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Renato Barilli (born 18 August 1935 in Bologna, Italy) is an Italian art critic, art historian and essayist. He taught Phenomenology of Styles for many years at the DAMS course of the University of Bologna, where he is now an emeritus professor.
He won a scholarship from the Venturoli College in 1956. Having graduated in Literature in 1958 , he took part in the neo-avant-garde of the 1960s in the literary field as a member of the 63 group .

Since 1970 he taught Aesthetics and then from 1972 History of Contemporary Art at the University of Bologna , at the DAMS - where he was full professor of Phenomenology of Styles from 1980 and where he directed the Department of Visual Arts . After ceasing his working activity in 2011, he remains professor emeritus of the University of Bologna.

In addition to aesthetics, his interests include both art criticism and literary criticism. For 25 years, the essential text for his teaching was 'Scienza della cultura e fenomenologia degli stili', recently re-issued by BUP, Bologna.
He is the author of numerous books, including 'L’arte contemporanea' (Feltrinelli, Milan, 2005), 'Storia dell’arte contemporanea in Italia' (Bollati Boringhieri, Turin, 2007), 'Arte e cultura materiale in Occidente. Dall’arcaismo greco alle avanguardie storiche' (Bollati Boringhieri).
His memoirs, 'Autoritratto a stampa' , were published by Lupetti, Bologna, in 2010.
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