The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 4

Luigi LanziProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.9
Word count
487K words
Chapters
49

Tags

English Originals Painting Historical ReappraisalHumanistic CareAcademic StudyTraditional AestheticsCross-Cultural View

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 4 (of 6) by Luigi LanziAuthor: Lanzi, Luigi, 1732-1810,Language: English, Class: ND: Fine Arts: Painting, Release Date: Feb 24, 2012

Editor's review

This volume is the fourth of Luigi Lanzi's six-volume History of Painting in Italy, a classic work in art history, presented in English and released free of charge by Project Gutenberg. Lanzi traces the development of Italy's various schools of painting through a combination of chronological and regional organization, focusing on style, masters and pupils, and the characteristics of local schools, offering readers a systematic framework for understanding the genealogy of Italian painting from the Renaissance onward. As an art history written in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, its narrative reflects the perspectives and personal judgments of its time and is best read alongside later scholarship. This volume suits focused study in art history and rewards readers interested in the lineage of Italian schools who wish to proceed volume by volume. The electronic edition is easy to search and excerpt, making it suitable for desk study or for reading alongside visual materials.

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Reading tips

  1. Begin with the table of contents and opening overview to identify the regions and schools covered, then proceed chapter by chapter.
  2. Read alongside images of painters' works or museum collection records to offset the limits of a text-only narrative.
  3. Jot down the names, master-pupil relationships, and place names as you go, building genealogical notes that help connect the volumes.
  4. Approach the era-bound judgments in the book with a critical eye, reading them against later art-historical works.

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this a complete work or one volume of a larger work? This is the fourth of the six volumes of Lanzi's History of Painting in Italy, in English, released by Project Gutenberg. Read on its own, it covers the regions and schools of this volume; to grasp the whole work, read the other volumes in order.
Can I read it without a background in art history? Yes, but it requires some patience. This is a chronological art history from around the nineteenth century, dense with names and places and unlike modern popular introductions. It helps to have some basic knowledge of the Italian Renaissance, or to look up the painters and works as you read.
What kind of reading does the electronic edition suit? The electronic edition makes it easy to search the full text for names, schools, and places, and suits topic-based excerpts and genealogical notes. Use it on a computer or e-reader with note-taking software, build an index by chapter, and read alongside visual materials.
Are the book's views still valid today? This is an important early work of art history whose framework and material remain valued, but its specific judgments reflect the author's era and personal preferences. Read it as a historical document and compare it with contemporary scholarship rather than treating its judgments as settled.

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About the author

Luigi Lanzi Author · Italian · 1732–1810

Luigi Lanzi (1732–1810) was an Italian Jesuit, art historian and archaeologist who served as curator of the Florence Gallery. His major work, The History of Painting in Italy, runs to six volumes, and the six volumes held here are Volumes 1 through 6 of that work. Organized by region and school, it traces the development of Italian painting and pays close attention to stylistic change and the transmission of style from master to pupil. It is an important achievement of modern Italian art-historical writing and is still consulted by researchers today. Lanzi also wrote on the Etruscan language and antiquities, in which field he was a pioneer. Public information on the details of his life is limited, and readers may turn to his works to understand his scholarly approach and how he organized his sources.