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San Nicola Alla Carità
The Church of St. Nicholas the Charitable () is a church located on via Toledo, almost midway between Piazza Carità and Piazza Dante (Naples), Piazza Dante in Naples, Italy. History The church was founded in 1647, thanks to a donation of about 6000 ducats to the Pious Workers Rural Catechists, Pious Workers by a nobleman of the time, as a reward for their welfare work. The building of the church, designed by Onofrio Antonio Gisolfi, was interrupted by the plague that struck the city in 1656, and was completed in 1682 by Cosimo Fanzago, who worked under the patronage of Cardinal Diego Innico Caracciolo di Martina. The church underwent various reconstructions. In eighteenth century the façade was rebuilt by Salvatore Gandolfo, following designs of Francesco Solimena. During the ten years of French occupation, the church was deconsecrated and it housed a Corps of Engineers. In 1843 the structure was restored by Guglielmo Turi. The Church houses the bodies of the Neapolitan painter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Toledo
Via Toledo is an ancient street and one of the most important shopping thoroughfares in the city of Naples, Italy. The street is almost long and starts at Piazza Dante (Naples), Piazza Dante and ends in Piazza Trieste e Trento, near Piazza del Plebiscito. History The street was created by Spanish viceroy Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Pedro de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Villafranca in 1536, who entrusted Ferdinando Manlio, an Italian architect. Over the centuries, the reputation of the street was enhanced through being a stop on the Grand Tour. On 15 May 1848, the street was the scene of the repression of Neapolitan liberals who defended the recently established constitution. Between the 1930s and the '50s, the street was modified by the construction of taller buildings, especially near the area of Piazza Carità. From 18 October 1870 to 1980, the street was called "Via Roma", to celebrate Italian unification. In 2012, "Toledo" metro station opened, and the street became closed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Churches In Naples
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Carlo Carafa
Carlo Carafa (29 March 1517 – 6 March 1561) was an Italian cardinal, and Cardinal Nephew of Pope Paul IV Carafa, whose policies he directed and whom he served as papal legate in Paris, Venice and Brussels. Early years He was born at Naples into one of the city's most ancient and distinguished families, a younger son of Giovanni Alfonso Carafa, count of Montorio, and his countess, Caterina Cantelma. One brother was Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano another, Antonio Carafa (1520—1588), was made marchese di Montebello. Without making a name for himself, he had a long and dubious career as a mercenary soldier in Italy and Germany. He entered the household of Cardinal Pompeo Colonna at an early age, as a page and was enrolled in the Order of St John of Jerusalem later, that of Pierluigi Farnese, Duke of Castro (later Duke of Parma), the son of Paul III. He then fought under the Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Lombardy and Piedmont, and under Ottavio Farnese, Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacinto Diano
Giacinto Diano or Diana (28 March 1731, Pozzuoli – 13 August 1803, Naples) was an Italian painter, active in Southern Italy in a style that mixes Rococo and Neoclassicism. Biography He began his training in the studio of Francesco De Mura, whose work would influence his early compositions. He worked briefly in Rome with Anton Raphael Mengs, before settling in Naples in 1752. At that time Naples was enjoying period of great artistic and cultural achievement, due to the presence of the enlightened King Charles III. Nicknamed ''o Puzzulaniello'' or referred to as ''il Pozzolano'', Diano took little time to establish a prominent place in the art scene. In 1773, he was named a professor of drawing at the Accademia del Disegno. Six years later, he was appointed Master of Painting at the Accademia di Belle Art. He would remain until 1782. Despite his numerous duties there, he continued to paint on private commission.Alexander Kader. "Diana, Giacinto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Bardellino
Pietro Bardellino (17 February 1728, Naples - 1806, Naples) was an Italian painter in the Rococo style. Life and works His personal style derives from that of his teacher, Francesco De Mura. As early as 1750, he was commissioned to paint the ceiling in the large room of the Ospedale degli Incurabili, depicting Machaon (mythology), Machaon curing Menelaus. He created other notable, decorative works at the (1753), the Bitonto Cathedral, Cattedrale di Bitonto (1764), and the basilica of San Giacomo degli Spagnoli, Naples, San Giacomo degli Spagnoli (1778); all of a religious nature. He also decorated the homes of several noble families.Biography of Bardellino by Paola Ceschi, from the ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' @ Treccani In 1773, he was appointed a member of the Accademia N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Giordano
Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Early life and training Born in Naples, Giordano was the son of the painter Antonio Giordano. In around 1650 he was apprenticed to Giuseppe Ribera, Ribera on the recommendation of the List of viceroys of Naples, viceroy of Naples and his early work was heavily influenced by his teacher. Like Ribera, he painted many half-length figures of philosophers, either imaginary portraits of specific figures, or generic types. He acquired the nickname ''Luca fa presto'', which translates into "Luca paints quickly." His speed, in design as well as handiwork, and his versatility, which enabled him to imitate other painters deceptively, earned for him two other epithets, "The Thunderbolt" (''Fulmine'') and "The Proteus" of painting. Following a period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovan Battista Lama
'' Lot and his daughters'' Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen Giovanni Battista Lama (1673–1748) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. He primarily painted historical canvases. Along with Paolo de Matteis, he was pupil to the painter Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples, Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Early l .... In turn, the painter Antonio Capulongo was his pupil. References * 1673 births 1748 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Maria Rossi
Nicola Maria Rossi, also known as Nicolò Maria (Naples, 1690 – Naples, 23 April 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque. Biography At the age of 15 years, he had begun studying a classic education, but after a fireworks injury damaged one eye, he became a pupil of Francesco Solimena in 1706. Nicola later likely tutored Corrado Giaquinto while in that studio. Rossi painted an altarpiece of the ''Immaculate Conception with Saints and Bishops'' for the church of the Cappuccinelle sopra Ponte Corbo. Rossi was called to Vienna, to paint a Hall for the Marquis of Refrano, a counselor for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. He depicted ''Heroic virtue crowned by Glory, Fame, and other Virtues''. In Vienna, he also painted portraits of the chancellor, the Count of Zinzendorff, and others in the court. Her returned to Naples, where he worked for the Viceroy Aloys Thomas Raimund Graf Harrach. He painted allegoric and mythologic panels, as well as large canvases depicting the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo De Maio
Paolo de Maio or Paolo de Majo (15 January 1703 – 20 April 1784) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. Biography Paolo de Maio was born in Marcianise, province of Caserta, in the region of Campania. His brother Ludovico de Majo (born in Maricianise on 12 October 1695) was also a painter. Paolo de Maio was a pupil of Francesco Solimena in Naples. He was prolific in Naples, painting the cupola and around the windows for the church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella; a ''San Domenico'' (1742) for the church of Gesù e Maria at Corso Umberto; a ''San Niccolò'' (1772) for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli; the ''Four Evangelists'' for the church of Trinità in via Roma; as well as frescoes for the ceiling of the church of Monte Cassino. He painted a canvas depicting ''San Gennaro'' for a church in Mugnano del Cardinale, as well as ''Evangelists'' (1782) for the church of Verginiani in Casamarciano. He painted a number of canvases in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
