Arquitetura Italiana Racionalista nos Anos 1930

This paper was originally prepared for a debate organized by Bruno Giovanetti in the context of the exhibition "Italian Architecture in São Paulo" The purpose was to discuss architect Rino Levi's formative years in Italy in the late twenties when tw o opposing movements were simultane...

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Main Author: Paulo Bruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1995-04-01
Series:Pós: Revista do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo da FAUUSP
Online Access:http://revistas.usp.br/posfau/article/view/137096
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Summary:This paper was originally prepared for a debate organized by Bruno Giovanetti in the context of the exhibition "Italian Architecture in São Paulo" The purpose was to discuss architect Rino Levi's formative years in Italy in the late twenties when tw o opposing movements were simultaneously present: the rationalism centred in Milanand powered by such architects as Persico, PaganoandTerragni;andthe more conservative approach which had its centre in Rome and in architets such as Marcello Piacentini. After the second world war this period was the subject of very controversial and quite passionate interpretations due to different forms of political association w ith fascism. Recent studies, manily by American scholars, are reviewing this raged period in order to establish the roles effectively played by these movements and architects
ISSN:1518-9554
2317-2762