Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture
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Contributors
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, sponsoring body.
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
ISBN
9780300234930, 0300234937, 9780300276732, 0300276737
Physical Desc
xiii, 262 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Status
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Providence Public - Lobby New Materials | 724.6 R831 2019 | Processing |
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780300234930, 0300234937, 9780300276732, 0300276737
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index.
Description
"This crucial reassessment of Aldo Rossi's (1931-1997) architecture simultaneously examines his writings, drawings, and product design, including the coffeepots and clocks he designed for the Italian firm Alessi. The first Italian to receive the Pritzker Prize, Rossi rejected modernism, seeking instead a form of architecture that could transcend the aesthetic legacy of Fascism in postwar Italy. Rossi was a visionary who did not allow contemporary trends to dominate his thinking. His baroque sensibility and poetic approach, found both in his buildings and in important texts like The Architecture of the City, inspired the critic Ada Louise Huxtable to describe him as "a poet who happens to be an architect." Diane Ghirardo explores different categories of structures-monuments, public buildings, cultural institutions, theaters, and cemeteries-drawing significantly on previously unpublished archival materials and always keeping Rossi's own texts in the forefront. By delving into the relationships among Rossi's multifaceted life, his rich body of work, and his own reflections, this book provides a critical new understanding of Rossi's buildings and the place of architecture in postwar Italy."--Jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ghirardo, D. (2019). Aldo Rossi and the spirit of architecture . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ghirardo, Diane. 2019. Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ghirardo, Diane. Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture Yale University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ghirardo, Diane. Aldo Rossi and the Spirit of Architecture Yale University Press, 2019.
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