Città effimera. Art, technology, exoticism at the international Exposition of Milan in 1906 – EXPO 2015
Curated by Pietro Redondi
On the occasion of the Expo Gabriele Mazzotta Publishing prints an important volume named “Città effimera. Arte, tecnologia, esotismo all’Esposizione internazionale di Milano del 1906/Ephemeral city. Art, technology, exoticism at the international Exposition of Milan in 1906” curated by Pietro Redondi with never seen before texts and photographs regarding the big event of 1906 in Milan that involved the more important countries of the planet.
Its 180 never seen before photographs from the private archives of Leone Soldati and Vincenzo Conti are accompanied by expository texts taken from newspapers and magazines of that time, from catalogues or conferences, sometimes by prominent figures of manufacturing and culture of that time.
The publishing of the book is accompanied by an exhibition with the same title curated by Pietro Redondi, devised and made possible by the University of Milan-Bicocca in cooperation with the Tronchetti Provera Foundation.