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Paperback Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy Book

ISBN: 8899765952

ISBN13: 9788899765958

Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy

- The first biography of Giovanni Morelli, one of the founding fathers of modern art history and of connoisseurship- An intriguing biography of a man who trained as a physician, was soon a patriot and ended up as an influential senator of unified Italy and a great art historianBefore Morelli (1816-1891), the attribution of a painting to a particular artist or school was often based on overall impression, hearsay, even gut feeling. But Morelli, having trained as a medical doctor to look closely at anatomical detail, applied scientific rigor to understanding the works of masters such as Titian, Leonardo, and Raphael, and of other Renaissance and Baroque painters. By closely scrutinizing, analyzing and comparing details overlooked by most other collectors, critics, and curators, his radical "Morellian method" became the basis of modern art connoisseurship. A proud Italian of Swiss Protestant heritage, Morelli was also a staunch patriot. He risked his life in the Italian Wars of Independence, and was elected four times to the parliament of the newly unified nation. In 1873 he was nominated senator for life. As a statesman he fought for his homeland's cultural patrimony: at a time when many of Italy's great art collections were being snapped up by foreign collectors and museums, he introduced some of the world's first legislation to prevent their loss to the nation. The Life of Giovanni Morelli in Risorgimento Italy is the first full biography of this important figure, including his romantic friendships with remarkable women such as Clementina Frizzoni, Laura Acton Minghetti (wife of the Italian prime minister), and Princess Victoria (daughter of Queen Victoria and subsequently empress of Germany). At his death he bequeathed his art collection to the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, the birthplace of his mother, a city he loved.

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