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Item Details
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MODERNISM IN ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE, 1890-1940
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| By: |
Richard A. Etlin |
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Hardback |
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£74.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0262050382 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780262050388 |
| Publisher: |
MIT PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1991 |
| Pages: |
760 |
| Description: |
An illustrated study which explores the changing idea of modernism in Italian architecture 1890-1940. It systematically treats the major architects and movements of the period and explores how they were used by the Fascist state. It also examines the legacy of the Romantic revolution. |
| Synopsis: |
Richard Etlin's illustrated study explores the changing idea of modernism in Italian architecture over the five crucial decades that saw the birth and crystallization of modern architecture. Systematically treating the major architects and movements of the period - such as Raimondo D'Aronoco and Art Nouveau, Antonio Sant'Elia and Futurism, Marcello Piacentini and the modern vernacular, Giovanni Muzio and the Novecento, Giuseppe Terragni and Italian Rationalism - this book also explores the ways in which the original ideals of the various movements were transformed by working for the Fascist state. The book also examines the legacy of the romantic revolution, which confronted architects with the dilemma of how to create an architecture that was both modern and national. It challenges accepted opinion on a variety of issues. Etlin argues against too close an association of Sant'Elia's architecture and manifesto with Futurism by demonstrating a broader context for its themes.His study of Novecento architecture chronicles a movement whose use of classical detailing created a "postmodernism" contemporaneous with the pioneering buildings of the International Style elsewhere in Europe and preceding its arrival in Italy. Etlin undermines the notion that the architects of Italian Rationalism blindly followed an antihistorical credo, by bringing to light the profoundly contextual nature of the abstract geometries of the best Rationalist architecture. The final section, devoted to Fascism, focuses on Terragni's famous Casa del Fascio in Como and the Danteum project by Terragni and Lingeri. Etlin concludes with a consideration of the anti-Semitic attacks on modern architecture during the Fascist racial campaign of 1938. |
| Illustrations: |
290 |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
MIT Press |
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Non-returnable |
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