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
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Spaccanapoli Clothesline
pastel 19" x 25"
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La Sanità from Elevator
pastel 19" x 25"
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Nilo Church Stairway Naples
pencil 8" x 11"
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