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Textiles: The texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801)
Designs, patterns, craftsmanship and the early modern imagination
at Conservatorio delle Orfane di Terra Murata, Procida Island
Textiles: The texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801).
Designs, patterns, craftsmanship and the early modern imagination
First conference in
Textiles and the texture of ideas in early modern Europe (1589-1801).
How the craft and its products interacted with philosophy, literature and the visual arts
a joint project of the University of Naples L'Orientale and the Université de Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse
September 12th - Special Session
For a cultural history of silk production in Campania: The utopian project of Real borgo di San Leucio (18th C) and pagan traditions in Procida (20th C)
Luca Imposimato, Lawyer, Caserta
The socialist and enlightened utopia of Ferdinandopoli halfway between Plato's ideal polis and an ethical business model: From the 1789 statutes to the present-day San Leucio complex
Giovanni Romeo, University of Naples Federico II
The art of silk in Procida in the 20th century: An important female space between modernity and pagan traditions
(Both talks will be in Italian with consecutive translation in English)
Scientific Committee
Scientific Committee
Prof. Anna Maria Cimitile - University of Naples L'Orientale
Prof. Laurent Curelly - Université de Haute-Alsace
Prof. Jean-Jacques Chardin, Emeritus - Université de Strasbourg
Organising Committee
Anna Maria Cimitile - Laurent Curelly - Carmela Esposito - Lellida Vittoria Marinelli
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View of 'La Corricella'
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