Table of Contents

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.

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An account of neo-Renaissance taste and style in Italy during the second half of the nineteenth century.