Southern Italy through Capodimonte collections: The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database

Authors

  • Michela Perrotta Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Keywords:

Digital Databases, Digital Humanities, Cataloguing, digital collections, Medieval architecture, Museum of Capodimonte, Kingdom of Sicily, Naples, Southern Italy

Abstract

This paper will present two examples of the importance of mining a specific collection for images to enrich a database, in this case those of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples for The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. The work focuses on two collections: the Astarita collection, the life drawings and watercolors by Giacinto Gigante and other exponents of the School of Posillipo, and the representation of architectural views of prized monuments in a collection of 19th-century porcelain produced by Ginori manufacture.

Although the two collections differ profoundly in style and medium, both reveal a fascination with, perhaps even the exaltation of, the historic monuments of Naples.

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Published

2023-12-29

How to Cite

Perrotta, M. (2023). Southern Italy through Capodimonte collections: The Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. DigItalia, 18(2), 277–281. Retrieved from https://digitalia.cultura.gov.it/article/view/3015

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2023)

Section

Segnalazioni

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