Kvart Kopede u Rimu
Coppedè District in Rome

Summary/Abstract: The international exhibition of decorative arts in Turin introduced avant-garde to Italy. Freedom from historical styles and traditional canons was the key, not only to the Turin program, but to all that was to come in first decades of the twentieth century. It was liberty or stile floreale that emerged as the best architectural solution and Gino Coppedè used that liberty to the fullest. Being one of the most extraordinary figures in Italy in that time, Coppedè managed to reconcile Renaissance, Gothic, Moorish, Babylonian elements in his work. His Quartiere in Rome, near the Piazza Buenos Aires, is an excellent example of his inspiration and enthusiasm. By passing under colossal arch that joins two wings of the Ambassador’s Palace and stepping into a fairytale like quarter, a whole different world is revealed. A world where giant spiders, Latin inscriptions, frescoes depicting cities, frogs, Renaissance writers, coexist in perfect harmony. Even thought he was the most luxurious user of ornaments and stile floreale was the base of his work, it might be more accurate to consider this as „style Coppedè“, a personal variant of Italian Art Nouveau.

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