José F. Grave de Peralta
Black and White Works
Mi reino de las dos Sicilias:
sketches from trips to Naples and Sicily
This page contains a few images from my travel sketchbook to the south of Italy, reflecting the palimpsest of Greek Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, and Spanish Aragonese and Bourbon history that characterizes these areas.
Syracusa -- Needle in old Jewish quarter
color pencil 11" x 14"
Syracusa -- a study of "Greek" light
color pencil 11" x 14"
Norman column in the Duomo of Palermo
color pencil 11" x 14"
Palermo: San Cataldo and La Martorana
color pencil 11" x 14"
Naples --- Castel dell'OVO
color pencil 11" x 14"
El canto de San Caetano
Naples
color pencil 11" x 14"
Monte Santo
Naples
color pencil 11" x 14"
Noto -- labyrinth pattern
color pencil 11" x 14"
Villa Armerina -- la Collina d'Oro
color pencil 11" x 14"
Bronze tones in Naples Lungomare
color pencil 8" x 11"
Rooftops --- Siracusa
color pencil 11" x 14"
Santa Lucia Faro
color pencil 11" x 14"
Spaccanapoli Clotheslines
color pencil 11" x 14"
Santa Lucia Faro
pastel 19" x 25
Spaccanapoli Clothesline
pastel 19" x 25"
La Sanità from Elevator
pastel 19" x 25"
Nilo Church Stairway Naples
pencil 8" x 11"
