Sardinian-Piedmontese

Cagliari, Monument to Carlo Felice

The passage of the Kingdom of Sardinia from the Habsburgs of Spain to the Savoy, as far as the discourse on artistic products is concerned, does not involve substantial changes regarding traditional relations with Italian Mediterranean cities, with the exception of course for the inclusion in the cultural framework of the aesthetic choices of the new rulers.

Totius Italiae Descriptio, from the Cartographic Collection of the Regional Council Library, Sardinia DL

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Relations with the Italian continent

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Milis, Boyl Palace. Photo of Regione Autonoma della Sardegna, from Sardegna DigitalLibrary

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The end of the 18th century

Contemporary historiography is inclined to believe that the first signs of the processes of change that will lead to the consolidation of the modern autonomy of Sardinia can be found in the phenomena of lively ferment th...

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Neoclassical art

In the first half of the nineteenth century, in Sardinia, a sensitivity of strict neoclassical observance was established in the artistic field, which was manifested, in addition to the requests of the client, through th...

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Giovanni Marghinotti

The most important work by Giovanni Marghinotti (Cagliari 1798-1865) is “Carlo Felice munific protector of Fine Arts in Sardinia”. Conceived and sketched in 1829, it is signed and dated 1830; its arrival is at the same t...

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Cemetery sculpture

In the second half of the nineteenth century, sculpture in Sardinia was basically configured as a funeral monument. Public monuments are rare and scarcely built up, hampered first of all by the financial shortages of mun...

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