The frontispiece of Hobbes'
Leviathan,
Marat at his last breath by David, "Your country needs you",
Guernica by Picasso: four essays on political
iconography.
A historian and art historian regarded as one of the most important of his generation and a leading figure in microhistory, Carlo Ginzburg (1939-2026) taught in Bologna, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Pisa (Scuola Normale Superiore). He was awarded the Aby Warburg Prize, the Humboldt Prize, and the Balzan Prize.
