Hanna Pirinen
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General description
Senior researcher Dr. Hanna Pirinen is an art historian whose area of expertise focuses on authenticity research of works of art in a multidisciplinary context. She has also studied images, their painters, and artists as well commissioners in networks of power circles in the early modern era. In her publications, she has problematized, both religious and political relations between art and society in terms of Finnish art history and international connections with a long-term perspective, from Reformation phenomena to the art policy of the German National Socialists and Finnish museum collections. She has experience in both project management and institutional management as well as multidisciplinary expert tasks in art. The project led by Dr. Pirinen became the university-based research company Recenart Oy. She has supervised and and evaluated theses from bachelor's theses to dissertations.
Active JYU affiliations
- Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, Senior Researcher
Research interests
Senior researcher Hanna Pirinen is an art historian whose area of expertise focuses on authenticity research of works of art in a multidisciplinary context. She has also studied images, their painters, and artists as well commissioners in networks of power circles in the Early Modern era. In her publications, she has problematized, both religious and political relations between art and society in terms of Finnish art history and international connections with a long-term perspective, from Reformation phenomena to the art policy of the German National Socialists and Finnish museum collections.
Fields of science
Personal keywords
art history; multidisciplinary research of works of art; art forgeries; biographical research; church art and architecture; the Early Modern period; liturgy and church furnishings; iconography; art and politics
Projects as Team Member
- Alvar Aalto's architecture as architectural tourism destination - Visitor motives, expectations and experiences
- Malmisalo-Lensu, Anne-Maija
- Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
- Alvar Aalto's architecture as architectural tourism destination - Visitor motives, expectations and experiences
- Malmisalo-Lensu, Anne-Maija
- Helsinki Tourism Foundation
Publications and other outputs
