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Nature and the Arts in Early Modern Naples

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The literary, artistic, and scientific culture of early modern Naples is closely linked to the natural topography of the city, stretching from Iacopo Sannazaro’s poetic evocation of the Campania landscape to Giambattista Vico’s approach in which he anchors human civilization to the existential confrontation with natural forces.

With the open sea, the rocky coastline, and the menacing presence of Vesuvius, the image of Naples, more than any other city in early modern times, is associated in the collective imagination with the forces of nature. Even the populace was interpreted as a force of nature.

In this volume, art, literature, and science historians investigate the convergence of culture and nature in a unique geographic context.

  • Art and nature in early modern Naples

  • Contributions on urban design, architecture, topography, and material

  • The history of science and art

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Frank Fehrenbach, Hamburg University

Joris van Gastel, University of Zurich

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„The volume, essentially the proceedings of a 2015 conference, goes beyond the now-common interest in social networks, adding a further layer to the study of art's (and science's) interest in nature: the specific, local natural environment of Naples itself is at the centre of almost all the essays.“ (Prof. Dr. Itay Sapir in Kunstchronik, 09/10.2021)

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Content

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    Introduction

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    Frank Fehrenbach and Joris van Gastel
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    “Maestra natura”

    1
    Carlo Vecce
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    Virgile, source artistique et scientifique ‘locale’ dans la Naples aragonaise

    7
    Joana Barreto
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    The Monte Nuovo Episode and the Changing Balance between Nature and Heritage in Sixteenth-Century Descriptions of Naples

    25
    Harald Hendrix
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    “Das unendliche Leben dieser unvergleichlichen Stadt”

    45
    Christof Thoenes
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    Natura e arte nel diario di un viaggio a Napoli di Monsignor Giovan Battista Confalonieri (1616)

    59
    Sabina de Cavi
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    Silver’s Eye

    81
    Helen Hills
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    Bronzegüsse und Lavaströme

    105
    Damian Dombrowski
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    Funny Games & Fatal Attractions

    121
    Sergius Kodera
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    Frame, Content, and Surface in Neapolitan Revetment

    133
    J. Nicholas Napoli
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    „…a qua vivimus“

    151
    Frank Fehrenbach
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    Color Plates

    177
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    A Porous Baroque

    193
    Joris van Gastel
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    Possible Ecologies of Vesuvian Nature and Art

    209
    Sean Cocco
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    Conoscenza scientifica e pratica artistica

    223
    Maria Toscano
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    Bibliography

    239
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    Index

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    Image Credits

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eBook published on:
September 21, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783110720488
Hardcover published on:
September 21, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110599220
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
15
Main content:
270
Illustrations:
91
Coloured Illustrations:
15
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110720488
eBook ISBN: 9783110720488
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110599220
Keywords for this book
Nature; arts; architecture; Neapel.
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Academics (art history, cultural studies, literary studies, history of science)
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