LEADER 03620nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450913403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-85269-0 010 $a9786610852697 010 $a1-56898-632-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412614 035 $a(EBL)372874 035 $a(OCoLC)808729733 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127953 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100952 035 $a(PQKB)11705141 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-56898-632-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3387307 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC372874 035 $a(PPN)123716071 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3387307 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176218 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL85269 035 $a(OCoLC)923337995 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412614 100 $a20031006d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVisions of Utopia, 1900 - present$b[electronic resource] /$fTerry Kirk 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aNew York $cPrinceton Architectural ;$aLondon $cHi Marketing$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 225 0 $aThe architecture of modern Italy ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56898-436-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aArchitects of the Avant-Garde, 1900's?1920's -- Architecture during the Fascism Regime, 1922?1944 -- Postwar Reconstruction, 1944?1968 -- Italian Architecture for the Next Millennium, 1968?2000. 330 $a?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 past into the 10 modern era challenges our understanding of both the resilience of tradition and the elasticity of modernity. We have a tendency when imagining Italy to look to a rather distant and definitely premodern setting. The ancient forum, medieval cloisters, baroque piazzas, and papal palaces constitute our ideal itinerary of Italian civilization. The Campo of Siena, Saint Peter?s, all of Venice and San Gimignano satisfy us with their seemingly unbroken panoramas onto historical moments untouched by time; but elsewhere modern intrusions alter and obstruct the view to the landscapes of our expectations. As seasonal tourist or seasoned historian, we edit the encroachments time and change have wrought on our image of Italy. The learning of history is always a complex task, one that in the Italian environment is complicated by the changes wrought everywhere over the past 250 years. Culture on the peninsula continues to evolve with characteristic vibrancy. Italy is not a museum. To think of it as such?as a disorganized yet phenomenally rich museum unchanging in its exhibits?is to misunderstand the nature of the Italian cultural condition and the writing of history itself. 606 $aArchitecture$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArchitecture, Modern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchitecture$xHistory 615 0$aArchitecture, Modern. 676 $a720.945 700 $aKirk$b Terry$0307426 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450913403321 996 $aVisions of Utopia, 1900 - present$92175925 997 $aUNINA