Mausoleo Palanti, Cimitero Monumentale, Milan
A monumental tomb designed by architect Mario Palanti in 1929 at Milan’s Cimitero Monumentale, one of Italy’s most significant repositories of artistic funerary architecture.
A monumental tomb designed by architect Mario Palanti in 1929 at Milan’s Cimitero Monumentale, one of Italy’s most significant repositories of artistic funerary architecture.
Palazzo Liviano is a 20th-century building in Padua designed by architect Giovanni Ponti and completed between 1937 and 1939. It incorporates the remains of the Renaissance Palazzo del Capitanio and today houses the University of Padua’s School of Human, Social and Cultural Heritage Studies.
A marble statue of the Roman historian Tito Livio, carved by sculptor Arturo Martini in 1942 for Palazzo Liviano at the University of Padua. The work exemplifies Martini’s monumental public sculpture during the interwar period.
A fresco by Italian painter Massimo Campigli depicting the permanence of Rome’s idea adorns the Palazzo Liviano in Padua. Created between 1939 and 1940, the work forms part of the university building’s artistic programme.
A sculptural relief by Giuseppe Maretto adorns the Torre Locatelli in Milan’s Piazza della Repubblica, completed in 1939. The work exemplifies the decorative programme of this monumental tower designed by architect Mario Bacciocchi.
A bas-relief depicting Ancient Architecture ornaments the Torre Locatelli in Milan’s Piazza della Repubblica. Sculptor Giuseppe Maretto completed this work in 1939 as part of the building’s monumental façade.
A magazine cover illustrated by Italian sculptor Luigi Broggini in 1937. Broggini was a major figure in Italian figurative arts during the interwar period and beyond.
Fedele Azari’s Teatro Aereo Futurista (1922–26) was a Futurist performance concept that merged aviation with theatrical spectacle. Azari, an Italian painter, aviator and publicist, developed the idea after presenting a manifesto on aerial theatre in 1919.
An advertising poster designed by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1932. Marinetti, founder of the Futurist movement, applied his radical artistic vision to commercial design.
Roberto Narducci designed the Viareggio railway station in 1936. The building exemplifies the architect’s work for Italy’s state railway company during the interwar period.