TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kirk,Terry
TI  - The architecture of modern Italy
SN  - 1568984383
AV  - NA1114 .K574 2005
U1  - 720.945 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Italy
KW  - Architecture, Modern
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1; The challenge of tradition, 1750-1900 --; v. 2; Visions of utopia, 1900-present
N2  - "This groundbreaking and authoritative two-volume survey is the first truly comprehensive history of modern Italian architecture and urbanism to appear in any language. Told in lively prose, it recounts more than 250 years of experimentation, creativity, and turmoil that have shaped the landscape of contemporary Italy. Volume I: The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900, explores the dynamic balancing of forces demanded by a reverence for Italy's unparalleled architectural patrimony and a desire for new means of expression and technological innovation. From the neoclassical fantasies of Giovanni Battista Piranesi to the spectacular steel-and-glass gallerias of Milan and Naples, it reveals an underappreciated history of richness and complexity. 296 PP, 119 B/W images Volume II: Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present, tracks the development of Italy's architectural avant-garde through the upheavals of the twentieth century. Beginning with the development of Italian art nouveau "stile liberty" and moving through futurism, fascism, rationalism, and on to the creative experimentation of the present day, it explores the work of such pivotal figures as Raimondo d'Aronco, Antonio Sant'Elia, Adalberto Libera, Giuseppe Terragni, Pier Luigi Nervi, Gio Ponti, Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi, and Renzo Piano. 296 PP, 130 B/W images The Architecture of Modern Italy is exhaustively illustrated with rare period images, new photography, maps, drawings, and plans. With Colin Rowe's Italian Architecture of the 16th Century, it provides a nearly complete overview of the history of Italian architecture."--Publisher description
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2004006479-b.html
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