Introduction

This Dossier – the first of «Intrecci d’Arte» – collects some of the papers presented at an international conference organized in 2014 by the PhD course in History of Art of the University of Bologna, in collaboration with The PhD courses of the Universities of Florence, Genoa, Naples, Padua, Pisa,...

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Main Author:	Daniele Benati
Format:	Article
Language:	Italian
Published:	University of Bologna 2016-11-01
Series:	Intrecci d'arte
Online Access:	https://intreccidarte.unibo.it/article/view/6427

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