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Department of Geography, History and History of Art


ROIG TORRENTÓ, Mª Assumpta

Lecturer in History of Art
Member of the Cultural Studies Research Group
(www.udg.edu/estudisculturals)
Research lines: Iconography of the Modern Period in Catalonia and Cultural Heritage


Lecturer in History of Art of the University of Girona since 1986. She began her research after completing a Degree in History of Art of Catalonia at the University of Barcelona (1981), obtaining significant results in her project on the influence of Central-European engravers on an important Modern Period sculptural collection in Catalonia. She continued her research by applying iconographic methodology to Baroque altarpiece work in Catalonia and North Catalonia (1675-1725), the subject of her doctoral thesis at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1990), and has widened her studies to include the field of cultural heritage, achieving significant results.
Furthermore, she directed and coordinated General Study no. 10: Girona Revisited: Studies on Medieval and Modern Art (1990). She has directed the following projects: Intervention in artistic, architectural and documentary heritage in the counties of Girona 1936-1975 (1997-98) and Innovation in teaching and introduction to research (2002-2004) for the study of the archives of the Prado held in the Museum of Art of Girona. She has also been the scientific director of the following projects: The cultural heritage of Pla de l’Estany (2003-2005) and The cultural heritage of Sant Celoni (2006). In the field of administration, she has been the Academic Secretary of the Institute of Cultural Heritage of the University of Girona (1999-2002).

Publications
  • Segret, M., i Roig, A. (1984). Altar dels Colls. Sant Llorenç de Morunys: Parròquia de Sant Llorenç de Morunys
  • Roig, A. (1988). "Coexistencia de primeras advocaciones a santos locales con la nueva devoción a san Isidro labrador (s. XVII-XVIII)", Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar. Zaragoza, pp. 81-103
  • Roig, A. (1990). "Èmfasi contrareformista en els retaules de la seu de Girona", Estudi General, nº 10. Girona: Estudi General de Girona i Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, pp. 119-139

  • Roig, A. (2001). Iconografia de la capella dels Colls. Sant Llorenç de Morunys: Parròquia de Sant Llorenç de Morunys
  • Roig, A. (dir. científica) (2005). El Patrimoni del Pla de l'Estany. Inventari històric i arquitectònic de la comarca. Banyoles: Consell Comarcal del Pla de l'Estany

  • Roig, A. (dir. projecte) (2007). Pascual, A., Sant Celoni. Descobrir un patrimoni, conèixer una història. Girona: Papers on Demand
Contact details
E-mail: massumpta.roig@udg.edu
Office: 4th floor
Tel: 972 41 81 04

Courses taught
Sources of Modern Art
Art and Religious Life: Mary, iconography of the Virgin in Catholic Europe
Historiography and Methodology