Reviving the Renaissance: The Use and Abuse of the Past in Nineteenth-Century Italian Art and Decoration (Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture)

1997 Cambridge University hardcover edition.Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: 1. 'The legacy of the Renaissance in nineteenth-century architecture and applied arts periodicals' by Ornella Selvafolta; 2. 'Architettura in fiore' by Giuliana Ricci; 3. 'Architecture, ornament, the neo-Renaissance and photography' by Mauro Cozzi and Luigi Zangheri; 4. 'The neo-Renaissance as the image of the private' by Annalisa Zanni; 5. 'The abuse of the Renaissance: elegance and revival in post-Unification Italy' by Grazietta Butazzi; 6. 'The neo-Renaissance in nineteenth-century Italy: the search for self-representation in city architecture' by Stefano Della Torre and Valeria Pracchi; 7. 'The Italian neo-Renaissance at exhibitions during the later nineteenth century' by Mariaantonietta Picone Petrusa; 8. 'The Renaissance repertoire in the history painting of nineteenth-century Italy' by Fernando Mazzocca.