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Ezio Giovannozzi – Decorator and painter
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Born in Florence in 1882, Ezio Giovannozzi is the brother of the engineer and architect Ugo Giovannozzi (Florence 1876 - Rome 1957).
When in 1916 the Società Esercente delle Regie e Nuove Terme entrusted Ugo, director of the Technical Office of the Company since January 1914, with the urban planning and architectural design of all the spa buildings, Ezio, together with many other artists, was called to decorate the new buildings.
This collaboration is also found in other buildings built or renovated by his brother, such as, for example, the headquarters of the Banca Nazionale di Credito (1924) in Florence where the Florentine artist is credited not only with the interior decorations but also with the designs of the cartoons for the stained glass windows later made by the Ulisse De Matteis Company of Florence.
In addition to mural decoration, Ezio Giovannozzi also dedicated himself to the creation of artistic stained glass windows. His, among others, is the large stained glass window depicting the Italian Mother in the chapel of Santa Croce in Florence.
He was also an important exponent of Florentine painting. His works are in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence.
In Montecatini Terme Ezio Giovannozzi worked both at the Tettuccio and the Leopoldine.
He is responsible for the refined frescoes inside the dome of the Tribuna della Musica intended to accommodate the orchestra to entertain and delight the guests and "curists" of the Tettuccio. Here Giovannozzi represents some musical genres through their appropriate instruments: Rural Music depicted through oboe and flute, Chamber Music with strings and piano and Religious Music with organ and harp. "The sound that binds the senses with sweetness" on the exterior is taken from Petrarch's sonnet CXXXIV. The exterior of the dome, probably the work of the Galileo Chini factory, is embellished with glazed majolica shaped like stoneware fish scales.
Inside the Leopoldine, in 1927, Giovannozzi painted the walls of the stairways with allegories on the theme of water and created stuccos and frescoes foreseen in the decorative project.
Ezio Giovannozzi died in his native Florence in 1964.
Born in Florence in 1882, Ezio Giovannozzi is the brother of the engineer and architect Ugo Giovannozzi (Florence 1876 - Rome 1957).
When in 1916 the Società Esercente delle Regie e Nuove Terme entrusted Ugo, director of the Technical Office of the Company since January 1914, with the urban planning and architectural design of all the spa buildings, Ezio, together with many other artists, was called to decorate the new buildings.
This collaboration is also found in other buildings built or renovated by his brother, such as, for example, the headquarters of the Banca Nazionale di Credito (1924) in Florence where the Florentine artist is credited not only with the interior decorations but also with the designs of the cartoons for the stained glass windows later made by the Ulisse De Matteis Company of Florence.
In addition to mural decoration, Ezio Giovannozzi also dedicated himself to the creation of artistic stained glass windows. His, among others, is the large stained glass window depicting the Italian Mother in the chapel of Santa Croce in Florence.
He was also an important exponent of Florentine painting. His works are in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Florence.
In Montecatini Terme Ezio Giovannozzi worked both at the Tettuccio and the Leopoldine.
He is responsible for the refined frescoes inside the dome of the Tribuna della Musica intended to accommodate the orchestra to entertain and delight the guests and "curists" of the Tettuccio. Here Giovannozzi represents some musical genres through their appropriate instruments: Rural Music depicted through oboe and flute, Chamber Music with strings and piano and Religious Music with organ and harp. "The sound that binds the senses with sweetness" on the exterior is taken from Petrarch's sonnet CXXXIV. The exterior of the dome, probably the work of the Galileo Chini factory, is embellished with glazed majolica shaped like stoneware fish scales.
Inside the Leopoldine, in 1927, Giovannozzi painted the walls of the stairways with allegories on the theme of water and created stuccos and frescoes foreseen in the decorative project.
Ezio Giovannozzi died in his native Florence in 1964.
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