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Year 2 - n.5 - December 2002
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Foto di Giuseppe
Gaeta tratte dal libro Il "Presepe Napoletano" e
Michele Cuciniello di Teodoro Fittipaldi e Giuseppe Gaeta,
Scafati, 1990.
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CUCINIELLO'S
CRIB IN THE SAN MARTINO MUSEUM
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A
priceless historical and artistic crib is set in the San Martino
Museum in Naples. The Crib was put on the 28th December 1879
with a collection of shepherds given by and named after Michele
Cuciniello.
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The
shepherds, the animals and the accessories can be dated back to
the the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half
of the nineteenth century. The scenes were designed and made by
Cuciniello, Fausto Niccolini, an architect, Luigi Masi, a
theatre director, and Luigi Farina.
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The
crib (the structure) is made up of several scenes. The Nativity
is set among the ruins of a destroyed temple that represents the
end of the antique world and the coming of the Christianity. A crowd,
characterized by several clothes, features and works, animates the scene and represents Neapolitan
people's activities and ambitions.
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