SOCIETA' E CULTURA NELLA PIACENZA DEL SETTECENTO VOL. 3 | 1979

The third volume of the series delves into the visual and material arts of 18th-century Piacenza, focusing on painting, wood sculpture, and furnishings. It offers a detailed survey of local and regional artists, their commissions and patrons, and the ways that decorative and pictorial culture expressed social status, civic identity and the taste of the enlightened elite. The format is that of a richly illustrated exhibition catalogue (from the show at Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza, October–November 1979), combining scholarly essays with high-quality plates and images of works that survive or are documented through archives. In its emphasis on the intersection of fine art and everyday objects, the volume contributes to the field of material culture studies, enhancing understanding of how art functioned in a provincial context during the late-Baroque into the early Neoclassical era.