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: 1,023 articles · 153 heritage places · 713 events · 12 itineraries · 460 photographs
Published on beniculturalionline.it, the Italian archive of this publication, online since 1998. They are being brought into Cultural Heritage Online.
Marina is a 1932 painting by Carlo CarrĂ , the Italian Futurist painter and theorist. Created during the artist’s later career, the work reflects his continued engagement with modernist approaches to form and composition.
A bronze bust monument to the Italian aviator Francesco Baracca, sculpted by Silvio Monfrini and unveiled in Milan’s Piazzale Francesco Baracca in 1931.
Massimo Campigli painted this portrait of architect Gio Ponti’s family in 1934. The work reflects Campigli’s engagement with figuration and his interest in classical and ancient sources.
An advertising poster from 1935 by Franz Lenhart, an Austrian-Italian painter and designer. Lenhart was a leading figure in Italian commercial poster design of the early twentieth century.
An advertising poster designed by Leonetto Cappiello in 1924. Cappiello pioneered modern poster design through bold figural compositions set against dark backgrounds.
A commemorative sculpture in Milan’s Porta Romana district honouring victims of the city’s first aerial bombardment in 1916. The monument depicts a Roman soldier and a Lombard knight supporting a wounded civilian casualty.
A still-life painting by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi from 1942, featuring the muted ceramic vessels and refined composition characteristic of his mature work.
A painting in the aereopittura style by Italian artist Bruno Tano, created in 1938. The work exemplifies the Futurist movement’s engagement with dynamism and modern subjects.
Pietre alpestri is a work by Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero, created in 1934. The piece reflects Depero’s engagement with abstract form and dynamic composition characteristic of the futurist movement.
A competition racing car built by Maserati in 1939, the 4CL represents the Italian marque’s engineering during the interwar period. The car was entered in races including the Tripoli Grand Prix.
