Cattolica Adriatico – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Cattolica Adriatico comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cattolica Adriatico
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Cattolica is a small resort town on the Adriatic coast of Emilia-Romagna, and this color lithograph sells it as a place to swim, sail, and spend a summer by the water. It was printed in Rome by A. Marzi sometime between 1920 and 1930, when Italian seaside towns were promoting themselves more actively to holidaymakers, both domestic and foreign. Posters of this kind relied on bold flat color and simple shapes so they could be read quickly from a railway platform or a street wall. The beach and boat scenes in the design reflect the leisure culture that was growing along the Adriatic in those years.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 99 x 69 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Roma : A. Marzi, [between 1920 and 1930] |
| Subjects | Beaches--Italy--Adriatic Coast--1920-1930. Boats--Italy--Adriatic Coast--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,891 × 6,111 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226033 |
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