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Le Arti d’Oggi features a dazzling array of European artwork from the 1920s. This book was originally published in Italy in 1930, and has since become extremely rare. This new edition, which follows the format of the original, has over 800 illustrations organized in six sections: architecture, interiors and furniture, metalwork and jewelry, ceramics, glasswork, textiles and other materials. Included are the most interesting buildings, gardens, pavilions, interiors and furniture as well as an array of exquisite objects – glassware, tea sets, wrought iron gates, vases, tableware, lace, book bindings – designed and produced by artists of the 1920s. Among the architects and artists whose work is included are Edgar Brandt, Josef Hoffmann, Le Corbusier, Gio Ponti, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Eliel Saarinen. Also included are offerings from noted firms such as Baccarat, Cartier, Daum, Moser and Royal Copenhagen. Works by lesser known architects help to illustrate the stylistic features and movements of the period. The text is by Roberto Papini, who envisages a utopian town called ‘Universa’ where all his futuristic ideas become reality.The captions that accompany the illustrations are weighted with Papini’s personal views, and shed light on the preoccupations of the time.

• An exquisite, heavily illustrated and comprehensive document of European artistic production in the 1920s, first published in 1930.
• Will appeal to all collectors and connoisseurs in a broad range of disciplines: architecture, design, furniture, metalwork, jewelry, ceramics, glass, lace embroidery and antiques.

Table of Contents

1. Architecture 117 images, including works by Walter Gropius, Eliel Saarinen, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann and Gio Ponti 2. Interiors and Furniture with works by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Josef Hoffmann, Süe and Mare, Galerie Lafayette and DIM 3. Metalwork and Jewelry with designs by Cartier, Edgar Brandt and Dagobert Peche 4. Ceramics with Danish and Hungarian porcelain, masterworks by Gio Ponti and the School of Ceramics in Faenza 5. Glasswork with pieces by Vittorio Zecchin and Guido Balsamo Stella, as well as a collection of Czech glassware 6. Lace, Embroidery, Printed Fabrics and Leather including Nordic lace, Lenci dolls, shawls by Depero, Guido Ravasi silks and Wiener Werkstätte wallpapers