190 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book argues that painter Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–1479) is a formative cross-cultural figure in the practice of art history itself.
Featuring new interpretations of some of his best-known works, Anna Swartwood House shows how the uncertainties surrounding the painter have made him a uniquely pliable figure, easily inserted into different narratives of contact, cultural translation,... Read more
Chapter One. The Documentary Thread.
Chapter Two. Vasari’s Life and its Afterlife
Chapter Three. The Smile of the Unknown Mariner: The Sicilian Face of Antonello
Chapter Four. Antonello, Collecting, and Display
Chapter Five. Unfinished Journeys and the Saints Francis and Dominic
Biography
Anna Swartwood House is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina. She has published widely on cross-cultural encounters in early modern Europe.
