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Author:   Dr. Sharon Hecker (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar, Italy) ,  Dr. Marin Sullivan (Assistant Professor of Art History, Independent Art Historian and Curator, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781501361029

ISBN 10:   1501361023
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   26 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Sharon Hecker (Independent, USA) and Marin R. Sullivan (Independent Art Historian and Curator, USA) Section I – Reconsidering the Weight of Italy 1.“Yes, but are you Italian?:” Considering the Legacy of Italianità in Postwar and Contemporary Italian Art Laura Petican (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA) 2.Learning from Artists. Methodological Notes on Post-war Italian Art History Denis Viva (University of Trento and University of Udine, Italy) 3.Gianni Pettena and Ugo La Pietra. Crossing the Boundaries between Theory and Practice Silvia Bottinelli (School of the Museum of Fine Art-Tufts University, USA) 4.Our Lady of Warka: Gino De Dominicis and the Search for Immortality Gabriele Guercio (Independent, Italy) Section II – Re-Imagining Realism 5.Transatlantic Exchanges. Piero Dorazio: Non-Objective Art vs. Abstract Expressionism? Davide Colombo (University of Parma, Italy) 6.Gleaning Italia Gleaning Italian Pop, 1960-66: the 1964 Venice Biennale, Renato Mambor's 'Thread', and Pop as a Global Phenomenon Christopher Bennett (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA) 7.Photography, visual poetry and radical architecture in the early works of Franco Vaccari Nicoletta Leonardi (Turin Academy of Fine Arts and University of California Florence Study Center, Italy) Section III –Rethinking Modes of Patronage 8.Buying Marino Marini: The American Market for Italian Art after WWII Antje Gamble (Murray State University, USA) 9.A House No Longer Divided: Patronage, Pluralism, and Creative Freedom in Italian Pre- and Postwar Art Laura Moure Cecchini (Colgate University, USA) 10.Co-research and Art: Danilo Montaldi's Horizontal Production of Knowledge Jacopo Galimberti (British Academy, University of Manchester, UK) 11.Shaping and Reshaping: Private and Institutional Patronage Martina Tanga (Independent, USA) Section IV – Reassessing Arte Povera 12.Isolated Fragments: Disentangling the Relationship Between Arte Povera and Medardo Rosso Sharon Hecker (Independent, Italy) 13.Gilberto Zorio's Radical Fluidity Elizabeth Mangini (California College of the Arts, USA) 14.Summer Solstice A.D. MCMLXIII. Luciano Fabro's Early Works Giorgio Zanchetti (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy) 15.Transatlantic Arte Povera Raffaele Bedarida (Cooper Union, USA) Bibliography Index

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Sharon Hecker and Marin R. Sullivan’s Postwar Italian Art History Today is a long-overdue reflection on a vital period in contemporary art history one that has rarely been approached comprehensively. Offering a wide variety of perspectives on a number of lesser known artists and underexplored artistic and cultural interchanges, this collection of essays provides a much needed reassessment of Italian postwar art history and the intricacies and oppositions that define it. * Claire Gilman, Chief Curator, The Drawing Center, USA * I couldn't be more pleased to learn of this publication. It is a glorious reflection of the state of the field of postwar Italian Art History—international, multigenerational, polyglot, endlessly informative, and catalytic--and proof that the history of postwar Italian art is as richly diverse and complex as any. This volume contains a wonderful collection of ground-breaking scholarship that will be valuable to scholars and students for generations to come. * Adrian R. Duran, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA *

Sharon Hecker and Marin R. Sullivan's Postwar Italian Art History Today is a long-overdue reflection on a vital period in contemporary art history one that has rarely been approached comprehensively. Offering a wide variety of perspectives on a number of lesser known artists and underexplored artistic and cultural interchanges, this collection of essays provides a much needed reassessment of Italian postwar art history and the intricacies and oppositions that define it. * Claire Gilman, Chief Curator, The Drawing Center, USA * I couldn't be more pleased to learn of this publication. It is a glorious reflection of the state of the field of postwar Italian Art History-international, multigenerational, polyglot, endlessly informative, and catalytic--and proof that the history of postwar Italian art is as richly diverse and complex as any. This volume contains a wonderful collection of ground-breaking scholarship that will be valuable to scholars and students for generations to come. * Adrian R. Duran, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA *

Author Information

Sharon Hecker specializes in Italian modern and contemporary art and is a leading authority on Medardo Rosso. She most recently published A Moment’s Monument: Medardo Rosso and the International Origins of Modern Sculpture (2017). Marin R. Sullivan (PhD, University of Michigan, USA) is a Chicago-based art historian and curator. She is the author of Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism (2017) and numerous publications on modern and contemporary sculpture.

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