TY - BOOK AU - Kirk,Terry TI - The architecture of modern Italy SN - 1568984383 (set : alk. paper) AV - NA1114 K574 v.2 2005 U1 - 720/.945 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Princeton Architectural Press KW - Architecture KW - Italy KW - Local KW - Architecture, Modern N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliography; v. 1. Contents : Acknowledgments 9 -- Introduction 10 -- Chapter 1 Architecture of the Italian Enlightenment, 1750-1800: The Pantheon Revisited 14 -- Rome of the Nolli Plan 20 -- Alessandro Galilei and San Giovanni Laterano 22 -- Nicola Salvi and the Trevi Fountain 24 -- Luigi Vanvitelli and the Reggia at Caserta 28 -- Fernando Fuga and the Albergo dei Poveri 40 -- Giovanni Battista Piranesi 47 -- Giacomo Quarenghi 59 -- The Grand Tour and the Impact of Archeology 62 -- Collecting and Cultural Heritage 65 -- The Patronage of Pope Pius VI 73 -- Giuseppe Piermarini and Milan in the Eighteenth Century 77 -- Venice's Teatro La Fenice and Conclusions on Neoclassicism 83 -- Chapter 2 Napoleon in Italy, 1800-1815: Napoleon's Italic Empire 86 -- Milan 91 -- Venice 98 -- Turin 101 -- Naples 105 -- Trieste 107 -- The Neoclassical Interior 110 -- Rome 112 -- Napoleon's Interest in Archeology 120 -- Political Restoration and Restitution of Artworks 123 -- Napoleonic Neoclassicism 125 -- Chapter 3 Restoration and Romanticism, 1815-1860: Giuseppe Jappelli and the Romantic Ideal 126 -- Villa Rivalry The Borghese and the Torlonia of Rome 136 -- Italian Opera Stage Design and Theater Interiors 143 -- Antonio Canova's Temple in Possagno 147 -- Pantheon Progeny and Carlo Barabino 153 -- Romanticism in Tuscany 156 -- Alessandro Antonelli 160 -- Construction in Iron 166 -- Architectural Restoration of Monuments 169 -- Revivalism and Camillo Boito 176 -- Chapter 4 unification and the Nation's Capitals, 1860-1900: Turin, the First Capital 186 -- Florence, the Interim Capital 190 -- Naples Risanata 196 -- Milan, the Industrial Capital 199 -- Cathedral Facades and Town Halls 204 -- Palermo and National Unification 217 -- The Last of Papal Rome 219 -- Rome, the Capital of United Italy 222 -- Monumental Symbols of the New State 231 -- A New Urban Infrastructure for Rome 241 -- A National Architecture 246 -- Rome, a World Capital 252 -- Bibliography 260 -- Credits 275 -- Index 276-- ; The challence of traditions,1750-1900; V.2 : Contents: Acknowledgments 9 -- Introduction 10 -- Chapter 5 Architects of the Avant- Garde, 1900s-1920s: The International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Turin, 1902 14 -- Stile Liberty: Pietro Fenoglio, Giuseppe Sommaruga, Ernesto Basile 19 -- Socialized Public Housing 26 -- Neo-Eclecticism: Giulio Ulisse Arata, Aldo Andreani, Gino Coppede 28 -- Titanic Visions of Industry: Dario Carbone, Gaetano Moretti, Ulisse Stacchini 34 -- Antonio Sant'Elia: Architectural Visionary 43 -- Futurism 51 -- FIAT 57 -- Paris 1925 63 -- Chapter 6 Architecture during the Fascism Regime, 1922-1944: The Return of Neoclassicism 69 -- Italian Rationalism: Gruppo 7 & Giuseppe Terragni, MIAR & Adalberto Libera 74 -- Marcello Piacentini, the Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista, and the University of Rome 84 -- Fascist Party Architecture: Casa del Fascio 95 -- Mussolini Made the Trains Run on Time 102 -- The Competitions for the Palazzo del Littorio 109 -- Industry, Empire, and Autarchy 114 -- Fascist Urbanism 120 -- Foro Mussolini and the Fascist Culture of Sport 128 -- E42 133 -- Fascist Architects and Modern Architecture 137 -- Chapter 7 Postwar Reconstruction, 1944-1968: War Memorials 146 -- Continuity with Prewar Work 149 -- Transforming Stazione Termini 153 -- The Housing Crisis 156 -- Neo Realism 159 -- Luigi Carlo Daneri and Le Corbusier's Influence 161 -- Adriano Olivetti's Last Efforts 164 -- Two Towers for Milan Ponti's Pirelli vs. B.B.P.R.'s Velasca 166 -- History's Challenge to the Modern Movement 174 -- Giovanni Michelucci's Sacred Architecture 185 -- Pier Luigi Nervi's Engineering Solutions for Architecture 190 -- 1960s Urbanism and Megastructures 196 -- Carlo Scarpa 199 -- Chapter 8 Italian Architecture for the Next Millennium, 1968-2000: After Modernism: Aldo Rossi, Gino Valle, Paolo Portoghesi, and Mario Botta 208 -- Between Theory and Practice Franco Purini, Vittorio Gregotti, and Manfredi Nicoletti 223 -- Archeology and Abusivismo 229 -- Rebuilding La Fenice 233 -- Architecture in the Service of Culture 237 -- Renzo Piano Building Workshop 244 -- Rome 2000 253 -- Bibliography 258 -- Credits 273 -- Index 274 -- ER -