Capodimonte porcelain Capodimonte porcelain Capodimonte porcelain (sometimes "Capo di Monte") is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory ("Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte"), which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most outstanding factory for early Italian porcelain, the Doccia porcelain of Florence being the other main Italian factory. Capodimonte is most famous for its moulded figurines. The porcelain of Capodimonte, and later Naples, was a "superb" translucent soft-paste, "more beautiful" but much harder to fire than the German hard-pastes, or "a particularly clear, warm, white, covered with a mildly lustrous glaze". The Capodimonte mark was a fleur-de-lys in
Art Stations of the Naples Metro two faces in profile, symbolizing the dialogue and communication between human beings. The second artwork, "Ikon", is a large light box, in which several three-dimensional figures seem to float. Instead, among the black pillars and the light box stands "Synapsi" (or " Synopsis"), a sculpture in brushed steel which refers to human intelligence and the neural network of the brain. Art Stations of the Naples Metro The Art Stations of Naples Metro are some stops of Naples Metro in which special attention was paid to making the environment beautiful, comfortable and functional. With the construction and expansion of numerous metro