L'Arte Nella Vita Degli Artisti Racconti Storici Di Pietro Selvatico. - Dante e Giotto. Bellini e Durero. Sanmicheli e Vasari. Schiavone e Vittoria. Veronica Franco e Tintoretto. Sofonisba Anguissola e Van Dyck. Bernardo Strozzi. Ernestina la Disegnatrice. Volume Unico.
F. Bernabei, 'P. Selvatico cent'anni dopo', in A. Ven., 34 (1980), p.138-46; F. Bernabei, Pietro Selvatico nella critica e nella storia delle arti (1974).
Summary Note
These racconti appear to be a form of "imaginary portraits" - reconstructions of artists' encounters and conversations. But they have a basis in historical documents, which Selvatico cites in notes.
Like other critics of his day, Selvatico was concerned with the relationship between the arts and society, and between aesthetics and ethics. He deprecated the reliance on pre-Christian, ancient Greek and Roman art that had prevailed since the time of the Renaissance, and drew attention to the achievements of artists of the Gothic period.
Binding Note
19th-century white vellum, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco spine labels lettered 'L'Arte Nella Vita Degli Artisti - Selvatico' and 'Firenze 1870. R.A.'
Subject
Art - Artists - Painters - Italy - History - 14th century - 16th century - 17th century - Renaissance
Art history - Biography - Italy - 19th century