Friday, October 7, 2016

PALACE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICOLTURE AND FORESTRY

PALAZZO DEL MINISTERO PER LE POLITICHE AGRICOLE E FORESTALI
1907/14 project by Odoardo Cavagnari (1868/1920) who was replaced in 1908 by Giuseppe Canonica
FAƇADE by Giuseppe Castellucci (1863/1939)
During the work sections of the Servian Walls were found but they were destroyed with no mercy
The interior decorations date back to the years 1911/18:
ATRIUM
Bronze reliefs: on the left “Ploughing, harvesting wheat and iron processing” by the Sicilian Benedetto D'Amore, on the right “Human Work” by Guido Calori
STAIRCASE
Stained-glass window 1913 by Duilio Cambellotti (1876/1960) who worked with the help of the craftsman Cesare Picchiarini
GREEN ROOM
“Magna parens” with fruitful Italy between the warrior and the gleaner, “Allegory of Agriculture”, “The entrepreneur gives his hand to the farmer,” “Science and Industry”, “Allegory of Maritime Commerce” and “Allegory of Industry using electricity and speed” by Giuseppe Cellini (1855/1940), a great friend of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio
Four paintings: “Wheat”, “Grapes”, “Apples”, “Olives” also by Giuseppe Cellini
“In his work there are two lines that are not in conflict with each other: the elegant decorator who creates sophisticated images searching, especially in the ornamentation of books, a style based on geometric framing and graphic ornamental refinements, and the heir of the Renaissance painting tradition, creator of figures with a safe setting plastic and often, in spite of their allegorical meaning, lively and posing naturally. This attention to reality is also his trademark in his landscape paintings” (Laura Gigli - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)
ROOM OF COMMISSIONS OR YELLOW ROOM
Paintings by the Roman cartoonist Giovanni Mario Mataloni (1869/1944)
STUDIO OF THE MINISTER
“Ceres on the bandwagon” by Umberto Vico
“The spade and milk” by Teofilo Patini (1840/1906) a starkly realist painter
SMALL PARLIAMENT
Paintings on the ceiling and frieze “Italian Regions and their characteristics” 1914/18 by Angelo Petroni from Basilicata region
LIBRARY
It dates back to 1860. There are about 1,000,000 volumes

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