The Architect Gio Ponti’s Family by Massimo Campigli
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.
Photographer & Researcher
Stefano Vigolo
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: 556 articles · 124 heritage places · 7 events · 12 itineraries · 163 photographs
2,828 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.
- Stazione di servizio A.G.I.P. (u00a0 Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli ) oggi Stazione di servizio Tamoil - Asmara , Eritrea
- La torre e il treno - Giorgio De Chirico - 1934 ( Stefano Vigolo )
- Villino oggi Sede dell' Ambasciata Etiope in Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Pietro Del Fabro - 1938
- Fontana di Ghezzabanda oggi Fontana Mai Jah Jah - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Lorenzo Azzolini - 1939
- Palazzo Manifatturau00a0Tabacchi oggi Palazzo British e American Tobacco Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea. 1938
- Edificio abitazione , Quartiere Alfa Romeo - Asmara , Eritrea
- Particolare Bar all'interno del Cinema Odeon - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Giuseppe Zacche e Giuseppe Borziani - 1937
- Fabbrica Alfa Romeo - Asmara , Eritrea - 1937
- Cinema Odeon - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. Giuseppe Zacche e Giuseppe Borziani - 1937
- Edificio abitazione e negozi - Asmara , Eritrea
- Caserma della M.V.S.N ( Milizia Volontaria Sicurezza Nazionale ) oggi Palazzo della Banca d'Eritrea - Asmara , Eritrea
- Cinema Augustus oggi Cinema Capitol - Asmara , Eritrea - Arch. R. Saviele - 1938
Advertising Poster by Franz Lenhart, 1935
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.
Advertising Poster by Leonetto Cappiello, 1924
An advertising poster designed by Leonetto Cappiello in 1924. Cappiello pioneered modern poster design through bold figural compositions set against dark backgrounds.
Monumento ai Caduti di Porta Romana, Milan (1923)
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.
Still Life by Giorgio Morandi, 1942
A still-life painting by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi from 1942, featuring the muted ceramic vessels and refined composition characteristic of his mature work.
Aereopittura by Bruno Tano, 1938
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 by Fortunato Depero, 1934
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.
Maserati 4CL Tripoli, 1939
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.
Advertising Poster for Gardone Riviera
An advertising poster promoting Gardone Riviera, the acclaimed lakeside town on Lake Garda’s western shore in Lombardy.
Advertising Poster by Alfredo Capitani, 1933
An advertising poster created by Italian scenographer and graphic designer Alfredo Capitani in 1933. Capitani was active in poster design throughout the interwar period, working for major film studios.