Italian Painting in the Age of Unification

ISBN-13: 9780367637422 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 192 str.

Laura L. Watts

Opis

Italian Painting in the Age of Unification　reconstructs the artistic motivations and messaging of three artists—Tommaso Minardi, Francesco Hayez and Gioacchino Toma—from three distinct regions in Italy prior to, during and directly following political unification in 1861.

Recenzje

Winner of the Visual Arts award from the American Association of Italian Studies!

Spis treści

1 Ottocento Painting and the Gap in Nineteenth-Century Art Historical Discourse  2 Three Portraits / Three Cities  3 Tommaso Minardi and the Roman Destiny  4 Francesco Hayez and the Rise of History Painting during the Risorgimento  5 Gioacchino Toma, Neapolitan Realism, and the Aftermath of Unification  6 The Regional/National Model

O autorze

Laura L. Watts is Associate Professor of Art History at Daemen College, Amherst, New York.