a mapping of the crucial moments of art historiography between the XIX-XX century through a selection of pen portraits in memory of important scholars composed by art historians
The book presents a mapping of the crucial moments of art historiography between the Nineteenth and the Twentieth century through a selection of pen portraits in memory of important scholars composed by renowned art historians.
From this eccentric perspective, it is possible to analyse in a different way important critical and biographical paths that were in the background of the most relevant historical events of the century. Because of the peculiar style of obituaries, the close analysis of each biographical profile entwines with a wider vision of great themes, allowing a different reading of art history between the Nineteenth and the Twentieth century through a comparison between generations