Author: Martin McLaughlin Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351195417 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
"Critical interest in biography and autobiography has never been higher. However, while life-writing flourishes in the UK, in Italy it is a less prominent genre. The twelve essays collected here are written against this backdrop, and address issues in biographical and autobiographical writing in Italy from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between individual lives and life-writing and the wider social and political history of Italy. The majority of essays focus on well-known writers (D'Annunzio, Svevo, Bontempelli, Montale, Levi, Calvino, Eco and Fallaci), and their varying anxieties about autobiographical writing in their work. This picture is rounded out by a series of studies of similar themes in lesser known figures: the critic Enrico Nencioni, the Welsh-Italian painter Llewellyn Lloyd and Italian writers and journalists covering the Spanish Civil War. The contributors, all specialists in their fields, are Antonella Braida, Charles Burdett, Jane Everson, John Gatt Rutter, Robert Gordon, Gwyn Griffith, Peter Hainsworth, Martin McLaughlin, Gianni Oliva, Giuliana Pieri, and Jon Usher. The volume is dedicated to John Woodhouse, on his seventieth birthday, and concludes with a bibliography of his writings."
Author: Laura L. Watts Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000400565 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 332
Book Description
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. Each artist, working in Rome, Milan, and Naples, respectively, adopted the visual narratives particular to his region, using style to communicate aspects of his political, religious, or social context. By focusing on these three figures, this study will introduce readers outside of Italy to their diversity of practice, and provide a means for understanding their place within the larger field of international nineteenth-century art, albeit a place largely distinct from the better-known French tradition. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, nationalism, Italian history, or Italian studies.
Author: Patricia Fride-Carrassat Publisher: Chambers Harrap Publishers ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Concise and authoritative guide to the history and development of Western painting from the 15th century to the present day - Covers movements from the Renaissance to the Young British Artists, including Baroque, Orientalism, Action Painting and Graffiti Art - Focuses on the context, style and key practitioners of each movement.
Author: Norma Broude Publisher: ISBN: 9780300035476 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
Traces the history of this neglected group of Italian artists, shows examples of their paintings and drawings, and assesses the movement's place in modern art
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