Antonello da Messina and the History of Art

Anna Swartwood House (University of South Carolina, USA)

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English

Routledge
30 March 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Painting & paintings; Historiography; European history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity

This book argues that painter Antonello da Messina (c. 1430–1479) is a formative cross-cultural figure in the practice of art history itself.

Featuring new interpretations of some of his best-known works, Anna Swartwood House shows how the uncertainties surrounding the painter have made him a uniquely pliable figure, easily inserted into different narratives of contact, cultural translation, and exchange. Using a wide range of materials including archival documents, biographies, civic histories, collectors’ notes, and popular literature, House traces the fortunes of an artist continually defined by place.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance studies, early modern history, and historiography.

By: Anna Swartwood House (University of South Carolina USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780367509323
ISBN 10: 0367509326
Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 30 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter One. The Documentary Thread. Chapter Two. Vasari’s Life and its Afterlife Chapter Three. The Smile of the Unknown Mariner Chapter Four. Antonello, Collecting, and Display Chapter Five. Unfinished Journeys and the Saints Francis and Dominic

Anna Swartwood House is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina. She has published widely on cross-cultural encounters in early modern Europe.