Design
Maserati’s 8CTF: Italy’s Indianapolis 500 Winner
Built between 1938 and 1939, Maserati's 8CTF single-seater racing car became the only Italian car to win the Indianapolis 500, piloted by Wilbur Shaw…
February 2021Cultural Heritage Online
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Architecture
Fontana Angelica, Turin, by Riva (1934)
The Fontana Angelica is a fountain designed by Riva in 1934, located in Piazza Solferino in the historic centre of Turin. Created during Italy's…
February 2021
Art
Vases with Magnolias by Bruno Croatto, 1929
A 1929 painting by Italian artist Bruno Croatto depicting vases arranged with magnolia flowers. Croatto, a painter associated with magical realism, created this work…
February 2021
Art
Advertising Poster by Leonetto Cappiello, circa 1925
An advertising poster designed by Leonetto Cappiello around 1925, exemplifying his revolutionary approach to poster art. The work demonstrates Cappiello's signature technique of bold…
February 2021
Art
Le ragazze di Palermo by Renato Guttuso, 1940
Renato Guttuso's 1940 painting Le ragazze di Palermo presents a work from the Sicilian artist during the interwar period, exemplifying his engagement with social…
February 2021
Art
Convalescente by Baccio Maria Bacci, 1930
Baccio Maria Bacci's Convalescente dates to 1930, a work by the Florentine painter of the Tuscan Novecento movement. The painting exemplifies Bacci's mature practice…
February 2021
Architecture
Palazzo INCIS, Matera: State Housing on Piazza Roma
Two listed buildings on Piazza Roma, built to house state employees and protected as evidence of public building in Matera between the wars. Their…
January 2021
Art
Il bambino e la tigre by Vinicio Paladini, 1925
A 1925 painting by Italian architect and painter Vinicio Paladini. Created during the artist's transition from Futurism to Imagism, the work exemplifies his experimental…
January 2021
Architecture
Palazzo G.I.L., L’Aquila by Cardilli and Di Nanna
A Rationalist palace built in L'Aquila between 1929 and 1932 as headquarters for the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio. Now home to the Gran Sasso…
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