{"product_id":"art-and-intimacy-in-modern-sharon-hecker-9781350420335","title":"Art and Intimacy in Modern Italy: Entangled Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA much-needed corrective to the history of single authorship, this timely volume offers new insight i\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ento the lives and practices of the artist couples, friendships and communities that shaped postwar art in Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e Bringing together a series of essays from international scholars across a variety of subject fields, the volume considers a range of longstanding intimate working relationships. Questioning the extent to which exchange formed part of artistic production, and the nature of such partnerships, the contributors explore a variety of underexplored case studies that opens to new readings of Italian art informed by key contemporary issues surrounding gender and sexuality, modern Italian identities and transcultural exchange. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn covering friendships, bi-racial, trans-cultural and familial relations, the volume adds much needed perspectives to modern Italy's social and political histories, through case studies of well-known as well as overlooked figures and creative partnerships including Mario and Marisa Merz; the de Chirico brothers, William Demby and Lucia Drudi; and Antonia and Ugo Mulas. Three sections guide the reader through different working and affective dynamics: Shadowy Presences, Ins and Outs; and Alliances. The volume explores practitioners in the visual arts, as well as art critics, institutional figures, screen and theatre writers, designers, and photographers. Rather than merely a descriptive or celebratory account of couples and partnerships in postwar Italian art, \u003ci\u003eArt and Intimacy in Modern Italy \u003c\/i\u003easks what comes into view and what is left out when thinking about art history through this relational lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Hecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350420336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350420335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Sharon Hecker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46906734018815,"sku":"9781350420335","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c4ea59a-2636-4f57-b08d-1eaa5790c177.jpg?v=1748771268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-and-intimacy-in-modern-sharon-hecker-9781350420335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}