Storiche dell’arte nella prima metà del Novecento. Un approccio prosopografico

Abstract

On the basis of an essentially prosopographical approach and with the help
of the correspondence between Adolfo Venturi, holder from 1901 of the first chair of art history
established in Italian universities, and some of his numerous students at the University
of Rome “La Sapienza”, as well as the documentation relating to the Postgraduate School
in Medieval and Modern Art History established in 1901 at the Faculty of Humanities
at the same university, the authors aim to illuminate the characteristics and modalities of
the gradual rise, in the period between the two world wars, of the first generation of art
historians engaged in various capacities in studies and research in the sector, in school and
university teaching and in the administration and management of antiquities and fine arts.