books.google.com.ph - Like a magic potion, Italianita has seeped through the stream of American aesthetic consciousness ever since Benjamin West stepped onto Italian soil in 1760. The first period of this artistic phenomenon was investigated in The Italian Presence in American Art, 1760-1860 and the book at hand thus continues...http://books.google.com.ph/books/about/The_Italian_Presence_in_American_Art.html?id=aY8OIa6NIPAC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Italian Presence in American Art