Grand Hotel Royal — Belluomini’s Twin-Towered Liberty Hotel in Viareggio (1925)
Belluomini raised the old Palazzo Nelli into a twin-towered Liberty hotel in 1925, its facade dressed in Galileo Chini’s ceramics.
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24 articles on the Italian archive
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
- Quali differenze e caratteristiche tra lo stile Art Decu00f2, Art Nouveau e il Liberty Italiano dei primi del '900
- Collezionismo | Art Nouveau, Aste On Line di oggetti d'Arte, Design e Arredamento
- Collezionismo | Art Du00e9co, Aste On Line di oggetti d'Arte, Design e Arredamento
- Manifesto - La Stampa, 1899
- Sunset - Alphonse Mucha
- La Sculpture - Henri Privat-Lievmont
- Ritratto di Cleo de Merode
- La Du00e9pu00c3u00aache de Toulouse
- Statuetta in bronzo
- Statuetta in bronzo a patina bruna
- Piccolo Pierrot, lampada da tavolo.
- Statuetta in bronzo a patina bruna
Villa Argentina — Viareggio’s Liberty Jewel by Galileo Chini
An 1868 villa reborn in 1926 as a Liberty jewel, with Galileo Chini’s majolica and Giuseppe Biasi’s “Persian Wedding” in the ballroom.
Negozio Martini — 1899 Liberty Shopfront in Viareggio
The historic Chalet Martini of 1899 beside the Gran Caffè Margherita: a Liberty shopfront by Modesto Orzali, bombed in 1944 and rebuilt in simplified form in…
Bagno Balena — Chini’s 1928 Liberty Entrance on the Viareggio Seafront
A historic Viareggio bathing establishment whose 1928 entrance — Belluomini’s architecture under Galileo Chini’s majolica — is a landmark of the Passeggiata.
Magazzini Duilio 48 — Viareggio’s Liberty Department Store (1927–1930)
The curve-windowed store of 1927–1930, one of the buildings that turned Viareggio’s seafront into a Liberty stage set.
Villa Franceschi — Riccione’s Liberty Villa and Modern-Art Gallery
An early-1900s Liberty villa in Riccione, given to the town by the Franceschi family and now its gallery of modern art.
Villa Mussolini (Villa Margherita) — Riccione
The restrained Liberty villa on Viale Milano that Rachele Mussolini bought in 1934 as the family summer residence, today a municipal exhibition hall.
Villa Antolini — Vucetich’s Secession Villa in Riccione (1923)
Mirko Vucetich’s 1923 villa on Viale Milano, where Secession geometry meets a curving Baroque entrance and a private code of numbers.
Mincuzzi Palace
A 1928 Liberty-style palazzo designed by Aldo Forcignanò, Mincuzzi Palace became an icon of refined commerce and Southern Italian elegance in Bari’s Murat district.
Villino Ravazzini
A rare survivor of Florentine Liberty: Giovanni Michelazzi’s 1907 villa for Ettore Ravazzini, its facade alive with Galileo Chini’s hand-painted ceramic…