The salotto buono is a typically Italian room that plays a central role in contemporary domesticity and epitomizes the permanence of traditional family structures within Italian society. This essay explores how this room, and the objects contained in it, defined and consolidated Italian middle-class identity, and how they subsequently had an impact on domestic practices and cultures. Interviews and photographs collected during fieldwork in Italy illustrate how the salotto is used and decorated today, and how it has spatially evolved in the past century. Moreover, this analysis offers further considerations on the mechanisms of permanence, imitation, as well as conformity and how these played a fundamental role in the definition of Italian society and culture by influencing the design and use of domestic interiors, among which the salotto stands out. This essay ultimately demonstrates that the salotto is the room that encapsulates, both physically and symbolically, the conservative thrust that has marked Italian society and politics from the post-war period onwards.

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Salotto Buono：“保护的艺术”和意大利房间的持久性

Salotto buono 是一个典型的意大利房间，在当代家庭生活中发挥着核心作用，体现了意大利社会传统家庭结构的持久性。本文探讨了这个房间以及其中包含的物品如何定义和巩固意大利中产阶级的身份，以及它们随后如何对国内实践和文化产生影响。在意大利实地考察期间收集的采访和照片说明了今天的萨洛托是如何使用和装饰的，以及它在过去一个世纪中是如何在空间上演变的。此外，该分析进一步考虑了持久性、模仿性和一致性的机制，以及这些机制如何通过影响国内室内设计和使用，在意大利社会和文化的定义中发挥重要作用，其中萨洛托脱颖而出。这篇文章最终表明，salotto 是一个房间，它在物理和象征上都封装了从战后时期开始标志着意大利社会和政治的保守主义推力。