The Myth of Naples in art and literature by 17th to 18th century travellers
- Anno: 2009
- Autore/i: LUCIO FINO - Grimaldi 2009
- Catalogo: Grimaldi
- Argomento: Storia locale
- ISBN: 88-89879-38-6
- ISSN:
Quarto volume (25 x 35 cm.), 240 pages with 156 magnificent,
colour plates of very rare prints, water-colours, gouaches and
drawings. Exclusive, cloth-bound edition printed on heavyweight
paper, with dust jacket and cloth-bound slipcase.
In his most recent study, Lucio Fino provides a series of
"snapshots" of Naples in the past in a sort of "stroll"
along the main streets and squares of this ancient capital.
In the book, an ample selection of writings narrating the
emotions, astonishment and disappointment felt by
foreign travellers during their trips between the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is combined with
extensive iconographic material comprising over 150 rare
views - some previously unpublished - painted, drawn or
engraved by the most important vedutisti of the period.
Additionally, this volume allows readers to easily envisage
the various urban transformations which occurred in our
city over the course of three centuries.