The Architect of Imaginary Realms In the vibrant, sun-drenched landscape of eighteenth-century Naples, a painter emerged who possessed the rare ability to breathe life into stone and shadow. Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750) was not merely an observer of the world, but a creator of worlds. As a master of the capriccio—a genre defined by the whimsical arrangement of architectural ruins within imaginary landscapes—Coccorante invited his v…