Decorazioni d'interni a napoli in stile liberty, e il progetto di Giovan Battista Comencini di Casa De Vito Piscicelli Taeggi

Giovan Battista Comencini (1849-1924), an architect of Udine origin, after having spent the first years of his professional activity in Rome, arrived in Naples in 1884 following the Venetian Society for enterprises and public buildings. Appreciated initially for the strong technical skills, since the first realizations, while showing continuity with the local building production late nineteenth century, showed a full openness towards the new tendencies of Art Nouveau that were becoming established throughout the beautiful country. In 1901, already professionally mature, he realized the decorative project of the interior of the house in Chiaia of the Count de Vito Piscicelli Taeggi. The decorative design of the house enriches the register of the rich production of the architect who, for over thirty years, was very active in the Neapolitan capital Comencini, considered by critics among the first to introduce the floral language in Naples, moved towards the new horizons of decorative arts and became in fact the cultural reference of the artistic world that was becoming established through the new ways proposed with the contribution of applied arts. Of the works of the architect, ascribable to the flow of floral made before 1910 (period after which a different figurative address is recorded in his production).The decorative design of the De Vito piscitelli Taeggi house is a successful test of modernity. In light of the discovery of an original documentary iconographic repertoire of the harmonious design of the aristocratic residence, is possible to appreciate the more minute decorative details inspired by floral motifs made with an individual and refined imprint.