:Reviving the Renaissance: The Use and Abuse of the Past in Nineteenth- Century Italian Art and Decoration

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Introduction Rosanna Pavoni 1. The legacy of the Renaissance in nineteenth-century architecture and applied arts periodicals Ornella Selvafolta 2. Architettura in fiore, Giuliana Ricci 3. Architecture, ornament, the neo-Renaissance and photography Mauro Cozzi and Luigi Zangheri 4. The neo-Renaissance as the image of the private Annalisa Zanni 5. The abuse of the Renaissance: elegance and revival in post-Unification Italy Grazietta Butazzi 6. The neo-Renaissance in nineteenth-century Italy: the search for self-representation in city architecture Stefano Della Torre and Valeria Pracchi 7. The Italian neo-Renaissance at exhibitions during the later nineteenth century Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa 8. The Renaissance repertoire in the history painting of nineteenth-century Italy Fernando Mazzocca.