Share
spinner-caricamento

MANN - National Archaeological Museum of Naples verified

Naples, Campania, Italy open Visit museumarrow_right_alt

closed Mediterranean.

The show

A refined exhibition to enhance a treasure of the MANN little known to the public: the book heritage.

The "Mediterraneo" exhibition, organized by the Library of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, in collaboration with the small artisan publishing house "Il Filo di Partenope", will take place in the Salone della Meridiana until 12 September.

The itinerary will be divided into two sections: first of all and in relation to the recent opening of the MANN collection, there will be a focus on "Magna Grecia: anticipations and development of an idea".

If the concept of Magna Graecia culture was born in the sixteenth century, it is the precious publications on display that document not only the publishing success of some classics, such as Strabo, but also the prosperous curiosity that, up to the Grand Tour, animated intellectuals and artists to discover the cultural heritage of Southern Italy.

The works presented, which span three hundred years (from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century), were chosen for rarity, the quality of the edition and the iconographic apparatus: the etchings and the tables made by great designers and engravers ( Filippo Falciatore, Fedele Fischetti stand out) , Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Joseph-Frédéric Debacq and Giacinto Gigante ).

The spearhead of this exhibition section is Rariora Magnae Greciae Numismata by Prospero Parisio (1st edition: 1592), a work in which one of the first cartographic representations of Magna Graecia appears: the volume belongs to the Biblioteca del Medagliere, rearranged by Giuseppe Fiorelli during his first assignment to the Museum in 1844.

Mediterranean as a place of cultic meltin pot, between yesterday and today: the second segment of the exhibition will be entitled "A geographical-poetic atlas" and will retrace, thanks to the artist's books published by "Il Filo di Partenope", some interesting readings of the Sea nostrum.

On display, the volume Cum grano salis with texts by Luigi Trucillo and tables by Vincenzo Rusciano; the photographic reportage Many , made by Antonio Biasiucci on the island of Chios, where the faces, hands and feet of migrants have been immortalized; the small books of the Collection of sand , in which the covers are mixed with grains from the towns mentioned; finally, the gaze on the denied sea of Naples, scrolling through the pages of the story Lido Mappatella by Enza Silvestrini with a work by Enrico Pulsoni.

Timetable and tickets

Address

Piazza Museo n.18/19
80135 Naples

Contacts

Discounts and prices’ reductions with the Artsupp Card

With the Artsupp Card you can get, for the first time, discounts and reduced entrance tickets for Italian museums .

Discover more

More on the program

date_range undefined undefined

The gods return

Until 30 June 2024


Other exhibitions in Napoli

date_range undefined

CARAVAGGIO

Until 31 May 2024

date_range undefined

TOLKIEN Man, Professor, Author

Until 02 July 2024

date_range undefined

Interaction Naples | Second edition

Until 28 September 2024

scheduled date_range undefined

Marinella Senatore

From 06 July 2024 to 30 September 2024

What you can find on Artsupp

Artsupp is the museums’ portal through which it’s easy to discover art, exhibitions and artworks. Now museums in France, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain can also share their activities with users

About us