The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
This article investigates the migration of three Italian-born artists working in France in the field of ephemeral entertainment and argues that their stories were part of a broader process of cultural history and artistic mobility of the long eighteenth century. These artists are the firework makers...
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| description | This article investigates the migration of three Italian-born artists working in France in the field of ephemeral entertainment and argues that their stories were part of a broader process of cultural history and artistic mobility of the long eighteenth century. These artists are the firework makers Ruggieri brothers, the circus performer Antonio Franconi and his family and the stage designer Ignazio Degotti. They left their home country at different points (1730s, 1750s and 1790 respectively), settling in Paris under different socio-political circumstances. Due to the immaterial and contingent medium in which these artists chose to work, which is difficult to replicate and collect, the mobility of these artists has often remained a neglected story. To explore the reasons why these artists moved from their home country and the motivation that convinced them to stay in France, this research combines an attentive examination of archival material with a methodology influenced by methods of cultural history. The paper argues that their lives and their artistic expertise were not only aesthetically relevant, but also very much integrated within the defined social and cultural context they chose to live in. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f84b475d25de4ce8bb39b70d8dfb86bf2024-03-22T01:00:00ZengF1000 Research LtdOpen Research Europe2732-51212024-02-01418400The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Elisa Cazzato0Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Veneto, 30123, ItalyThis article investigates the migration of three Italian-born artists working in France in the field of ephemeral entertainment and argues that their stories were part of a broader process of cultural history and artistic mobility of the long eighteenth century. These artists are the firework makers Ruggieri brothers, the circus performer Antonio Franconi and his family and the stage designer Ignazio Degotti. They left their home country at different points (1730s, 1750s and 1790 respectively), settling in Paris under different socio-political circumstances. Due to the immaterial and contingent medium in which these artists chose to work, which is difficult to replicate and collect, the mobility of these artists has often remained a neglected story. To explore the reasons why these artists moved from their home country and the motivation that convinced them to stay in France, this research combines an attentive examination of archival material with a methodology influenced by methods of cultural history. The paper argues that their lives and their artistic expertise were not only aesthetically relevant, but also very much integrated within the defined social and cultural context they chose to live in.https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-38/v1artists migration eighteenth century theatre performing arts firework circuseng |
| spellingShingle | Elisa Cazzato The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Open Research Europe artists migration eighteenth century theatre performing arts firework circus eng |
| title | The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | The lure of the foreign stage: Chronicles of Italian mobility to France in the long eighteenth century [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | lure of the foreign stage chronicles of italian mobility to france in the long eighteenth century version 1 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | artists migration eighteenth century theatre performing arts firework circus eng |
| url | https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-38/v1 |
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