Obelisk of San Gennaro Outside the Metropolitan Church in Naples, 1760 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) and metropolitan sprawl

and metropolitan sprawl

while elegant hachures model the land’s rise and fall with tactile immediacy

As you move southward

emblematic of the period’s artistry

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Obelisk of San Gennaro Outside the Metropolitan Church in Naples, 1760 Size:24x36in (60x90cm) and metropolitan sprawlObelisco di S. Gennaro fuori della Chiesa Metropolitana in Napoli, engraved in 1760 by an anonymous hand, is a refined copperplate view of one of Napless most storied Baroque monuments. The scene centers on Cosimo Fanzagos soaring spire of San Gennaro (begun 1636, completed 1650) in the square dedicated to Cardinal Sisto Riario Sforza, set before the citys metropolitan church. With its dramatic perspective and meticulous architectural detail, the work