Studio: international art (65.1915)

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DECORATION FOR A VILLA: “ AUTUMNALIA ”

BY MARIA AN TON I ETTA POGLIANI

Aleardo Terzi, Arturo Noci; but before attempt-
ing a more general notice it will be well to
mention those points in which this third Secession
marks a new departure from previous years.

Ever since that brilliant young sculptor’s initial
success in the great national competition for the
frieze of the Victor Emanuel Monument, in which he
took only a second place to Zanelli himself, I have
kept the work of Arturo Dazzi before the Eondon
public, and have noted in the pages of this and
other journals the rapid development of a very

remarkable talent. And this year he asserts him-
self more decisively than ever. One of the most
interesting features of his art is its variety in
treatment and subject. What a difference between
the severity and vigour of his monumental frieze
and the brilliant modernity of his portrait of the
Contessina Jeanne de Bertanx (in the last Venice
International Exhibition)—between his Michelan-
gelesque Pieta of the same exhibition and the
rhythmic beauty of his vase of Youth ; and here,
in the Rome Secession of 1915, he manifested
again his freedom of choice in the wonderful

DECORATION FOR A VILLA :

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“ AUTUMNALIA ”

( Rome igij)

BY MARIA ANTONIETTA POGLIANI