LINKE, Armin; PERRELLA, Silvio; CASAVECCHIA, Barbara; PICCIAU, Maura (ed.)
Certosa di San Martino, Napoli

In this book, photographer Armin Linke delves into the chronological, architectural and historical diversity of the Certosa di San Martino in Naples. The Certosa rises above the city like an Acropolis, marking its landscape and historical identity: in this deliberately dynamic and almost cinematographic photographic sequence, Linke translates the coexistence of people, objects, architectural structures and historical events of the unique city in Italy and the world for the reader, a city whose history is housed in its very own Certosa Museum.

With a light-hearted and dreamlike tone, Silvio Perrella invites the reader to venture up to the Certosa to admire the city and its Gulf that stretch out at their feet. Barbara Casavecchia comments Linke’s shots and artistic language starting from a personal experience: an original story that delivers a focused analysis of this high-value visual project.

A book in the Altri sguardi / Other gazes collection – curated by art historian Maura Picciau – that explores Italy’s lesser-known museums and places, through the eyes of photographers and the words of writers and critics... [publishers’ note]

Texts in Italian and English.

Published by Corraini Edizioni, 2023
Design by Francesco Delrosso, Jonathan Pierini
Photography / Art History / Architecture