DOI issue:
Nr. 222 (September 1911)
DOI article:Melani, Alfredo: Some notes on the Turin international exhibition
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20973#0311
The Turin International Exhibition
designed by the architect Emile Tory and Prof, all the pyramidal cupola of the great central
Maurice Pogany is the most striking in the In- hall. The interior is arranged in a curious yet
ternational; austere in its exterior, beautiful and harmonious style, and a photograph can give no
bizarre inside, this building of noble proportions idea of the effect of this cupola, which is divided
and harmonious colouring, whether it be re- into sections or stories in which are set stained
miniscent of India or of Persia, whether it be a glass windows, the coloured light from which
souvenir of the Orient or inspired by antique illuminates the interior, while the base part is
Hungarian motifs, this pavilion, so bold and decorated in geometrical patterns at once free
original in conception, stands out strikingly from and picturesque. So elaborate is the ornamenta-
among the monotonous white buildings of the tion of this great cupola of the Hungarian
International. pavilion that it requires to be examined closely
The production of such a work demands artists and with the same care as that with which one
of ability and advanced thought. The principal looks at a shrine. The other halls leave an
entrance, flanked to right and left by massive equally ineffaceable impression on the mind, one
statues, the doorway shrouded by a huge cupola, of the most interesting being the Fountain Court,
as it were a colossal helmet of copper worked with its round dome and delicate ornamentation,
round the base in lace-like patterns, this principal We must spend a moment before the powerful
entrance with its feeling of mysteriousness seems statues at the entrance in order to record our
to reflect something of the thoughtful and pensive appreciation of the fine work of the sculptor
national spirit. The sense
of movement and the feeling
of loftiness of the pavilion
is worth noticing, as it rises
on the banks of the river,
arousing an aesthetic interest
in an exhibition which does
not otherwise commend it-
self very strongly to artistic
taste. Messrs. Tory and
Pogany have indeed created
a poem on the banks of the
Po. Seen from this side the
general effect of their com-
position has in it something
of fantasy, the masses and
spaces are so admirably dis-
posed in this creation, the
intricacies of the ornamenta
tion have been imagined
with such excellent feeling,
that I am confident that
every one will concur with
me in recognising the ever-
increasing success of Hun-
garian art.
The decoration of the in
terior evinces that originality
of design so much sought
after by our architects and
by all those who are respon-
sible for the arrangement of
exhibition interiors ; and I
regret that it is not possible
° . r interior ok great hall of the hungarian pavilion. designed by
to show in the illustrations e. tory and m. pogany, architects, painted glass windows by max roth
290
designed by the architect Emile Tory and Prof, all the pyramidal cupola of the great central
Maurice Pogany is the most striking in the In- hall. The interior is arranged in a curious yet
ternational; austere in its exterior, beautiful and harmonious style, and a photograph can give no
bizarre inside, this building of noble proportions idea of the effect of this cupola, which is divided
and harmonious colouring, whether it be re- into sections or stories in which are set stained
miniscent of India or of Persia, whether it be a glass windows, the coloured light from which
souvenir of the Orient or inspired by antique illuminates the interior, while the base part is
Hungarian motifs, this pavilion, so bold and decorated in geometrical patterns at once free
original in conception, stands out strikingly from and picturesque. So elaborate is the ornamenta-
among the monotonous white buildings of the tion of this great cupola of the Hungarian
International. pavilion that it requires to be examined closely
The production of such a work demands artists and with the same care as that with which one
of ability and advanced thought. The principal looks at a shrine. The other halls leave an
entrance, flanked to right and left by massive equally ineffaceable impression on the mind, one
statues, the doorway shrouded by a huge cupola, of the most interesting being the Fountain Court,
as it were a colossal helmet of copper worked with its round dome and delicate ornamentation,
round the base in lace-like patterns, this principal We must spend a moment before the powerful
entrance with its feeling of mysteriousness seems statues at the entrance in order to record our
to reflect something of the thoughtful and pensive appreciation of the fine work of the sculptor
national spirit. The sense
of movement and the feeling
of loftiness of the pavilion
is worth noticing, as it rises
on the banks of the river,
arousing an aesthetic interest
in an exhibition which does
not otherwise commend it-
self very strongly to artistic
taste. Messrs. Tory and
Pogany have indeed created
a poem on the banks of the
Po. Seen from this side the
general effect of their com-
position has in it something
of fantasy, the masses and
spaces are so admirably dis-
posed in this creation, the
intricacies of the ornamenta
tion have been imagined
with such excellent feeling,
that I am confident that
every one will concur with
me in recognising the ever-
increasing success of Hun-
garian art.
The decoration of the in
terior evinces that originality
of design so much sought
after by our architects and
by all those who are respon-
sible for the arrangement of
exhibition interiors ; and I
regret that it is not possible
° . r interior ok great hall of the hungarian pavilion. designed by
to show in the illustrations e. tory and m. pogany, architects, painted glass windows by max roth
290