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ABOUT US

In the past times the person who was planning, the artist, hardly knew anything about the used materials and on the contrary the one who carried out the project, the craftsman, hardly dealt with the planning. Many horrible errors were done in such a situation. They were not visible just
for those people who took an interest in the work of art for the first time, as they were incapable to criticize, and so are they nowadays as long as we know. In our laboratory, the one who performs, creates and the one who creates, performs. Thus we developed a good skill in projecting USEFUL forms of art, which are suitable for any furnishing need and reach the best use of the materials.

  • Born in Prato in 1956, Anna Maria Campanili studies in Rome where she attends the Faculty of Architecture after getting the Diploma in Classical Studies at the High School Visconti. She enthusiastically attends the courses of the masters Luigi Pellegrin and Marcello D'Olivo. In this way, she gets the opportunity to take part in the competitions for the Lingotto Fiat and for the Opera in Paris with Luigi Pellegrin, and in the planning of the Centro Civico in Novi Ligure with Marcello D'Olivo. She gets a fervent supporter of the organic architecture and decides to leave to America in search of its main examples. She goes back to Rome and dedicates herself to the interior design and founds a laboratory with Cesare Ciurli, where to create furnishing items of glass and marble.
  • Cesare Ciurli was born in Florence in 1937. In the first postwar years he is in Rome. As a consequence of his restless and rebellious spirit he soon gives up with the studies at the Faculty of Arts. In the 60s, he dedicates himself to the cultural associations. He attends an art course hold by the sculptor Campitelli. He actively takes part in the organization of the National Painting Exhibition and Award, which took place in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni of Via Milano in honour of Dante Alighieri. Then he attends a professional training course of artistic glass windows in the Province of Siena. He understands that glass is his most natural expressive form and deals entirely with the experimentation and the study of new forms.
Associazione Culturale Arte e Mestieri - P.I. 01623550504 - Via Guicciardini, 50 cap. 56020 Montopoli in Val D'Arno (PI) Tel. 0571466937 - Fax. 0571466937 - Email annamaria@arteemestieri.com
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