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.
13 November 2020
Professor EDWARD PAYNE
Assistant Professor, Aarhus University – 2020-2021 Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher at La Capraia
Sights and Sounds of the Square: Reconstructing the Tribunale della Vicaria in Seicento Naples
We are often told that the Baroque was a violent age, and that Naples was a violent city, “a paradise inhabited by devils.” To what extent was this society alien to our own? How was their “everyday” different from our “everyday”? What were the various attitudes towards violence at the time? How did violent acts and violent arts manifest themselves in the early modern Spanish port city? This research seminar explores these questions and sharpen our perspective of daily life in Seicento Naples.
This presentation was not recorded.
