This collection took its name from a gorgeous hill at the end of the Gulf of Naples. The meaning of “Posillipo” derives from two greek nouns: “Pause” and “Lypon”, which means pain, so Pausilypon therefore literally means “stop from the pain” because of the enchanting nature and the breath-taking view which identify this hill.
“There is a line that connects Naples and New York, that line which on the Atlas indicates the latitude, but much beyond this geographical position, this liaison imaginary, exists a thread of a close similitude … A city which lives day-to-day a fragmentary tumultuous life, non-stop twenty-four hours always approaching the Apocalypse and yet reviving itself everyday by an obscure force that knows no rule”.
Andy Warhol
Volcanic passions
