›Nature Writing‹ in the 18th Century – Early Vesuv-Tourism
Data inizio: 21/03/2024
Data fine: 21/03/2024
Ora: 10.30
Durata totale: 2
Luogo: Sala Conferenze D3 (III piano)
CFU: 1
Landscape and nature were only discovered late as objects of art. When Petrarch climbed Mont Ventoux in 1336 and looked as far as Italy, he was considered mad. In the 18th century, mountains and the sea became attractive to tourists for the first time. They aroused a sense of the sublime, firstly due to possible dangers in the mountains or on the wild sea, and secondly due to the infinite view. Vesuvius and Mount Etna have been part of the standard programme for travellers to Italy ever since. Goethe and Moritz compete to climb the ʻCasa del diavoloʼ on the crater rim at Vesuvius. They were interested in the spectacle of steaming natural forces, eruptions and hot lava. Seume, on the other hand, concentrates more on culture and history, favouring a gallant adventure over a sporting one. And the dramatist Kotzebue is less taken with Vesuvius than with Naples, because this ʻparadiso abitato da diavoliʼ offers interesting street scenes for his episodic, journalistic travel reportage.