Published in two volumes,
History of Italian Art
provides a major history of Italian Art from antiquity to the present day. A distinguished group of cultural historians provide a comprehensive account of Italian art in the wider sense, examining not only painting and sculpture, but also photography and iconography, restorations and fakes, landscapes and writing.1. The Periodization of the History of Italian Art: Giovanni Previtali.
2. The Iconography of Italian Art 1100-1500 - an Approach: Salvatore Settis.
3. The History of Art and the Forms of Religious Life: Bruno Toscano.
4. Renaissance and Pseudo-Renaissance: Federico Zeri.
5. Towards the Modern Manner: from Mantegna to Raphael: Giovanni Romano.
Index.
These well-chosen essays provide a comprehensive overview of Italian art.
The Art Book Review Very useful essays here, and all of them could be readily set for undergraduate and graduate reading. The Oxford Art Journal
Peter Burke is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History of Cambridge University.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, they 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.
History of Italian Art represents a radical break with the compendium of facts and works found in conventional books on art history, exploring the mentalities and the institutions, the typograpl3e
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