Evocations of Italy

Pavel Pavlovich Muratov (1881–1950) was a Russian art historian, essayist, critic, and playwright.Lena M. Lencek is a professor emerita of Russian and humanities at Reed College.Gideon Bosker is a photographer and author.

• Translator’s Preface Note on the Text Note on Photography Acknowledgments EVOCATIONS OF ITALY Author’s Preface to the First Edition VOLUME 1 Part 1. Venice The Waters of Lethe Tintoretto The Age of the Mask Casanova Part 2. The Road to Florence The Arena Chapel Andrea Mantegna Ferrara and Its Artists Bologna Mausoleum Part 3. Florence From San Miniato Quattrocento The Fate of Botticelli A Captive Spirit Bronzino and His Age Part 4. The Cities of Tuscany Prato and Pistoia Pisa Lucca San Gimignano Siena Notes Bibliography VOLUME 2 Part 1. Rome The Aura of Rome Antiquity Christian Rome Melozzo da ForlÌ The High Renaissance The Baroque Piranesi The Roman Campagna Part 2. Lazio The Spirit of Lazio Ostia Cori Ninfa Subiaco Olevano Palestrina Corneto Bracciano Viterbo Part 3. Naples and Sicily Life in Naples Pompeii Amalfi, Ravello, Paestum Palermo Greek Sicily Notes Bibliography VOLUME 3 Part 1. From the Tiber to the Arno The Umbria Valley Assisi Perugia In the Footsteps of Piero della Francesca Italian Summer Part 2. The North Parma Days in Milan Gaudenzio Ferrari Bergamo Brescia Mantua Part 3. Venetian Epilogue Verona Vicenza Around Venice Preface to the Third Edition, by Pavel Pavlovich Muratov Afterword, by Ksenia Muratova Notes Bibliography INDEX