A History of Italian Art in the 20th Century

A History of Italian Art in the 20th Century

Edited by Sandra Pinto

Published by Skira Editore S.p.A., Milano, Italy, 2002. Approx size: 29cm H x 25cm W(11 ½” H x 9 ¾”W). Hardback with dust jacket. Art. 170pp / illustrated.
 
“This is an English edition of the catalogue initially published for the exhibition of 20th century Italian art held at the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art from 22nd September to 2nd December 2001. The exhibition was largely composed of works from the collections of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome alongside some exceptional pieces from the host museum in Tokyo and others loaned from major public and private collections in Italy.

The volume traces a panorama, one never before observed, of the last century of Italian art within a 'global' framework, choosing, that is, the most distanced and wide-ranging perspective in order to be the most all-inclusive outside Italy and outside Europe. Furthermore, the historical line followed is also one of the first for Italian art to take account of the postmodern revolution and to follow every step of the alternating supremacies of modernity and antimodernity in the artistic research from 1900 - 2000. It is therefore shown that Italian art sometimes presents itself as homogenous with international avant-garde and neo-avant-garde movements, sometimes as dishomogeneous, recovering a specificity drawn from its own prestigious cultural past, with foundations distinct from its historical present."

Book condition: Light shelf wear to the dust jacket, small closed tear at the base of the spine. Otherwise in Very Good+ Condition. Unread.