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 | Architecture of Modern Italy Author: Terry Kirk Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press Year: 2005 ISBN 1568984383
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Category: History / By Location / Europe /
ArchitectureWeek Description A two-volume survey of modern Italian architecture and urbanism. Volume I: The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900 explores the neoclassical fantasies of Giovanni Battista Piranesi to the steel-and-glass gallerias of Milan and Naples. Volume II: Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present tracks the development of Italy's architectural avant-garde through the upheavals of the 20h century, with Antonio Sant'Elia, Giuseppe Terragni, Pier Luigi Nervi, Carlo Scarpa, Renzo Piano, and others.
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