The Art of the Macchia and the Risorgimento: Representing Culture and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Italy - Rilegato

Boime, Albert

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ISBN 10: 0226063305 ISBN 13: 9780226063300

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1993

Riassunto

During the 1860s and '70s, more than a decade before the development of French Impressionism, Italy produced a group of avant-garde artists whose fervently nationalist paintings anticipated some of Impressionism's theoretical concerns. These artists were called "Macchiaioli" because they based their technique on a quickly rendered macchia, or sketch.

In the first extended sociopolitical interpretation in English of this important group, Albert Boime places the Macchiaioli in the cultural context of the Risorgimento—the political movement that unified Italy, freed from foreign rule, under a secular, constitutional government. Anglo-American art criticism has generally neglected these painters (probably because of their overt political affiliation and nationalist expression), but Boime shows that these artists, while deeply political, nevertheless created aesthetically superior work.

Boime's study departs from previous research on the Macchiaioli by systematically investigating the group's writings, sources, and patronage in relation to the Risogimento. The book also examines both contemporary and later critical responses, revealing how French art criticism has obscured the achievements of Macchiaioli art. Richly illustrated,The Art of the Macchia and the Risorgimento will appeal to anyone interested in nineteenth-century European art or the history of Italy.

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BOIME, A. THE ART OF THE MACCHIA AND THE RISORGIMENTO. REPRESENTING CULTURE AND NATIONALISM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALY [HARDBACK] . CHICAGO, IL, 1993, xxi 338 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0226063305
• ISBN 13: 9780226063300
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 338