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: 125 articles · 81 heritage places · 12 itineraries · 18 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
A marble statue of the Roman historian Tito Livio carved by Arturo Martini in 1942 for Palazzo Liviano, the University of Padua’s humanities building. The sculpture exemplifies Martini’s figurative approach during the Italian interwar period.
A detail of Massimo Campigli’s fresco ‘The Permanence of the Idea of Rome’ adorns Palazzo Liviano in Padua. Painted in 1939–40, the work celebrates Rome’s enduring cultural legacy within the university building.
A bas-relief sculpture by Giuseppe Maretto adorning the Torre Locatelli in Milan, completed in 1939 as part of architect Mario Bacciocchi’s monumental design.
A limestone bas-relief adorning the Torre Locatelli in Milan, sculpted by Giuseppe Maretto in 1939 as part of the tower’s monumental architectural programme.
Rivista is a sculpture created by Italian artist Luigi Broggini in 1937. The work exemplifies Broggini’s approach to form and light during the interwar period.
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.
A manifesto document by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the Italian poet and founder of Futurism, dated 1932. Marinetti shaped early twentieth-century artistic movements through provocative theoretical writings.
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.
Rivista is a 1925 painting by Italian Modernist artist Mario Sironi, characterized by the massive, immobile forms typical of his work.
Rivista is a 1943 work by Mario Sironi, the Italian Modernist painter known for his massive, immobile forms and somber palette.
