Giacomo Perolini
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Giacomo Perolini | |
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| Born | Maggiora |
| Died | 17 July 2005 (aged 78) Novara |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Occupations | physician, photographer, art historian |
| Known for | works on the history and art history of Novarese |
Giacomo Perolini (born ..., died July 17, 2005) was an Italian physician, photographer and art historian, known for his works on Novarese.
Active for over thirty years as a general practitioner in the Lower Novara area, he distinguished himself for his passion for art history and photography, particularly Romanesque art. He collaborated with museums and scholars, leaving a photographic archive of more than 30,000 images and contributing to publications and exhibitions of both local and national significance.[1][2]
Giacomo Perolini was born in Maggiora in the late 1920s.[1][3]
He graduated in medicine from the University of Turin[4] and entered the ranking list of general practitioners of the Province of Novara in the late 1950s.[5] From 1 October 1962 to 31 December 1993 he served as general practitioner for the community of Garbagna Novarese and subsequently also of Nibbiola, and also was district medical officer of the Lower Novara area until the healthcare reform of the 1980s.[1]
For several years he worked at the Major Hospital of Novara in the Second Department of Internal Medicine and published studies on liver disease and serum glycoproteins.[3][6][7]
Alongside his medical profession, Perolini developed an intense activity of research and photographic documentation on art and Romanesque architecture of the Province of Novara and Piedmont. He was a member of the Centro Novarese di Ricerca e Documentazione Fotografica, cited as an expert in medieval art,[8] took part in exhibitions and conferences on medieval art and architecture, and provided photographic documentation for restorations and local studies, collaborating with the Charles Péguy Cultural Centre, the Museums Office of Novara and scholars such as Giancarlo Andenna.[3]
Together with his wife Emma Clavenna, he contributed to the enhancement of the local cultural heritage, promoting restorations such as that of the eighteenth-century painting of Saint Michael Archangel in Garbagna in 1992,[9] and contributing to the establishment of the Cathedral Museum of Novara.[10]
His photographic archive, comprising more than 30,000 images of architecture and Romanesque sculpture, was donated to research institutions such as the Corpus dell'Arte Senese.[11]
Giacomo Perolini died in Novara on 17 July 2005, at the age of 77 or 78, and was buried in his native Maggiora.[1][3]
