Influencias artísticas e intercambio de artistas entre Nápoles, las islas occidentales itálicas y las islas orientales hispánicas

Abstract

This paper deals with the respective artistic influences and the traffic of artists between Naples, western Italian islands and eastern Hispanic islands —especially Majorca—. We shall centre the study on architecture and sculpture, so analysing Majorcan masters and workshops who worked in Italia and the subsequent presence in Majorca of Italian artists, mostly those ones from Sicily and Sardinia. They will come to Majorca to remain with a local master to improve their job, so then they could accede at the professional circuits in the island and open their own workshop. Architectonical, sculptural and documentary examples will clarify it; also will illustrate the penetration and interrelation of artistic elements. We shall delimitate the chronological period at second half of 15^th century and beginnings of 16^th when the links between both geographical regions were closer because of King Alfonso’s (Magnanimous) conquests.