Antonello Da Messina and the History of Art

This book argues that painter Antonello da Messina (c. 1430-1479) is a formative cross-cultural figure in the practice of art history itself.

Anna Swartwood House is Associate Professor of Art History in the School of Visual Art and Design at the University of South Carolina. She has published widely on cross-cultural encounters in early modern Europe.

Chapter One. The Documentary Thread. Chapter Two. Vasari's Life and its Afterlife Chapter Three. The Smile of the Unknown Mariner: The Sicilian Face of Antonello Chapter Four. Antonello, Collecting, and Display Chapter Five. Unfinished Journeys and the Saints Francis and Dominic