Hotel Art: a Belle Epoque luxury Hotel in Rome
The building where the Boscolo Palace is located is a suggestive example of that Roman modernism which heralded the passage from Art Déco to the monumental Novecento style of the nineteen-thirties.
The powerful Doric columns in travertine and the portico on the top floor are reminiscent of Imperial Rome, while the wrought iron balustrade of the entrance staircase and the decorations on the facade are a refined example of Italian Liberty. The interior retains the elegance and fascination of the past, with the valuable stucco work of the cornices and ceilings, marble floors, multi-coloured mosaics and cascade chandeliers made of Murano crystal.
The hotel’s exclusive lobby is decorated with extraordinary frescoes created in 1926 by the Venetian artist Guido Cadorin, a close friend of the poet Gabriele D’Annunzio, for whom he produced paintings and decorations in the “Room of Pure Dreams” at the Vittoriale. The five large frescoed panels depict Roman high society in the nineteen-twenties, with polished and playful images, which themselves reflect Pompeian tastes and the aesthetic vision of decadent art. These artistic panels portray with great naturalness the characters who were most visible at that time.
