Printmaking in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1735-1799)

我的项目聚焦于18世纪那不勒斯的版画创作。1735年，在西班牙统治了近两个世纪后，两个西西里岛(今天的意大利南部)成为一个独立的国家，新的法国国王认识到版画将那不勒斯转变为现代欧洲首都的潜力。他创办了皇家出版社Stamperia Reale，并资助当地艺术家在非洲大陆的印刷店学习。然而，尽管引进了技术和技能，但当地人在那不勒斯制作的版画与外国人在那不勒斯制作的版画有很大不同，这表明这座城市与版画的问题有更深层次的文化根源。我将分析Stamperia Reale和当地独立出版社的产出，如Stamperia Raimondiana或Hackert和Terres兄弟的企业。为此，我将在那不勒斯的档案和收藏品中进行广泛的研究，将物质对象的研究与加州大学洛杉矶分校特有的基于理论的方法结合起来。通过这个项目，我不仅将版画作为现代性发展的中心元素的主导叙事复杂化和扩展，而且还将阐明欧洲国家之间鲜有人研究的文化关系，扩大我们对启蒙运动的理解。

My project focuses on printmaking in eighteenth-century Naples. In 1735, after almost two centuries of Spanish dominion, the two Sicilies (today Southern Italy) became an independent nation and the new French king understood the potential of printmaking for transforming Naples into a modern European capital. He founded a royal publishing house, the Stamperia Reale, and sponsored local artists to study in printing shops on the continent. Despite this importation of technologies and skill, however, prints produced in Naples by locals differed enormously from prints produced in Naples by foreigners, suggesting that the city's problematic relationship with printmaking had deeper cultural roots.I will analyse the output of both the Stamperia Reale and independent local publishing houses, such as the Stamperia Raimondiana or the businesses of the Hackert and Terres brothers. To do so I will carry out extensive research in archives and collections in Naples, bringing together the study of material objects with the theory-based approach that characterises UCL.With this project I will not only complicate and expand dominant narratives of printmaking as a central element in the development of modernity, but also shed light on the little-examined play of cultural relationships between European countries, broadening our understanding of the Enlightenment.