The Architecture of Modern Italy Volume II: Visions of Utopia, 1900–Present /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kirk, Terry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Princeton Archit.Press, 2005.
• Subjects: Architecture.; Architecture / Design.; Cities, Countries, Regions.

“Modern Italy”may sound like an oxymoron. For Western civilization,Italian culture represents the classical past and the continuity of canonical tradition,while modernity is understood in contrary terms of rupture and rapid innovation. Charting the evolution of a culture renowned for its historical...

Table of Contents:

• Architects of the Avant-Garde, 1900s–1920s
• Architecture during the Fascism Regime, 1922–1944
• Postwar Reconstruction, 1944–1968
• Italian Architecture for the Next Millennium, 1968–2000.