Reviving the Renaissance: The Use and Abuse of the Past in Nineteenth-Century Italian Art and Decoration - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521481511 ISBN 13: 9780521481519

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Riassunto

An account of neo-Renaissance taste and style in Italy during the second half of the nineteenth century.

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Descrizione del libro

An account of neo-Renaissance taste and style in Italy during the second half of the nineteenth century, and of the ways in which the Renaissance was enlisted in the search for Italian national identity. Art, architecture, photography, town planning, fashions and furnishings are among the topics discussed.

Contenuti

Introduction Rosanna Pavoni; 1. The legacy of the Renaissance in nineteenth-century architecture and applied arts periodicals Ornella Selvafolta; 2. Architettura in fiore, Giuliana Ricci; 3. Architecture, ornament, the neo-Renaissance and photography Mauro Cozzi and Luigi Zangheri; 4. The neo-Renaissance as the image of the private Annalisa Zanni; 5. The abuse of the Renaissance: elegance and revival in post-Unification Italy Grazietta Butazzi; 6. The neo-Renaissance in nineteenth-century Italy: the search for self-representation in city architecture Stefano Della Torre and Valeria Pracchi; 7. The Italian neo-Renaissance at exhibitions during the later nineteenth century Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa; 8. The Renaissance repertoire in the history painting of nineteenth-century Italy Fernando Mazzocca.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521481511
• ISBN 13: 9780521481519
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 295
• Redattore: Pavoni Rosanna
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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