Rt Nouveau Through Documentary Material
SHORT ARTICLES Rosalba Art Nouveau through Cilione, Simona ART NOUVEAUdocumentary material Pandolfi Italy Carlo Bugatti, chairs with flowers painted by Giovanni Segatini, 1887-88 ca., photograph held in the Archives of 20th Century Italian Applied Arts 130 Uncommon Culture The Archives were founded to valorise Italian decorative arts and hold documents of various types, including photographs, letters, magazines, and publications dedicated to artists and manufacturers active during the first half of the 20th century. Cover of the magazine “Novissima”, 1902, illustrated by Antonio Rizzi The Archives of 20th Century Italian Ap- lotti. In addition, the archives hold documen- plied Arts are a documentation and research tary material on artists including Ulisse Arata, centre with a specialized library founded in Domenico Baccarini, Giacomo Balla, Alfredo 1987 by Irene de Guttry, Maria Paola Maino, Baruffi, Ernesto Basile, Alfredo Biagini, Um- and Mario Quesada (in 2002, Gabriella Tar- berto Bottazzi, Giovanni Buffa, Carlo Bugatti, quini succeeded Mario Quesada, who died in Felice Casorati, Ezio Castellucci, Galileo Chi- 1996). The Archives were founded to valorise ni, Camillo Innocenti, Giorgio Kienerk, Alber- Italian decorative arts and hold documents of to Martini, Aleardo Terzi, Edoardo Rubino, various types, including photographs, letters, Ettore Ximenes, Vittorio Zecchin, and Carlo magazines, and publications dedicated to ar- Zen. tists and manufacturers active during the first half of the 20th century. The focus is on works One of the
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