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The Architecture of Modern Italy, 2-Volume Set. Vol. 1: The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900. Vol. 2: Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present.

The Architecture of Modern Italy, 2-Volume Set. Vol. 1: The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900. Vol. 2: Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present.

The Architecture of Modern Italy, 2-Volume Set. Vol. 1: The Challenge of Tradition, 1750-1900. Vol. 2: Visions of Utopia, 1900-Present.

$65.00

Kirk, Terry

Cl. New York, 2005

Book ID: 61229

This authoritative two-volume survey is exhaustively illustrated with rare period images and new photography, maps, drawings, and plans. Vol. 1 explores the dynamic balancing of forces demanded by a reverence for Italy's unparalleled architectural patrimony and a desire for new means of expression and technological innovation. Vol. 2 tracks the growth of Italy's avant-garde through the upheavals of the twentieth century. Covers art nouveau, futurism, fascism, rationalism, to the creative experimentation of the present day. 2 Vol. Boxed Set. each volume:

280 pp., duotone and line illus.