Villa Carafa di Roccella in Posillipo between the 17th and 18th Centuries
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17th century, 18th century, villa Carafa di Roccella, Naples, Malta, Ippolito Malaspina, Carlo CarafaAbstract
As of today, there is not a complete study on the villas in Naples between the 16th and 17th centuries. The demolition or the big transformations of buildings incorporated in the new town have, until now, discouraged the scholars from this systematic investigation that could perhaps bring new insights on the theme of the villa in Italy. The study of architectural history of Villa Carafa in the 17th century can maybe help move forward in this direction.
This paper retraces the architectural history of Villa Carafa between the 17th and 18th centuries, before the opening of the new via Posillipo in the 19th century, when the villa was then distanced from the hill and was forced to change its orientation, urging for a new re-configuration.
With the help of new archival documents, the essay investigates the origins back to when the property belonged to the Hierosolymite Order in the early seventeenth century and focuses on the architectural works promoted by Carlo Carafa, after his brother purchased it in 1629. It was then that it became the magnificent villa overlooking the sea eulogised in the 17th century books and repeatedly depicted by landscape artists during the 18th century.
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- DIDASCALIE (Italiano)
- FIG1-Turner (Italiano)
- Figura 2 - Villa Chierchia a Posillipo (Italiano)
- Figura 3 - Giacinto Gigante, Franz Wenzel, La collina di Posillipo, (Italiano)
- Figura 4 – Il palazzo in una foto del 1890 (Italiano)
- Figura 5– F. Pesche F., Cap.n Ingegn.e Sebastiano Indilicato lin, Prospettiva della veduta di mare e di terra dell Palazzo dell’Ecc.o S.r Principe di Butera et Roccella situato nella riviera di Posilipo (Italiano)
- Figura 6 – Alessandro Baratta, Fidelissimae urbis Neapolitanae…. (1629), particolare (Italiano)
- Figura 7 - Caravaggio, San Girolamo scrivente. La Valletta, cattedrale di S. Giovanni (Italiano)
- Figura 8 - Valetta citta nova di Malta (XVII secolo). Nella didascalia al n. 52 Casa del Marc.e Hip.o Malaspina (Italiano)
- Figura 9 - Alessandro Baratta, Fidelissimae urbis Neapolitanae… (1629), particolare con la costa di Posillipo (Italiano)
- Figura 10 - Carlo Carafa (Italiano)
- Figura 11 - Alessandro Baratta, Cavalcata (1630), particolare. London, British Museum (Italiano)
- Figura 12 - Didier Barra, Posillipo (Italiano)
- Figura 13 – Cap.n Ingegn.e Sebastiano Indilicato delin, F. Pesche F, Teatro que el Excellentissimo Señor Marques del Carpio mi señor hìzo para celebrar el Nombre de la Reyna madre…., incisione, 1685, particolare (Italiano)
- Fig 14 - Aversa, duomo. Coro d’inverno dei canonici, decorazioni della volta a schifo (Italiano)
- Fig. 15 - Aversa, duomo. Coro d’inverno dei canonici, decorazioni della volta a schifo (Italiano)
- Figura 16 – Aversa, duomo. Sacrestia, particolare delle decorazioni (Italiano)
- Figura 17 - Gaspar van Wittel, Veduta di Posillipo…, 1700-1702, olio su tela, 72.7x170.3 cm, particolare con la villa Carafa di Roccella. (Italiano)
- B. Buontalenti, villa medicea di Artimino. (Italiano)
- Figura 19 - Pietro da Cortona, Villa Sacchetti a Castelfusano. Roma, Palazzo Barberini, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, olio su tela, 85x112, particolare. (Italiano)
- Figura 20 – Pietro Fabris, Il palazzo del Principe della Roccella (1759 ca.), olio su tela, 39x72, particolare (Italiano)
- Figura 22 – Robert Cozens, Cassino Built by Cardinal Spinelli (sic!) when Archbishop of Naples – Pausillippo Octr24, 1782, 24,1x18,1, particolare. (Italiano)
- Figura 21 – Antonio Cardon, Giuseppe Bracci, Palazzo della Roccella. Da: Raccolta delle più interessanti vedute della città di Napoli e luoghi circonvicini (1764), incisione su rame, 13,3x25 (Italiano)
- Figura 23 – Giovan Battista Lusieri, La costa di Posillipo (1785 ca.), inchiostro acquarellato su carta, 28x93, particolare (Italiano)
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