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Santa Maria Di Piedigrotta, Naples
Santa Maria di Piedigrotta is a Baroque-style church in Naples, Italy; it is located in the neighborhood or quartiere of Piedigrotta. A church at the site was consecrated by 1353, and dedicated to the ''Birth of the Virgin''. It was established at the site of an older chapel sheltering a wooden Byzantine icon of the Virgin ''dell'Itria'' (Odigitria). Legend holds the Virgin appeared to three individuals requesting the church to be built. In 1453, it was ceded to the Canons Regular of the Lateran, and it is still belongs to the order. It has undergone a number of restorations and reconstructions including 1520, 1820, and 1853. The present facade dates from 1853, and was designed by Errico Alvino, with sculptures by Bernardo Manco . The adjacent cloister was designed by Tommaso Malvito. In the chapel of the ''Madonna di Pompei'' are a ''Crucifixion'', and a ''Pietà with Anthony of Padua'' by Wenzel Cobergher. The next chapel has a ''Martyrdom of Agostino d'Ipponi'' by Giuseppe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiaia
Chiaia (, ) is an affluent neighbourhood on the seafront in Naples, Italy, bounded by Piazza Vittoria on the east and Mergellina on the west. Chiaia is one of the wealthiest districts in Naples, and many luxury brands have shops on its main street. It is also home to a business school and a medical school, as well as other public schools. A prominent landmark in Chiaia is the large public park known as the Villa Comunale. It was initially developed in the late 16th and early 17th centuries as the Spanish rulers of Naples opened the city to the west of its historical boundaries. The Renaissance poet Laura Terracina was born and raised in Chiaia. Buildings and Structures in the zone *Castel dell'Ovo * Fontana del Sebeto * Palazzo Ravaschieri di Satriano * Santi Giovanni e Teresa * Pasquale a Chiaia * Sant'Orsola a Chiaia *Santa Caterina a Chiaia * Santa Maria Apparente * Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina * Santa Maria della Neve in San Giuseppe * Santa Maria della Vittoria * Santa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Manco
Bernardo is a given name and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard". Given name People * Bernardo the Japanese (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Francis Xavier * Bernardo Accolti (1465–1536), Italian poet * Bernardo Bellotto (c. 1721/2-1780), Venetian urban landscape painter and printmaker in etching * Bernardo Bertolucci (born 1940), Italian film director and screenwriter * Bernardo Buontalenti (c. 1531–1608), Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist * Bernardo Clesio (1484–1539), Italian cardinal, bishop, prince, diplomat, humanist and botanist * Bernardo Corradi (born 1976), Italian footballer * Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280–1348), Italian Renaissance painter * Bernardo Domínguez (born 1979), Spanish footballer known as Bernardo * Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520), Italian cardinal and comedy writer * Bernardo Espinosa (born 1989), Colombian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churches In Naples
Christianity and religion in general has always been an important part of the social and cultural life of Naples. It is the seat of the Archdiocese of Naples, and the Catholic faith is highly important to the people of Naples and there are hundreds of historic churches in the city (about five hundred, 1000 in total). The Cathedral of Naples is the most important place of worship in the city, each year on September 19 it hosts the ''Miracle of Saint Januarius'', the city's patron saint. In the miracle which thousands of Neapolitans flock to witness, the dried blood of Januarius is said to turn to liquid when brought close to relics said to be of his body: this is one of the most important traditions for Neapolitans. Churches and their styles The cathedral of San Gennaro (Saint Januarius), was built under the patronage of Charles of Anjou in 1272, on the site of the ancient Stefania cathedral of the 8th century, and completed in 1341, the work of Nicolò Pisano, Maglione, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belisario Corenzio
Belisario Corenzio ( el, Βελισσάριος Κορένσιος 1558–1646) was a Greek-Italian painter, active in Venice and Naples. He is one of few Greek painters that did not belong to the Cretan Renaissance like his contemporaries of the time. He escaped the maniera greca completely. He adopted the Venetian style. Other similar Greek painters were Marco Basaiti, Ioannis Permeniates, Antonio Vassilacchi and El Greco. He was sometimes referred to as Il Greco. His teacher was prominent Venetian painter Tintoretto. In 1590, at age 32 Corenzio settled in Naples. Corenzio was influenced by Cavalier d'Arpino. He continued to flourish in the region. His apprentices included: Luigi Rodriguez, Andrea di Leone, Onofrio De Lione and Massimo Stanzione. Corenzio painted many frescos that survived today. Some of his works are in the Church of San Severino and Certosa di San Martino. His style resembles Caravaggio. An Italian legend in Naples exists involving Corenzio, Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maerten De Vos
Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532 – 4 December 1603)Maerten de Vos at the was a Flemish painter. He is known mainly for his and allegorical paintings and portraits. He was, together with the brothers Ambrosius Francken I and |
Giovanni Bernardo Lama
Giovanni Bernardo Lama (1508–1579) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was the son of a generally unknown artist, Matteo Lama. He was the apprentice of Giovanni Antonio D’Amato, then Polidoro da Caravaggio who had fled Rome after the Sack of 1527. He worked in the style of his friend and contemporary Andrea di Salerno. A ''Madonna and child with saints'' is in the sacristy of San Luca Evangelista in Praiano. A ''Deposition from the Cross'' is found in the Royal Basilica of San Giacomo Spagnoli in Naples. Among other works in and around Naples are a ''Crucifixion'' and a ''Deposition'' for Santa Maria delle Grazie, the main altarpiece in Sant'Andrea, and stucco work in the church of the Annunziata, and a ''Transfiguration'' for the church of the town of San Marcellino, and a ''Martyrdom of St Stephen'' for the church of San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Santafede
Francesco Santafede (16th century) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples. He was the father of the painter Fabrizio Santafede, a pupil of Andrea Sabbatini (Andrea di Salerno). He was a colleague of Francesco Imparato, and like his son, emerged from the studio of Andrea Sabbatini, although he appears to have also followed the style of Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo (c. 1500–1584) was an Italian painter, active during the late-Renaissance period, mainly in Naples. Born in Gaeta, He trained with Andrea da Salerno and with Perino del Vaga in Rome. His brother Giovanni Angelico .... References * 16th-century Neapolitan people 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Renaissance painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Cavallino
Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1656) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original painters active in Naples during the first half of the 17th century.Ann Percy. "Cavallino, Bernardo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 28 October 2016 Biography Born in Naples, he is thought to have died during the plague epidemic in 1656. While his paintings are some of the more stunningly expressive works emerging from the Neapolitan artists of his day, little is known about the painter's background or training. Of eighty attributed paintings, less than ten are signed. He worked through private dealers and collectors whose records are no longer available. It is said that he trained with Massimo Stanzione, befriended the painter Andrea Vaccaro, and was influenced by Anthony van Dyck, but his paintings could also be described as equidistant from Caravaggio and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo in styles; tenebrism enveloped with a theatric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Mancinelli
Giuseppe Mancinelli (17 March 1813, in Naples – 25 May 1875, in Castrocielo) was an Italian painter. Biography His father was in the service of the Venitgnano family, who patronized his early studies at the Neapolitan Academy of Fine Arts, then under the guidance of Vincenzo Camuccini. He painted an altarpiece of ''San Carlo Borromeo provides Viaticum to Plague Victim'' for the Church of San Carlo all'Arena. After 1850, he was named to replace Tito Angelini as the professor of Design at the Neapolitan Academy, besting out Di Napoli and Raffaele Postiglione in a contest for the position. He painted the ''Sipario'' or theater curtain, for the teatro San Carlo with ''Muses, Homer, poets, and musicians'' (1854) to replace the original curtain by Giuseppe Cammarano that had burned in a fire. Touring Club Italiano, (2001) page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wenzel Cobergher
Wenceslas Cobergher (1560 – 23 November 1634), sometimes called Wenzel Coebergher, was a Flemish Renaissance architect, engineer, painter, antiquarian, numismatist and economist. Faded somewhat into the background as a painter, he is chiefly remembered today as the man responsible for the draining of the Moëres on the Franco-Belgian border. He is also one of the fathers of the Flemish Baroque style of architecture in the Southern Netherlands. Life Born in Antwerp, probably in 1560 (1557, according to one source), he was a natural child of Wenceslas Coeberger and Catharina Raems, which was attested by deed in May 1579. His name is also written as Wenceslaus, Wensel or Wenzel; his surname is sometimes recorded as Coberger, Cobergher, Coebergher, and Koeberger. Painter Before being known as an engineer, Cobergher began his career as a painter and an architect. In 1573 he started his studies in Antwerp as an apprentice to the painter Marten de Vos. Following the example o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso Malvito
Tommaso Malvito (died 1508) was an Italian sculptor, known particularly for his work on funerary monuments in Naples at the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. He was born in Como (Lombardy) in the late 15th century, and was a pupil of the Milanese Pietro di Martino. From 1476 to 1483 he was in Marseille, where he worked under Francesco Laurana. Malvito is mentioned for the first time as an autonomous artist in 1484, in his Naples workshop which he held until in 1508, together with his son Giovanni Tommaso Malvito. He worked with painter Francesco da Milano on the tomb of the prioress of the local convent of S. Sebastiano. In the 1490s he worked on the Cathedral of Naples crypt (''Succorpo'', commissioned by Cardinal Oliviero Carafa Oliviero Carafa (10 March 1430 – 20 January 1511), in Latin Oliverius Carafa, was an Italian cardinal and diplomat of the Renaissance. Like the majority of his era's prelates, he displayed the lavish and conspicuous standard of living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Errico Alvino
Errico is a name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Errico Malatesta (1853–1932), Italian anarchist *Errico Petrella (1813–1877), Italian composer ;Erricos * Erricos Andreou, Greek screenwriter and film director Surname * Andrea Errico (born 1999), Italian footballer *Con Errico (1921–1993), American jockey * Daniel Errico, American children's writer *Danilo Errico (born 1953), Italian military officer *Gaetano Errico (1791–1860), Italian priest *Greg Errico (born 1948), American drummer and record producer * Jan Errico, American drummer *Melissa Errico (born 1970), American singer, writer, and actress *Mike Errico, American singer-songwriter and music producer ;D'Errico *Alessandro D'Errico (born 1950), Italian prelate *Andrea D'Errico (born 1992), Italian footballer *Camilla d'Errico (born 1980), Canadian artist and illustrator *Corrado D'Errico (1902–1941), Italian screenwriter and film director *David D'Errico (born 1952), American soccer player *Donna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
