, Michele (2014-09-23). "Presentazione del libro "La Flagellazione" di Andrea Aromatico". Pesaro Notizie (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-17.
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