Terme Berzieri SPA in Salsomaggiore (PR), architect Ugo Giusti, decorations by Galileo Chini

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Ugo Giusti, architect

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Galileo Chini, main decorator

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The Berzieri, erected in Salsomaggiore in 1913-1923, is one of the most representative buildings of Art Nouveau in Italy. Design due to architect Ugo Giusti and decorator Galileo Chini and was inspired by the geometric abstractions typical of the Viennese Secession.
The floral and curves ornaments, the general sense of lightweight beauty and sinuous lines achieve an ideal accord with the ephemeral environment of the spa baths.
Galileo Chini, almost self-taught but with a large capacity, Florence, was born in 1873 in Firenze.
Educated as ceramist, he approached to the Liberty style and that of the Viennese Secession. 
His works were exhibited at international exhibitions in London (1898), Paris (1900), Turin (1902). In 1909 he prepared cartoons for the dome of the headquarters of the Venice Biennale.
In 1911 he moved to Persia, the Shah called for the decoration of the palace’s throne by architect Rigotti.
That same year he went to Bangkok to decorate the Palace of the King of Siam. Back in Italy teached at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.
Some of his work can be found at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Rome, the Uffizi in Florence, the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Palazzo Pitti and the Museum of Ceramics in Faenza.

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