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Milan: Ten Masterpieces
By (Author) Massimo Zanella
Skira
Skira
1st September 2015
Italy
General
Non Fiction
708.521
Paperback
80
Width 150mm, Height 210mm
250g
The city of Milan encloses some of the most important masterpieces of Italian art. This special guide to the city, realized on the occasion of the 2015 Expo, offers an art histor - ical tour focusing on ten works not to be missed by visitors: Leonardo's Last Supper , Michelangelo's Rondanini Pieta , Raphael's Marriage of the Virgin , Piero della Francesca's Brera Madonna , Caravaggio's Basket of Fruit , the Portrait of a Lady attributed to Pollaiolo, Andrea Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ , but also Francesco Hayez's Kiss , Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo's Fourth Estate and Umberto Boccioni's Riot in the Galleria.
Massimo Zanella graduated in art history. He is an expert of iconography and the curator of editorial series on contemporary architecture and applied arts. He wrote books and contributions on art history and art criticism.