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THE NEAPOLITAN CRIB

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612 PAGES, 32 x 44 SIZE PHOTOS, 174 COLOUR PLATES PLUS THREE DOUBLE -PAGE INSERTS, 107 BLACK AND WHITE  ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT, PRINTED ON PORDENONE  PAPER ESPECIALLY MADE FOR THE OCCASION BY THE PORDENONE PAPER MILL, LEATHER SPINE ENGRAVED IN GOLD. PRESENTED IN AN ELEGANT CASKET  IN ONLY 3499 COPIES NUMBERED BY HAND WITH  L REMAINING PROPERTY OF THE PUBLISHERS.

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WORK PLAN

Nicola Spinosa PRESENTATION
Domenico Ambrasi
THE CRIB : RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE AND  POPULAR  TRADITION
Gennaro Borrelli    THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEAPOLITAN CRIB  FROM  THE ORIGIN TO THE SECOND  HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY  - A  STORY LASTING THREE HUNDRED YEARS  
Elio Catello  THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Roberto De Simone ETHNIC TRADITION AND THE NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC IN THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN NAPLES DURING THE 16th AND 17th  CENTURIES
Franco Mancini   THE  ILLUSIVE MAJIC OF  THE  CHRISTMAS THEATRES
Angela Catello CLOTHING  AND JEWELLRY
Atanasio Mozzillo   THE PRETENCE OF ARCADIA  -  NEAPOLITAN CRIBS AND FOREIGN   OBSERVERS IN THE SEVENTEENTH  CENTURY
Corrado Catello   CRIB FIGURES AND SILVER SCULPTURES - NOTES  FOR  CONFRONTATION
Angelo Caròla Perrotti
THE ROYAL FERDINANDEA FACTORY :POPULAR CHINA OBJECTS AND  SCULPTURES OF CRIB  FIGURES
Paolo Apolito 
Stefano De Matteis 
THE  RECONSTRUCTION OF A MINIATURE  WORLD SUSPENDED BETWEEN CONSUMERISTIC REPRESENTATIONS AND RITUAL MEMORIES
Renato Ruotolo 
THE CRIB,  FROM THE RELIGIOUS  CUSTOMER  TO THE COLLECTOR
Umberto Grillo
NEAPOLITAN STATUINES  OF THE  SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN MUSEUMS ALL OVER THE WORLD

UNEDITED DOCUMENTS ON SANMARTINO AND HIS PUPILS.
RESEARCH  BY

Vincenzo Rizzo

BIOGRAPHICAL  MATERIAL EDITED BY

Elio Catello
PHOTOS BY: Giuseppe Gaeta