Neoclassicism and Camp in Sir William Hamilton’s Naples

Susan Sontag, in her now-classic “Notes on Camp” (1964), traces the origins of camp to the eighteenth century (13, 14, 33). And although it is precisely the baroque and rococo art movements against which Winckelmann rebelled that Sontag identifies as camp, it is worth reflecting on whether the notio...

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Main Author: Ersy Contogouris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aphra Behn Society 2019-05-01
Series:ABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-1830
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Online Access:https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=abo