This book presents more than one hundred-fifty works (oils on canvas and cardboard, pastels and watercolours on paper) testifying how, between 1850 and 1915, Italian artists have constantly dealt with the theme of light in painting, by reaching a variety of results. In the period examined, after Neoclassicism collapsed, many movements took origin in Italy (from the Scapigliatura to the Macchiaioli, from Divisionism to Futurism) having in common the attempt to overturn the ageold relationship between form and colour in favour of this last one, by focusing on combinations of colour, light and shadow. French Impressionism first and Divisionism later put in evidence light in the construction of the subject and invited Italian painters, who were used to the luministic effects of masters like Piccio and Antonio Fontanesi, to continue their investigation. Among the works reproduced in the catalogue there are also those of Tranquillo Cremona, Daniele Ranzoni, Telemaco Signorini, Silvestro Lega, Giovanni Fattori, Giuseppe De Nittis, Giovanni Boldini, Federico Zandomeneghi, Angelo Morbelli, Filippo Carcano, Giovanni Segantini, Gaetano Previati, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini, Mario Sironi and Ardengo Soffici.publiarq.com
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