{"id":22987,"date":"2021-05-14T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T23:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&p=193432"},"modified":"2021-05-14T12:52:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T12:52:05","slug":"grazia-at-home-city-guide-naples","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/grazia-at-home-city-guide-naples\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAZIA’s At Home City Guide To Naples"},"content":{"rendered":"

The past year has seen many people across the world grapple with a very specific type of loss, the sadness of a trip not taken, the mourning of exploring new cultures, the yearning for experiences beyond the anomie of the supermarket. As that strong desire for, and impulse to, wander the world fell prey to the pandemic in a turbulent 2020, we seemed at one point to be surging toward an anticipatory dystopia. Who were we without travel? What do we have to look forward to when there is no international holiday booked for summer?<\/em><\/p>\n

Over the course of the past 12 months, we\u2019ve been commissioning artists, painters and illustrators from different cities all over the world to paint a picture of what they see out their windows \u2013 either real or imaginary. Most artists have been confined to these cities during the global lockdowns, and all have a close connection to the place they have illustrated. Each artist has a \u201cGRAZIA At Home City Guide\u201d perched on their windowsill, insider guides to the cities you need to visit and recollections of moments past in these nooks of the world, how they drank in the palaces, how they wandered through the parks and how they ate and ate and ate. There are recommendations too \u2013 local dishes, phrases and lessons \u2013 so you can start imagining your own itinerary from the comfort of your own home. Today, we\u2019re headed to Napoli.<\/em><\/p>\n

Every city has its clich\u00e9s. They aren\u2019t necessarily bad but simply oft-promised experiences of culture. A sojourn to Naples \u2013 usually a stopover while en route to elsewhere \u2013 involves pizza and pickpockets, one might think. Illustrator Vincendo Del Vecchio reconfigures our imaginations with his intricate window portrait; A bustling, complicated Napoli, one rich in character. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am not from Naples but from the age of 10, I\u2019ve been adopted by this city. It\u2019s my house.\u00a0 Its rhythm \u2013 crazy and messy \u2013 is my rhythm,\u201d Del Vecchio says. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Describing Naples as \u201cseductive\u201d and \u201csacred,\u201d the architect-cum-artist recalls the \u201ccomplex and polluted city\u2019s \u201calleys, chaos and noise\u201d as his first memory. His illustration is intricate and complicated and inspired by a mythological mermaid named Partenope. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambivalence of the mermaid \u2013 woman yet animal \u2013 evokes the sacred and profane side of a mythological figure that, like Naples, seduces and deceives,\u201d Del Vecchio explains. \u201cMy style is strongly influenced by my background as an architect; the skill of transferring 3D reality onto a bi-dimensional piece of paper. It\u2019s a method that creates perspectival illusions.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNaples is restless and constantly changing; an incessant tide, where the only way to live and love the city is by letting you go and being brought in by the waves.\u201d\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Naples, the past is everywhere.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI remember my first day at University. A young barman brought a coffee to a priest in Pio Monte della Misericordia Church in the center of Naples,\u201d recalls Del Vecchio.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cAbove their heads hung The Seven Acts Of Mercy painting by Caravaggio. It was an everyday moment lived with calmness, without giving any weight to such an important work \u2013 a piece of art I could have admired only in books.\u201d\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you find yourself with 24 hours to see Naples, Del Veccio suggests starting your day with a nice coffee and a walk through the city\u2019s historical center, along its tight alleys. \u201cListen for the voices of its inhabitants,\u201d he says. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For lunch, even the artist suggests pizza. (Neapolitan tradition says pizzas should have more sauce than cheese.). And Aperitivo hour is best experienced with a view \u2013 try Castel Sant\u2019elmo, a medieval fortress located on Vomero Hill that overlooks the city. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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