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Episode 6: The Catacombs of San Gaudioso [& Extras]

Listen to the episode HERE on Soundcloud or visit the podcast on iTunes, either through the Podcasts App (just search for “Stuff About Things Art History”) or by clicking HERE. Happy listening!

Sources:

  • Catacombe di Napoli – Catacombe di Napoli is the organization that organizes tours and maintains several sites throughout the city. The website contains excellent information about all of the sites the organization oversees as well as information about the organization, its goals, and its involvement in the neighborhood. The website is available in both Italian and English. The English translation is quite good.
    • I would also like to extend a special thanks to my tour guide, whose name I believe is Valeria (but might have been Flora) for an excellent tour of the catacombs on 5/27/18. I also thank whoever runs the Catacombe di Napoli’s twitter account, who did his/her best to help me figure out the name of my tour guide. 🙂
  • “Is this the world’s most macabre art gallery?” – An article written by Amanda Ruggieri for the BBC, published on 2/23/17.
  • “Catacombe di San Gaudioso” – A run down of the catacombs in Italian. Contains some excellent photos.

 

Relevant Images:

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Santa Maria della Sanità – Exterior [Image Credit: Wikipedia]

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Santa Maria della Sanità – View of Dome from bridge overpass [Image Credit: Wikipedia]
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Santa Maria della Sanità – Interior view of high altar and entrance to lower chapel [Image credit: Campania CRBC]
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Paleo Christian fresco of the Madonna and Child from the Basilica of Santa Maria della Sanità [Image credit: Avvenire]
 

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The tomb of San Gaudioso [Image credit: Catacombe di Napoli]
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Fresco of Pascentius [Image Credit: Flickr image by Carlo Raso — my absolute favorite Flickr photographer for images of Naples!]
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Skull Portrait [Image Credit: Vesuvius Live]
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“Lady Skeletons” [Image credit: Cose di Napoli]
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Skull portrait of Giovanni Balducci – [Image Credit: Flickr image by Carlo Raso]
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Guardian of the Souls? [Image credit: Cose di Napoli]
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Fontanelle Cemetery [Image credit: Wikipedia]
For more images of the Catacombs of San Gaudioso, I suggest flipping through the user-shared images on the catacombs’ TripAdvisor page!

 

Gus Content:

Day of the Gus (feat. Gus)

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Original: Paul Gauguin, Day of the God (Mahana No Atua), 1894, in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL, USA.

 

 

The Mooch (feat. Gus and Leenz)

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Original: Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid, c. 1657-58, in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Lady with the Gus (feat. Gus and Leenz)

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Original: Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, 1489-90, in the collection of the National Museum in Krakow, Poland.

 

Happy listening, ya’ll! Talk to you next time. -Lindsay

1 thought on “Episode 6: The Catacombs of San Gaudioso [& Extras]”

  1. Sandra Sheedy July 20, 2018 — 1:29 am

    Hi Lou, just listened to Episode 6. Very interesting. Enjoyed seeing the pictures of the catacombs. It reminded me of the book you showed me with all the bones and skulls. Such a interesting place to visit. Thanks for letting me walk through. Almost as good as being there. Mummy

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