The Giacomo Leopardi Social Library Museum, in synergy with the D'Auria-Nosengo Comprehensive Institute of Arzano, accompanied by the Headmistress Fiorella Esposito, gave voice to the relationship that links the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso to the city of Naples.
“Picasso and Naples”, a regional project of the small Museum of Casalnuovo, and the eTwinning project Europic@sso carried out entirely in Spanish by the children of the third year full-time classes of the D'Auria-Nosengo middle school in Arzano, take the relationship between Naples and Picasso abroad.
The boys from Arzano, acting as tourist guides, illustrated in Spanish and Italian the artist's most important works from his four artistic periods: blue, pink, African and cubist, but above all they explored and spread the artist's interest in Neapolitan popular theatre, especially Pulcinella and Arlecchino.
Thanks to an exciting visit to the small museum, led by Giovanni Nappi, the boys from Arzano showed the Neapolitan art of the nativity scene to their Spanish and French friends, with live demonstrations of works of art by masters from San Gregorio Armeno (with particular emphasis on the Pulcinella statuettes).
Each of the children then “adopted” one of the 100 Picasso lithographs held by the Museo Biblioteca Sociale Giacomo Leopardi.
The project “Picasso and Naples, 2023” was developed by the CSN CENTRO STUDI APS and co-financed by the Campania Region as part of the contributions for cultural initiatives provided for by LR 7/2003 art. 11.
Article published on 19 December 2023 - 11:10
