La Biblioteca d’arte di Villa Medici: una costruzione novecentesca Livia Fasolo This paper investigates the formation and evolution of the Art History Library of the French Academy in Rome, from 1803 onwards, when the Academy settled at the Villa Medici. Through a historical reconstruction of its spaces and a comparative analysis of the archival material…
Roberto Tartaglia
La corrispondenza privata di Federico Zuccari. Lettere a Francesco Maria II della Rovere per il figlio Ottaviano Roberto Tartaglia This article, focused on Federico Zuccari’s correspondence, sheds new light on the connections between the painter and Francesco Maria II della Rovere and follows a previous paper on six missives to Sebastiano Caccini (in «Predella», 55,…
Julien Abbadie
Deux dessins de Carlo Urbino, études préparatoires pour les Funérailles de la Vierge Marie, fresque de l’église Santa Maria di Campagna a Pallanza Julien Abbadie The recent rediscovery of two drawings by Carlo Urbino, one of which is unpublished, sheds new light on the creation of the frescoes for Santa Maria di Campagna in Pallanza…
Maria Vittoria Maiello
La riscoperta di Forma 1 negli anni Ottanta Maria Vittoria Maiello Forma 1 was one of the most influential artistic groups of the post-war period. However, it broke up in the early 1950s, with its members pursuing very different artistic paths. Forty years after the publication of their manifesto, there was a renewed interest in…
Paul Tucker
Ruskin on Painting and the Image: Two Recent Accounts by T.J. Clark and Thomas Pfau Paul Tucker This essay aims to initiate investigation of John Ruskin’s concept of the image across his entire career and as constituting the thematic core of his work. As a first step – with a view to assessing what light…