Une biographie de l'historien de l'art Giovanni Morelli, inventeur d'une méthode d'attribution des oeuvres d'art de la Renaissance. Sans omettre ses contributions scientifiques, l'auteure explique son implication dans les soulèvements du Risorgimento et son activité de député au cours des années 1860. Il se fait notamment remarquer pour son engagement en faveur de la protection patrimoniale. ©Electre 2025
Giovanni Morelli changed the way we look at art
Before 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.
Paru le : 06/12/2019
Thématique : Autres biographies Italie
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Jaynie Anderson
Éditeur(s) :
Officina Libraria
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-88-99765-95-8
EAN13 : 9788899765958
Reliure : Cartonné
Pages : XXXVI-267
Hauteur: 24.0 cm / Largeur 17.0 cm
Épaisseur: 2.0 cm
Poids: 675 g
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