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LAW - Law 717 (with additions) of 29/7/1949

Art will adorn buildings still
public interest?
Law n.717 (+ supplements) of 29 July 1949 provides that the various government departments (and hence also the municipalities) that shall undertake the construction of new public buildings must be allocated to landscaping by means of them works of art there at least 2% of the total expenditure envisaged in the project. The legislature's intention was to improve the aesthetic quality of new public buildings, while enhancing the local arts and crafts related to the creation of works of art. This is a state law - still in force - and almost always rejected. The reasons for this refusal are to be found in the bureaucratic complexities and elaborate composition of the jury, surreptitiously buried in the depths of the "Palace" for the benefit of professional inertia relaying. A few years ago in the national opened a lively debate to rewrite the law in question, even to align with similar laws in Europe. 2% of the total expenditure is no small matter, such as enumerating all public buildings built in Calabria since 1949. Perhaps - from a certain point of view - it was better not to "ab-belle" certain buildings: the gap between the ugliness of the construction and decoration (more or less artistic) would have better highlighted the responsibilities of government that have made foolish the territory Regional.

Law 717 of 29 July 1949 + additions

(1) I. The government of the State, with autonomous status, as well as Regions, provinces, municipalities and other public bodies, which shall undertake the construction of new public buildings and reconstruction of public buildings destroyed as a result of war, they must devote to landscaping by means of works of art a share not less than 2% of the total expenditure envisaged in the project. (2) The designs of buildings under this Act must contain an estimate of such works of art and the computation of the amount. (3) Where buildings are carried out for separate lots and even at different times, for the purposes of this Act shall have regard to the total expenditure envisaged in the project. (3) Are excluded from this requirement as construction and reconstruction of buildings for industrial or housing, and buildings for any use, it imports a charge no more than 50 million (currently the figure is €). to form the share of 2% does not contribute the sums which may have been provided for general decorative work. If the project does not include architectural site in the execution of works of art of painting and sculpture, 2% will go above and authorizes the purchase of works of art furniture, painting and sculpture, incorporating interior decoration. (3 / a)

II. The choice of artists to perform works of art in the article above, will be made by the Directors in whose budget the expenditure burden, in competition with the designer of the building and the superintendent of the Galleries, responsible for the area, or designated by an artist. If the total value of works of art to be performed more than 2 million pounds, the Directors shall award through a national competition. It must in that case shall be constituted a Selection Committee composed of: 1) four representatives of the authorities concerned, including at least one must be an artist or critic of art, among which will elect the President of the Commission, 2) the superintendent of galleries and designer responsible for the area of \u200b\u200bconstruction, 3) three representatives of the painters and sculptors, who are appointed by the Ministry of Education appointed by the trade unions category of a national and more representative. (4)

IIa. In testing operations of buildings covered by this law, the inspector will check, on his personal responsibility to fulfill their obligations under art. 1. In the construction defect should be ruled out of the proven until the above obligations have been fulfilled or the Directors in default has paid the sum for the missing works increased by 5% to the galleries to the Department responsible for the area, which replaces the Directors concerned to fulfill their legal obligations . (5)

III. On amounts for the works of figurative art, in the first paragraph of art. And after an outstanding regular testing and clearance by the competent Superintendent galleries, performing artists will be held 2% in favor of the National Fund for assistance Fine Arts established by the Law of 25 May 1936, No 1216. This deduction is also applied on the monies used to buy and order in the last paragraph of Article. 1. The payment to the National Fund for assistance will be made directly by the fine arts on a budget bears the expense of building or rebuilding.

IV. E 'repealed the law 11 May 1942, No 839. NOTE: (1) Published in the Official Gazette of October 14, 1949, No 237. (2) Paragraph replaced by art. 1, Act March 3, 1960, No 237. (3) Paragraph added by Article. 2, Act March 3, 1960, No 237. (3 / a) for the partial repeal of the provisions contained in this art. 1, see art. 9, leg-ge 5 August 1975, No 412, found under Public Education: General Provisions and the Legislative Decree of 23 December 1978 No 817, heading back to public education: staff. (4) Article replaced by art. 3, Act March 3, 1960, No 237. (5) Article added by art. 4, Act March 3, 1960, No 237.