- The first biography of Giovanni Morelli, one of the founding fathers of modern art history and of connoisseurship- An intriguing biography of a man who trained as a physician, was soon a patriot and ended up as an influential senator of unified Italy and a great art historianBefore Morelli (1816-1891), the attribution of a painting to a particular artist or school was often based on overall impression, hearsay, even gut feeling. But Morelli, having...