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This book is a new English version of the third edition (1963) of Longhi’s seminal work on the Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca, with an introduction by Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Keith Christiansen. A major work by the most important Italian art historian of this century.

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Introduction Keith Christiansen
Roberto Lough's Piero della Francesca
Translator's Preface by David Tabbat
Piero, Longhi, and the Fields of Color
The Art of Piero della Francesca
The Art of Piero della Francesca: Notes
Piero in Arezzo (1950)
The Life of Piero della Francesca
Piero's Reputation over the Centuries (1927)
Piero's Reputation over the Centuries (1962)
Continuation: 1927-1962
Longhi's Biblography (1927)
Longhi's bibliography (1963)
from 1927 to 1962
Illustrations

Roberto Longhi

Robert Longhi (1890-1970) is regarded by the Italians as their most important connoisseur, critic and art historian; at the same time he is read and enjoyed for his great and magical gifts as a prose stylist. Little from Longhi's vast corpus has been translated into English. Three Studies, a book ... read more

'It is difficult to overestimate the impact of Roberto Longhi's 'Piero della Francesca', which appeared in 1927. Simply stated, it formed the twentieth-century response ot the artist and laid out much of the terrain for subsequent scholarship.'
Keith Christiansen, From the Introduction 'Roberto Longhi is the most brilliant Italian Art Historian of our century and a stylist of intoxicating powers. Longhi encouraged in his followers the sort of fanatical (or craven?) loyalty that is more associated with university professors...few of Longhi's very idiosncratic works have been translated into English; but, thanks to the enterprise of Stanley Moss' Sheep Meadow Press, this situation is at last being remedied.'
Francis Haskell, The New York Review of Books

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Piero della Francesca Roberto Longhi Translated by David Tabbat Categories: Art, Italian Imprint: Sheep Meadow Press Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Description Author Contents Reviews This book is a new English version of the third edition (1963) of Longhi’s seminal work on the Renaissance painter Piero della Francesca, with an introduction by Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Keith Christiansen. A major work by the most important Italian art historian of this century. Contents Introduction Keith Christiansen Roberto Lough's Piero della Francesca Translator's Preface by David Tabbat Piero, Longhi, and the Fields of Color The Art of Piero della Francesca The Art of Piero della Francesca: Notes Piero in Arezzo (1950) The Life of Piero della Francesca Piero's Reputation over the Centuries (1927) Piero's Reputation over the Centuries (1962) Continuation: 1927-1962 Longhi's Biblography (1927) Longhi's bibliography (1963) from 1927 to 1962 Illustrations Roberto Longhi Robert Longhi (1890-1970) is regarded by the Italians as their most important connoisseur, critic and art historian; at the same time he is read and enjoyed for his great and magical gifts as a prose stylist. Little from Longhi's vast corpus has been translated into English. Three Studies, a book ... read more 'It is difficult to overestimate the impact of Roberto Longhi's 'Piero della Francesca', which appeared in 1927. Simply stated, it formed the twentieth-century response ot the artist and laid out much of the terrain for subsequent scholarship.' Keith Christiansen, From the Introduction 'Roberto Longhi is the most brilliant Italian Art Historian of our century and a stylist of intoxicating powers. Longhi encouraged in his followers the sort of fanatical (or craven?) loyalty that is more associated with university professors...few of Longhi's very idiosncratic works have been translated into English; but, thanks to the enterprise of Stanley Moss' Sheep Meadow Press, this situation is at last being remedied.' Francis Haskell, The New York Review of Books You might also be interested in: Three Studies Roberto Longhi, Translated by David Tabbat	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Poetry Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Lives and Letters PN Review Video Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! The Carcanet Blog Not a Moment Too Soon: Frank Kuppner read more Coco Island: Christine Roseeta Walker read more that which appears: Thomas A Clark read more Come Here to This Gate: Rory Waterman read more Near-Life Experience: Rowland Bagnall read more The Silence: Gillian Clarke read more
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Piero della Francesca

Roberto Longhi

Translated by David Tabbat