April 2007 Archives

iLAdesigns has completed first stage of the exterior fresco project at Sunset Plaza drive in Los Angeles. Historic town of Positano on the Amalfi coast of Italy became an inspiration for the fresco artist, iLia Anossov (fresco) - iLAdesigns.com and Architect Frank Schuetz in their creation of the grand entry fresco to the house of Brian Witzer.

Trompe l'oeil carved plaster work and vignette views of Positano Bay on the left and the Town of Positano street scene on the right, surround main entry doors. The style is in the best traditions of early Italian Renaissance. The technique is a genuine Buon (true) Fresco - the glorious technique of Giotto, Michelangelo and Rafael making it's mark in Los Angeles.

FLORENCE 16/11/2006 - Something has happened in Italy at last, and particularly in the cradle of Art, Florence. On last 20th September 2006 one of the most important artistic events of the last years took place: inside Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence it was inaugurated the colossal fresco by the master Giampaolo Talani, one of the few contemporary painters still able to execute a work of those dimesions.

The fulfilment of the fresco, patronised by Regione Toscana and by the Comune di Firenze in collaboration with Grandi Stazioni, enters into the restructuring and redevelopment plan of the main Italian train stations. Technical sponsorship provided by "Zecchi: Soluzioni per artisti, materiale per restauro". It represents an artistic operation of extraordinary value and enriches the historc building designed by the architect Giovanni Michelucci in the '30s, now considered one of the most significant examples of the Italian functionalist architecture.