Fernando Mazzocca & Carlo Sisi (Editors)
I Macchiaioli: prima dell'impressionismo.
Venice: Marsilio editori, 2003. First printing. 8831781650  335 pages.
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.25" x 12", is bound in gray paper-covered boards, with white lettering to spine. Book shows very light shelfwear, with mildly-bumped lower outside corner of front board. Book is otherwise like new. Dust jacket is similarly well preserved, now in paper-backed mylar.
Catalogue of an exhibition (Padova, 27 settembre 2003-8 febbraio 2004) devoted to the "Macchiaioli," a group of Italian artists, who were active in Tuscany between 1855 and 1865. The term "Macchiaioli" is derived from the Italian word "macchia", meaning stain or undergrowth, and although originally a perjorative term, the designation was adopted by the artists as the characterization of their group. Its most prominent members were Giuseppe Abbati, Odoardo Borrani, Vicenzo Cabianca, Niccolo Cannici, Adriano Cecioni, Giovanni Costa, Vito d'Ancona, Giovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, and Telemaco Signorini.  The Barbizon school served as  a paradigmatic example for the activity of these Italian artists. Profusely illustrated.