Content

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Content V
3. Introduction VII
4. “Maestra natura” 1
5. Virgile, source artistique et scientifique ‘locale’ dans la Naples aragonaise 7
6. The Monte Nuovo Episode and the Changing Balance between Nature and Heritage in Sixteenth-Century Descriptions of Naples 25
7. “Das unendliche Leben dieser unvergleichlichen Stadt” 45
8. Natura e arte nel diario di un viaggio a Napoli di Monsignor Giovan Battista Confalonieri (1616) 59
9. Silver’s Eye 81
10. Bronzegüsse und Lavaströme 105
11. Funny Games & Fatal Attractions 121
12. Frame, Content, and Surface in Neapolitan Revetment 133
13. „…a qua vivimus“ 151
14. Color Plates 177
15. A Porous Baroque 193
16. Possible Ecologies of Vesuvian Nature and Art 209
17. Conoscenza scientifica e pratica artistica 223
18. Bibliography 239
19. Index 261
20. Image Credits 269