The Great Masters of Italian Art by Elena Capretti (2005, Hardcover w/DJ)

Description: The Great Masters of Italian Art by Elena Capretti (2005, Hardcover with dust jacket). Barnes and Noble Edition. Publisher: Barnes and Noble. Large sized book. Approx. dimensions are 93/4 nches (w) by 11 3/4 inches (h). 395 pages. ** CLEAN UN-MARKED COPY ** "This book offers a highly condensed overview, if that is the right choice of words, of the art that flourished in Italy between the end of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth: five centuries during which, in the various states into which the peninsula was divided prior to its unification (1861, followed by the taking of Rome in 1870), great master followed after great master, producing masterpiece upon masterpiece. It is true that it is Italy's privilege and pride to be able to offer an unparalleled "dispersed museum." Archeological sites, churches and monasteries, civic monuments of architecture and statuary, museums, public and private art collections, historic gardens, landscapes shaped by centuries of human labor: all these and more form a network of high-quality art that covers not only the great urban centers but the whole of the territory. A network that, despite the destruction wrought by thousands of agonizing events, from pillage by armies to natural disasters, has held and still holds magnificently, thanks to the strength of its historical structure, made up of institutional and human relationships. Admiring a work of art in an Italian museum or church, where the work itself still holds a dialogue, beyond the walls that enclose it, with the urban or rural environment of which it is an expression and reflection, is always a quite different thing from looking at it in the often impeccable but inevitably aseptic surroundings of a great museum in Europe, America or any other part of the world." Condition: Book is VERY GOOD / FINE with light cover/corner/edge wear. Binding is firm/tight and pages appear clean with light / minimal signs of wear. No marks, stains or odors noted. Un-clipped dust jacket (DJ) is Very Good with light to moderate shelf/edge wear. Please review photos to further evaluate condition. Please ask questions BEFORE bidding/buying. Sorry, no combined shipping discount with this item. NEED IT FAST. Contact me for an Expedited shipping quote BEFORE bidding/buying. Puerto Rico and other US Territories may contact me for Priority Mail shipping quote. I do not ship Media Mail to these locations.

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