Livio Pestilli

Sebastian Schütze

Ingrid Drake Rowland

«Napoli è tutto il mondo». Neapolitan Art and Culture from Humanism to the Enlightenment. International Conference (Rome, 19-21 June 2003)

Sebastian Sch©ơtze

Neapolitan art and culture from humanism to the enlightenment : international conference, Rome, June 19-21, 2003

Napoli è tutto il mondo

This volume represents a long overdue reassessment of the Neapolitan painter Paolo de Matteis, an artist largely overlooked in English language scholarly publications, but one who merits our attention for the quality of his work and the originality of its iconography, as well as for his remarkable ability to respond creatively to his patrons? aesthetic ideals and agendas. Following a meticulous examination of the ways in which posterity?s impression of de Matteis has been conditioned by a biased biographical and literary tradition, Livio Pestilli devotes rich, detailed analyses to the artist?s most significant paintings and drawings. More than just a novel approach to de Matteis and the Neapolitan Baroque, however, the book makes a significant contribution to the study and understanding of early eighteenth-century European art and cultural history in general, not only in Naples but in other major European centers, including Paris, Vienna, Genoa, and Rome.

Neapolitan Painting and Cultural History in Baroque Europe

Paolo de Matteis

A long overdue re-assessment of the Neapolitan painter Paolo de Matteis, this volume examines the artist's most significant works and shows how posterity's impression of him has been conditioned by a biased biographical and literary tradition. More than just a novel approach to de Matteis, however, the book serves as a window into early eighteenth-century art and cultural history, not only in Naples but in Paris, Vienna, Genoa, and Rome.

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