Corporeality and Performativity in Baroque Naples (eBook, PDF)

The Body of Naples
Redaktion: Giardino, Alessandro

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the Neapolitan Baroque, through original and in-depth interpretations of pivotal masterpieces of Neapolitan art, literature, philosophy, theater. The book also presents the city of Naples as a cultural space in which the body functions as a visual, literary, and urban metaphor. By examining the works of Giordano Bruno, Caravaggio, Giambattista Basile, Silvio Fiorillo and Raimondo di Sangro, Principe di San Severo, the essays comprising this volume show the contribution of these world renowned figures to the Baroque imagery of Naples, but also highlight the impact the city had on their work. Finally, the book stirs reflection on the enduring presence and current revival of the Neapolitan Baroque, by looking at contemporary culture and the cinematic adaptation of baroque works, such as Matteo Garrone's Tale of Tales.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881884338
• Artikelnr.: 74399688

Autorenporträt

Alessandro Giardino is assistant professor of Italian and Francophone studies at St. Lawrence University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Alessandro Giardino
Chapter 1: Giordano Bruno: Between the Renaissance and Baroque
Lara Harwood-Ventura
Chapter 2: Caravaggio: Women from the Margins
Alessandro Giardino
Chapter 3: "A Woodsy Scene:" Sexual Innuendoes and Eroticism in
Giambattista Basile's Toponomastic
Marino Forlino
Chapter 4: Pulcinella and Capitan Matamoros: Staging the Body of Naples in
a Cloak-and-Dagger Neapolitan Drama
Marcella Salvi
Chapter 5: The Prince of San Severo's Esoteric Baroque: Body and Soul in
the Museum and Cappella di San Severo
Clorinda Donato
Chapter 6: Matteo Garrone's The Tale of Tales: Visual Metaphors and
Transmedial Storytelling
Carmela Benedetta Scala