Pedro Luengo is presently associate professor of the History of Art Department in the Universidad de Sevilla. He received his PhD in History of Art from this institution. He has been a visiting academic at different international institutions, such as San Agustin Museum (Manila), Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas (Mexico), European University Institute (Florence), the King´s College London, and the Oxford University or Sapienza Univeristà di Roma. He has taken part in several international research projects, being the principal investigator of one on Xiyanglou buildings in the Yuanming Yuan Garden in Beijing and one on the architecture of power during the eighteenth century. He has published several papers in journals, both national and international.