Filiberto Menna

Filiberto Menna (11 November 1926 – 6 February 1989) was an Italian art critic, art theorist, art historian, and academic.

Life and career Born in Salerno, the son of the politician Alfonso, in 1950 Menna graduated in medicine at the University of Naples Federico II. While working as a doctor, in 1957 he made his literary debut with the critical essay Masaccio a Roma ('Masaccio in Rome'), published by La Fiera Letteraria. In 1965, he became professor at the University of Salerno, and in 1969 he was named director of its institute of art history.