History of Italian Art

by Ellen Bianchini, Claire Dorey (Translator)

This is the second volume of a major two volume history of Italian art which ranges from antiquity to the present day. A distinguished group of cultural historians provides a comprehensive account of Italian 'art' in the wider sense: as well as painting and sculpture, the examine photography and iconography, restorations and fakes, landscapes and writing. They focus not only on individual artists and epochs, but on the conditions under which Italian art was and is created: its principles, intentions and effects.

337 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1994