In the Italian Manner

This exhibition catalog explores the profound influence of Italian artistic models on the development of Spanish painting during the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.

The volume examines how masters such as Giotto, Duccio, and Simone Martini transformed the artistic landscape of the Iberian Peninsula. Rather than simply adopting Italian styles, painters in Castile, Aragon, and Valencia reinterpreted them through local traditions, creating a distinctive visual language shaped by the cultural exchanges of the medieval Mediterranean.

Across five scholarly chapters, the catalog investigates the artistic innovations introduced through Mediterranean Gothic painting, including the emergence of monumental altarpieces, advances in the use of gold, texture, and light, and the development of increasingly sophisticated narrative compositions. It also explores the reciprocal exchange of ideas, demonstrating how artists working in Spain influenced artistic production in Italy.

Beautifully illustrated and based on the latest scholarship, In the Italian Manner offers a fresh perspective on the artistic connections linking Italy and the Iberian Peninsula during one of the most dynamic periods of medieval European art. An essential reference for collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts of Spanish Gothic, Italian Gothic, medieval painting, early Renaissance art, and the history of the Mediterranean.