Art and Architecture in Naples, 1266-1713: New Approaches (Art History Special Issues)

Often overshadowed by the cities of Florence and Rome in art-historical literature, this volume argues for the importance of Naples as an artistic and cultural centre, demonstrating the breadth and wealth of artistic experience within the city. * Generously illustrated with some illustrations specifically commissioned for this book * Questions the traditional definitions of 'cultural centres' which have led to the neglect of Naples as a centre of artistic importance * A significant addition to the English-language scholarship on art in Naples Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: Reassessing Naples 1266–1713 (pages 1–15): Cordelia Warr and Janis ElliottChapter 2 The North looks South: Giorgio Vasari and early Modern Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Naples (pages 16–37): Aislinn LoconteChapter 3 The Rise of the Court Artist: Cavallini and Giotto in Fourteenth?Century Naples (pages 38–61): Cathleen A. FleckChapter 4 The Local Eye: Formal and Social Distinctions in Late Quattrocento Neapolitan Tombs (pages 62–82): Tanja MichalskyChapter 5 Building in Local All'Antica Style: The Palace of Diomede Carafa in Naples (pages 83–100): Bianca de DivitiisChapter 6 From Social Virtue to Revetted Interior: Giovanni Antonio Dosio and Marble Inlay in Rome, Florence, and Naples (pages 101–124): John Nicholas NapoliChapter 7 ‘The Face is a Mirror of the Soul’: Frontispieces and the Production of Sanctity in Post?Tridentine Naples (pages 125–151): Helen HillsChapter 8 Patronage, Standards and Transfert Culturel: Naples between Art History and Social Science Theory (pages 152–175): Nicolas Bock

Naples was a major hub of artistic activity from the late thirteenth to the early seventeenth century, yet it has been overshadowed by other Italian cities because it defies art-historical definitions of a 'cultural centre': it is viewed as having imported more art and artists than it exported. The essays in this volume seek, in different ways, to redress the neglect of Naples, particularly noticeable in English-language scholarship, by questioning traditional definitions of 'centre' and 'periphery' and by focusing on works of art and architecture which demonstrate the way in which Naples can be defined as a cultural and artistic centre. The contributors reveal the breadth and wealth of artistic experience available in Naples through an exploration of fourteenth-century frescoes by Giotto and Cavallini, and fifteenth-century tombs and palace architecture; they examine the influence of Vasari's writings on Naples, the importation of prestigious marble inlays in the sixteenth century, the frontispieces of published saints' lives in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and the concept of Naples as a 'world city'.

Together, Warr and Elliott have edited The Church of Santa Maria Donna Regina: Art, Iconography and Patronage in Fourteenth-Century Naples (2004).

Art And Architecture In Naples, 1266–1713 5 Coverpage 6 Contents 7 Notes on contributors 8 1 INTRODUCTION: REASSESSING NAPLES 1266–1713 11 2 THE NORTH LOOKS SOUTH: GIORGIO VASARI AND EARLY MODERN VISUAL CULTURE IN THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES 26 3 THE RISE OF THE COURT ARTIST: CAVALLINI AND GIOTTO IN FOURTEENTH-CENTURY NAPLES 48 4 THE LOCAL EYE: FORMAL AND SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS IN LATE QUATTROCENTO NEAPOLITAN TOMBS 72 5 BUILDING IN LOCAL ALL’ANTICA STYLE: THE PALACE OF DIOMEDE CARAFA IN NAPLES 93 6 FROM SOCIAL VIRTUE TO REVETTED INTERIOR: GIOVANNI ANTONIO DOSIO AND MARBLE INLAY IN ROME, FLORENCE, AND NAPLES 111 7 ‘THE FACE IS A MIRROR OF THE SOUL’: FRONTISPIECES AND THE PRODUCTION OF SANCTITY IN POST-TRIDENTINE NAPLES 135 8 PATRONAGE, STANDARDS AND TRANSFERT CULTUREL: NAPLES BETWEEN ART HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE THEORY 162 Index 186 9781405198615 Often overshadowed by the cities of Florence and Rome in art-historical literature, this volume argues for the importance of Naples as an artistic and cultural centre, demonstrating the breadth and wealth of artistic experience within the city. It is generously illustrated with some illustrations specifically commissioned for this book. The book questions the traditional definitions of 'cultural centres' which have led to the neglect of Naples as a centre of artistic importance. This is a significant addition to the English-language scholarship on art in Naples