Rediscovering Lost Landscapes: Topographical Art in North-West Italy, 1800-1920

by Pietro Piana, Professor Rossano Balzaretti, Charles Watkins

Analysis of hundreds of art works from the period provides insights into forgotten landscapes and hidden geographies.

After the Napoleonic wars many wealthy British women and men settled along the coast in Liguria and travelled in Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta in search of warmth and health. They established English-speaking colonies of retired clerics, colonial officials, aristocrats and industrialists at places such as Alassio, Bordighera, Sanremo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783276312
• ISBN13: 9781783276318
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 10.2"