Baroquemania: a counter-rationalist history of Italian art
This review discussed the emergence of the Baroque in Italian visual arts as analysed in the book Baroquemania by Laura Moure Cecchini. In this book, the author shows how the baroque is a key element of the history of post-unification Italy which has been often neglected by the relevant scholarship...
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
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| description | This review discussed the emergence of the Baroque in Italian visual arts as analysed in the book Baroquemania by Laura Moure Cecchini. In this book, the author shows how the baroque is a key element of the history of post-unification Italy which has been often neglected by the relevant scholarship on the matter. By reinscribing the Baroque within the Italian national paradigm, the book contributes to rewrite an important chapter of the history of Italian art in order to question its own foundational premises of an entirely rational strive to become a modern nation-state. In this way, Baroquemania represent an important addition to the existing scholarship on the relationship between the arts and the construction of national identity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ddb797921fd746499b8142075ab564d62024-02-02T11:34:18ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522023-12-012929FB110.48352/uobxjah.00004305Baroquemania: a counter-rationalist history of Italian artFrancesca Billiani0Manchester UniversityThis review discussed the emergence of the Baroque in Italian visual arts as analysed in the book Baroquemania by Laura Moure Cecchini. In this book, the author shows how the baroque is a key element of the history of post-unification Italy which has been often neglected by the relevant scholarship on the matter. By reinscribing the Baroque within the Italian national paradigm, the book contributes to rewrite an important chapter of the history of Italian art in order to question its own foundational premises of an entirely rational strive to become a modern nation-state. In this way, Baroquemania represent an important addition to the existing scholarship on the relationship between the arts and the construction of national identity.https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/billiani-rev.pdfbaroqueitalian exhibitionsfuturismitalian architecturesculpture |
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| title | Baroquemania: a counter-rationalist history of Italian art |
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