The Life Of Giovanni Morelli In Risorgimento Italy (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
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Few figures in the nineteenth-century art world command as much fascination as Giovanni Morelli, the Italian politician and connoisseur whose revolutionary method of attributing Renaissance paintings transformed the discipline of art history forever. Jaynie Anderson's meticulous biography chronicles Morelli's remarkable double life — a patriot and senator in the turbulent era of Italian unification who simultaneously developed a groundbreaking, almost forensic approach to authenticating Old Master paintings, examining the minute details of ears, hands, and fingernails to unmask centuries of misattribution. Anderson, one of the foremost authorities on Morelli and his legacy, draws on a wealth of previously unpublished correspondence and archival sources to present a richly textured portrait of a man whose ideas anticipated modern semiotics and continue to influence connoisseurship to this day. The book situates Morelli firmly within the political and cultural upheaval of Risorgimento Italy, illustrating how national identity and aesthetic vision were, for him, inextricably intertwined. For anyone captivated by the intersection of politics, personality, and the passionate pursuit of artistic truth, this biography poses an irresistible question: can a nation and a discipline be built by the same restless, uncompromising mind?
Author: Jaynie Anderson
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in the nineteenth-century art world command as much fascination as Giovanni Morelli, the Italian politician and connoisseur whose revolutionary method of attributing Renaissance paintings transformed the discipline of art history forever. Jaynie Anderson's meticulous biography chronicles Morelli's remarkable double life — a patriot and senator in the turbulent era of Italian unification who simultaneously developed a groundbreaking, almost forensic approach to authenticating Old Master paintings, examining the minute details of ears, hands, and fingernails to unmask centuries of misattribution. Anderson, one of the foremost authorities on Morelli and his legacy, draws on a wealth of previously unpublished correspondence and archival sources to present a richly textured portrait of a man whose ideas anticipated modern semiotics and continue to influence connoisseurship to this day. The book situates Morelli firmly within the political and cultural upheaval of Risorgimento Italy, illustrating how national identity and aesthetic vision were, for him, inextricably intertwined. For anyone captivated by the intersection of politics, personality, and the passionate pursuit of artistic truth, this biography poses an irresistible question: can a nation and a discipline be built by the same restless, uncompromising mind?