N.076 - Napoli Barocca

A composite-order capital, a relic found in Naples in the 19th century and later destroyed by an earthquake, rises from the sea, imposing and forceful, to support the unexpected: the Church of the Girolamini, a hidden Baroque gem set within the area of Forcella. In Antonella Positano’s work, the capital, acting as a support for the church, seems to bear both the weight of the controversies tied to this part of Naples and the beauty that, despite everything, it continues to hold. In the background, Vesuvius appears partially concealed, almost intimidated, as if, for once, it chose to step back and leave the scene to everything this city still has to reveal and be explored, such as the Guglia dell’Immacolata, also depicted here, too often overshadowed by the monumental Church of Gesù Nuovo.