Stefano Vigolo photographs and documents Italian architecture of the interwar decades — the years known in Italy as the Ventennio — from Rationalism and Art Déco to the buildings that fall between the guidebooks. He is a researcher of the period.
Contributions: 561 articles · 145 heritage places · 687 events · 12 itineraries · 249 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
The Stadio dei Marmi is a sports stadium in Rome’s Foro Italico complex, designed by architect Enrico Del Debbio and opened in 1932. The stadium is encircled by sixty classical marble statues of athletes.
A postcard designed by Fortunato Depero, the Italian Futurist painter, sculptor, and graphic designer. Depero’s work across multiple media exemplified the movement’s drive to reimagine everyday objects.
A painting by Ardengo Soffici from 1942 depicting fields in morning light. The work reflects the artist’s mature stylistic development after decades of engagement with modernist movements.
Achille Lega’s Arno, painted in 1927, represents the Italian painter’s mature work during his transition from futurism to cubism. The canvas reflects Lega’s engagement with simplified forms and figurative modernism.
A provincial palace completed in 1927 in Rieti, Lazio, now serves as the seat of the Province of Rieti administration.
