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Italian Imprints on Twentieth-Century Architecture (Hardcover)
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Italian Imprints on Twentieth-Century Architecture (Hardcover)
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Italian architecture has long exerted a special influence on the
evolution of architectural ideas elsewhere - from the Beaux-Arts
academy's veneration of Rome, to modernist and postmodern interest
in Renaissance proportion, Baroque space, and Mannerist ambiguity.
This book critically examines this enduring phenomenon, exploring
the privileged position of Italian architects, architecture, and
cities in the architectural culture of the past century.
Questioning the deep-rooted myth of Italy within architectural
history, the book presents case studies of Italy's powerful yet
problematic position in 20th-century architectural ideologies, at a
time when established Eurocentric narratives are rightly being
challenged. It reconciles the privileged position of Italian
architecture and design with the imperative to write history across
a more global, diverse, heterogenous cultural geography. Twenty
chapters from distinguished international scholars cover subjects
and architects ranging from Alberti to Gio Ponti, Aldo Rossi,
Manfredo Tafuri, Vittorio Gregotti; cities from Rome and Venice to
Milan; and an array of international architects, movements, and
architectural ideas influenced by Italy. The chapters each question
where, how, and why the disciplinary edifice of 20th-century
architecture-its canon of built, visual, textual, and conceptual
works-relied on Italian foundations, examining where and how those
foundations have become insecure. Indispensable for students and
scholars of both Italian and global architectural history, Italian
Imprints on Twentieth-Century Architecture provides an opportunity
to consider the architectural and urban landscape of Italy from
substantially new points of view.
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