Artefact Type:

building

Description:

Monumental courthouse built by Piacentini in Milan between 1932 and 1940, decorated by several leading artists of the time.

Original Location:

Corso di Porta Vittoria, Milano

Style(s):

Monumental

Notes:

With artworks by Carlo Carrà, Giovanni Colacicchi, Achille Funi, Piero Marussig, Enzo Morelli, Siro Penagini, Gino Severini, Mario Sironi, Mario Tozzi, Leone Lodi (destroyed), Arturo Martini, and Romano Romanelli.

Author(s):

Marcello Piacentini

Additional Author(s):

Ernesto Rapisardi

Project Start Date :

1929

Building Phase Start Date :

Feb, 1932

Building Phase End Date :

1940

Tag(s) :

Fascist architecture
Totalitarianism
Public or civic sphere
Totalitarian consent
Public spectacle

Theme(s) :

Stile littorio