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The Sicilian Baroque: Reconciling Postquake Tensions

2014; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 46; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1068/a46295

1472-3409

Thomas J. Puleo,

National Identity and Symbolism

Building upon discourses on trauma, art, and architecture, this work examines how the design and construction of buildings mediate the cultural, social, and political changes that occur after a catastrophe. It takes as its case study the reconstruction of Sicily's Val di Noto following an earthquake in 1693 and the role that the Baroque architectural style played in it. In this study, Sicilian Baroque building decoration emerges as a medium that facilitated the reconciliation of tensions that inhered among survivors of the earthquake and their social and material milieus.