Introduction: Reassessing Naples 1266–1713

Warr, Cordelia (editor) / Elliott, Janis (editor) / Warr, Cordelia (author) / Elliott, Janis (author)

Art and Architecture in Naples, 1266–1713 ; 1-15

2010-02-12

16 pages

9781405198615 , 9781444324389

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444324389.ch1

Article/Chapter (Book)

Electronic Resource

English

city of Naples ‐ major centre, more than two millennia , art historians, and historiographical model of Giorgio Vasari ‐ Lives of the Artists concentrating on work of Florentine artists , humanist revival of interest ‐ in ancient Greek and Roman models of ethics , importation into Naples of foreign artists and works of art ‐ a sign of ‘cultural enrichment’ , reassessing Naples 1266–1713 1 , Spanish Hapsburg period, part of Spanish kingdom – Naples, second most populated city in Europe , Aragonese period ‐ role of artists, as members of court ‐ promoting identity of court internationally , Naples's status as a ‘world city’ ‐ functioning within international cultural network , Naples, artistic centre ‐ it has suffered in art‐historical literature , Naples, as a major centre ‐ of Italian artistic production and innovation