Inspirations

Casa Malaparte

Multi-faceted writer, war correspondent and editor Curzio Malaparte liked to call it “A house like me”. His home, built on the high promontory of Capo Masullo in Capri, is suspended between sea and sky. A true architectural gem which continues to inspire artists and creatives.

In the late thirties, Curzio Malaparte designed his private retreat in Capri, with the aid of Adalberto Libera, one of the leading figures of Italian Rationalism.

Casa Malaparte forms a whole with the cliff top on which it perches, its simple Pompeii-red structure set against the green of the Mediterranean scrub and the intense blue of the sea.

It appears suddenly, along the pathway that connects the Tragara viewpoint and the Arco Naturale. It has a breathtaking, monumental presence, its long staircase leading to the roof terrace as if it were an Aztec temple.

Glamora Diary Inspirations Casa Malaparte

The great visual impact of its natural position is given by the sharp picturesque contrast with the harsh grey rock, the sky blue palette and the changing colours of the open sea. Its uniquely isolated situation means living perched atop a cliff, but in a constant relationship with the outdoors, by way of the windows that frame living pictures of nature.

This is exemplified in scenes from the 1963 Jean Luc Godard film Contempt, in which the house takes a leading role alongside an enigmatic Brigitte Bardot.

These rarefied shots narrate the magic of the space, its light, its deep shadows, the myriad shades of the crystal waters that allow a glimpse of its rocky bed, and were the inspiration for the Capri Collection.

Among the themes developed and tied to the incomparable atmospheres of Capri, are evanescent tree-like shapes, the movement of the crashing waves, and the mysterious depths of the sea. Surfaces resound with echoes of cobalt and teal, in an ever-changing Mediterranean palette.