Chinoiserie and Orientalism in Sicily

The Palazzina Cinese, commissioned by King Ferdinand III of Bourbon and built between 1799 and 1806, is considered the best but not the only example of Chinoiserie in Sicily. During the eighteenth and nineteenth century many aristocratic houses contained rooms decorated in the Oriental style. This course will explore them and will look at how, at the turn of the 20th century, Palermo fell in love again with the art of the East, thanks to the work of a young Japanese artist, Otama Kiyohara, and her husband, the sculptor Vincenzo Ragusa.

Teresa Fazio-Gannon MPhil AMA

• Term: Spring
• Day: Saturday
• Start Date: 23 February 2019
• Time: 10am-4.30pm
• No. of weeks: 1
• Course fee: £38.00

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