Permanenza di un tòpos iconografico, da paesaggio romantico a paesaggio abbandonato: il vallone dei Mulini a Sorrento

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  • Alessandra Veropalumbo

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https://doi.org/10.6093/2499-1422/7914

Abstract

The scenic beauty of the ‘Vallone dei Mulini’ of Sorrento has fed the imagination of all of Europe and contributed to the tourist fortune of the city.

Until the Eighteenth century the valleys were defined as the «deep pits», which surrounded and defended the city, but it is from the early Nineteenth century that they began to become a landscape, being included among the attractions of Sorrento by Hackert and Turpin de Crissé.

The contribution aims to analyze the interest that the ‘Vallone dei Mulini’ has aroused in European travelers and the iconographic fortune that derives from it, in views, paintings, engravings, lithographs and photographs, up to being reinterpreted by contemporary artists and personalities from the world of culture, becoming the inspiration for inlays and nativity scenes.

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Published

2021-07-30

How to Cite

Veropalumbo, A. (2021). Permanenza di un tòpos iconografico, da paesaggio romantico a paesaggio abbandonato: il vallone dei Mulini a Sorrento. Eikonocity. History and Iconography of European Cities and Sities, 6(1), 49–72. https://doi.org/10.6093/2499-1422/7914

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