El Greco at the Ophthalmologist’s Andrea Pinotti The paper aims at reconstructing the centennial history of the so-called “El Greco fallacy”, namely the hypothesis that the extremely elongated figures painted by the Cretan artist were due to his astigmatism and not to a stylistic option intentionally assumed by the painter. This hypothesis interestingly and problematically…
David Carrier
The Blind Spots of Art History: How Wild Art Came to Be – and Be Ignored David Carrier In their recent book Wild Art David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro make a distinction between art found in galleries and museums and what we call wild art – the many art forms which are outside of the…
Johannis Tsoumas
Books, Windows and Walls: exploring the Pre-Raphaelite Movement second phase influence on Frederick James Shields’ decorative works Johannis Tsoumas This paper aims to both examine and illustrate the evolution of the Pre-Raphaelites Brotherhood at the time of the Arts and Crafts Movement, in particular its new decorative physiognomy and influence on the work of one…
Cecilia Riva
La Collezione Layard nel catalogo dattiloscritto 1896 Cecilia Riva Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) was an archeologist, diplomat, writer, and a great art lover, especially passionate about Italian painting. The article presents its collection through the typewritten catalogue which was composed by Lady Enid Layard and is now stored in the library of the Polo…
Michele Fucich
«Un’immane critica delle confuse perifrasi». Introduzione a Carl Einstein critico d’arte (Parte II) Michele Fucich Carl Einstein (1885-1940) was a German art critic and writer whose original approach to European avantgarde and primitivism so far hasn’t been adequately taken into account by Italian scholars, despite a growing international attention to his intellectual legacy over the…
Paolo Coen
The level of our defeat: the Italian Memorial at Auschwitz and the history of art Paolo Coen According to an opinion officialy expressed by Dario Franceschini, the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Italian Memorial in Auschwitz «is no longer suitable to Auschwitz and not accepted by Polish authorities». The article focuses on the history and…
Eliana Carrara
De-tutela, idee e pareri sui beni culturali e la loro difesa nell’Italia del Verybello Eliana Carrara How is cultural heritage regarded in Italy? Is it considered an asset or a burden for the Italian state, charged by the debts of the public service? This book, coedited by Lorenzo Carletti and Cristiano Giometti, tries to answer…
Maria Stella Bottai
Per conoscere Marisa Volpi Maria Stella Bottai The article deals with the cultural heritage of Marisa Volpi (Macerata 1928-Rome 2015) in the field of contemporary art history, in particular her documents archive and the dedicated website (www.marisavolpi.it). Professor Emeritus of Art History at La Sapienza University of Rome, art critic and writer, Marisa Volpi devoted…
Neville Rowley
Il Pollaio bruciato. La Madonna col Bambino di Piero del Pollaio nel Musée des Beaux-Arts di Strasburgo Neville Rowley This article presents a Virgin and Child by Piero del Pollaiolo preserved in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg, which so far was presumed to have been lost in a fire in 1947. Even if the…
Gigetta Dalli Regoli
Teste. Un’aggiunta ai disegni dall’antico: il ruolo di Lorenzo di Credi Gigetta Dalli Regoli The exhibition Power and Pathos. Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World (Florence, Palazzo Strozzi, 2015) offered the author the opportunity to identify the model of a Study of Male Head, a drawing probably executed by Lorenzo di Credi, which is today…