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The Italy: In The Footsteps Of The Great Artists book combines art history and travel through twelve artist-focused chapters, each featuring hand-drawn vignettes, maps, and a dozen itineraries. Works are explored in-situ across churches, palaces, and grand villas, placing the artwork within the context of its creation. Authored by Nick Trend and Cassandre Montoriol, the title is part of the Art of Travel series, guiding readers through cities such as seventeenth-century Rome and Venice alongside artists including Caravaggio and Canaletto.
In this thrilling and highly imaginative title, famous artists become guides to the Italian cities in which they lived. Readers are led through the labyrinthine streets of seventeenth-century Rome in the company of Caravaggio, and go deep into the Venices of Casanova, Carnevale, and Canaletto. Each of the twelve chapters is devoted to an artist or group of artists. Each begins with hand-drawn vignettes, a map, and a dozen itineraries to choose from. This interactive title immerses both the reader and the artwork in the place of its creation. Works can be viewed "in-situ", inside churches, palaces and grand villas. 'Italy: In The Footsteps Of The Great Artists' is part of Thames & Hudson’s 'Art of Travel' series, and is authored by Nick Trend and Cassandre Montoriol. A serious and bewitching look at the relationship between art history and travel, the title belongs on the shelves of the creative and the curious everywhere.
