Illustration for Popolo d’Italia by Mario Sironi, 1922
An illustration created by Mario Sironi for Popolo d’Italia on 16 November 1922, exemplifying the artist’s modernist approach to graphic design during the early interwar period.
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: 516 articles · 106 heritage places · 7 events · 12 itineraries · 89 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
La duchessa de la Salle Roche-Maure by Enrico Prampolini
A Futurist interpretation of the Duchess of la Salle Roche-Maure, painted by Italian artist Enrico Prampolini in 1928.
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Magazine Cover by Paolo Garretto, 1933
A magazine cover illustration by Italian caricaturist and graphic designer Paolo Garretto from 1933. Garretto was known for his satirical drawings and worked across European and American publications.
Parlami d’amore Mariù (1932)
A 1932 Italian song composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio with lyrics by Ennio Neri, performed by Vittorio De Sica in the film What Scoundrels Men Are!, it became a cornerstone of Italian popular music.
Still Life with Eggs by Piero Marussig, 1924
A still life painting by Italian modernist Piero Marussig, created around 1924. The work exemplifies the artist’s engagement with the Novecento Italiano movement.
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, designed by Achille Sfondrini
Originally opened in November 1880 as the Teatro Costanzi, Rome’s opera house was designed by Milanese architect Achille Sfondrini and financed by contractor Domenico Costanzi. The building has undergone several modifications and name changes over its history.
Stadio dei Marmi, Rome: Enrico Del Debbio, 1928–1932
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.
Postcard by Fortunato Depero
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.
Campi la mattina by Ardengo Soffici, 1942
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.
Arno by Achille Lega, 1927
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.