The text analyzes the decorative interventions for architecture carried out by the Venetian
master of wrought iron, Umberto Bellotto (Venice 1882 – 1940), known mainly for the many
creations exhibited at the most important exhibitions of the time and, particularly, for
his combinations of different materials, the so-called “connubi” of iron and glass. Thanks
also to the iconographic support of a photographic collection from the artist’s archives,
now conserved at the Wolfsoniana in Genoa, an exhaustive panorama of the main works
created by Bellotto in Venice and on the Lido, from the beginning of his intense artistic
career, is thus proposed, offering a more comprehensive reading of the problems of architectural
design in the lagoon city during the first half of the 20th century.
