Le declinazioni del Rococò in Sicilia: suggestioni d’oltralpe tra pittura e arti decorative

Abstract

The contribution, which opens the catalogue of the exhibition dedicated to the German silversmith Wolfgang Hüber, reconstructs the historical, artistic and cultural context of Sicily in the early eighteenth century. The dynamics that contributed to the affirmation, on the Island, of the Rococo style are described with a specific look at painting and the decorative arts