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Luciano Baldessari
Luciano Baldessari (1896–1982) was an Italian artist, architect and designer. Baldessari was born on 10 December 1896 in Rovereto, Italy. In 1913, Baldessari began his career as a visual artist after studying in the Scuola Reale Elisabettiana. He participated in the Futurism, Futurist movement among contemporaries including Fortunato Depero. In 1919, Baldessari moved to Milan where he studied architecture at Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan Polytechnic; he completed his degree in 1922. In 1923 Baldessari moved to Berlin where he worked as a Scenic design, set designer. In 1926, he returned to Milan and began his career in Rationalism (architecture), rationalist architecture. During this period, Baldessari designed a number of influential buildings including the Bernocchi Pavilion at the 10th International Fair of Milan and the Craja Bar in Milan (in collaboration with Luigi Figini, and Gino Pollini, Fausto Melotti and Marcello Nizzoli). Baldessari died in 1982 in Milan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovereto
Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento – an independent state until 1797 – and the republic of Venice, and later between Austrian Tyrol and Italy. In the Middle Ages it was known by its German toponyms ''Rofreit'' and ''Rovereith''. This town started to be populated with inhabitants of the prehistory with traces that were found where today are the oldest ways which belong to the actual main historical centre, around via della Terra. The town has a complexity of plans which are printed in various developments, as if it could have different directions to evolve an ideal, brought towards its completeness in the 15th century, from the model of Siena – the leaf of the crown and the classic Athens reference of the foxil Nautilus. Some of the trace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
