Filmed as part of the Fall 2020 Digital Research Seminars presented by scholars affiliated with the O’Donnell Institute’s Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities in Naples.
2 October 2020
Introduction to the projects of 2020-2021 Predoctoral Research Residents
CRYSTAL ROSENTHAL
PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin – 2020-21 Predoctoral Research Resident at La Capraia
Agents on the Shore: Freestanding Arches in Roman Port Cities
While freestanding Roman arches have been the subject of many comprehensive studies, relatively little attention has been given to harbor arches erected in Roman port cities. The primary aim of this study is to examine harbor arches from a new perspective, emphasizing connections among iconography, context, and reception.
JACOB EISENSMITH
PhD Candidate, University of Pittsburgh – 2020-21 Predoctoral Research Resident at La Capraia
Ottoman Otranto: Southern Italian Artistic Responses to an Ottoman Invasion
This presentation focuses on the visual repercussions of the Ottoman invasion of Otranto in 1480 as a mode of cross-cultural contact between Italy and the Ottoman Empire. It addresses not only cases in Otranto and throughout the Salento, but also considers Sicily and Naples as related sites of southern Italian artistic response to and engagement with Islamic arts and culture.