Full Name: Selvatico, Marchese Pietro
Other Names:
- Pietro Selvatico Estense
Gender: male
Date Born: 1803
Date Died: 1880
Place Born: Padua, Veneto, Italy
Place Died: Padua, Veneto, Italy
Home Country/ies: Italy
Subject Area(s): Gothic (Medieval) and Italian (culture or style)
Career(s): art historians
Overview
One of the most important writers in mid-19th-century Italy on Gothic art and architecture. His first published research described the history of Paduan architecture. He challenged the contemporary views on aesthetics that were based on the ideas of the Classicists. In his later work, Selvatico studied the art and architecture of Venice particularly its eastern and western influences. He eventually became the Director of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice from 1850-57. Selvatico’s spent the latter part of his life trying to reform teaching methods in the Italian academy. Selvatico’s writings show the influence of the spiritual and Romantic art writer Alexis-François Rio.
Sources
Dictionary of Art.