Synopsis
Crippa, Maria Antonietta
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Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian
Review
"Carlo Scarpa was the leading architect in details of modern times and could make poetry out of the smallest rod or piece of stone.... No one with this kind of genius is left today."
- Philip Johnson, GA Document
"Typical of the author's method is the astonishing clarity with which the Castelvecchio project, Verona, is presented; an undertaking on which Scarpa worked on and off for nearly twenty years. The reader is first introduced to the general project and the outline of the castle, together with Scarpa's initial plan for its restoration and conversion to a museum, and is then led through the detailed development and progressive alterations and restorations which accompanied the initial stages of the project. There follows in logical and appropriate temporal sequence the development of the courtyard garden, the interior of the museum proper, the detailing of the access stairs and doors, the final placement of the major sculptural pieces including the key, almost mythic, equestrian Cangrande figure, which is the centerpiece of the entire complex."
- Kenneth Frampton
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Carlo Scarpa: Theory, Designs, Projects
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MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1986
ISBN 10: 0262031175
ISBN 13: 9780262031172
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Seller: modern-ISM, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 262 pp., 363 illustrations, notes, biography, inventory of work, bibliography, and index of illustrations. From the library of James Prestini. Auction card announcement and lot description from LA Modern Auctions laid in. Also laid in is a bio on Prestini describing his development of his exquisite library of design books, a review of this book and a Scarpa New York Times exhibit review from the 1985 show at the Intalian Cultural Institute in New York. A scarce and beautifully produced book. A crsip, clean Very Good copy. Scrapes to top board edges exposing the cardboard beneath the cloth, else Fine. DJ has shelf wear and smalll chip on bottom edge of spine. Seller Inventory # 005309
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Carlo Scarpa: Theory, Design, Projects
Published by
MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986
ISBN 10: 0262031175
ISBN 13: 9780262031172
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First Edition
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Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. First with English translation. Black cloth boards with white spine titling, white dj with color illustration; 262 pp; 363 illustrations, some in color. From the dust cover: Carlo Scarpa (1902-1978) belongs to the generation of Italian architects working in a period when political conditions placed severe restrictions on architectural expression. Yet Scarpa's achievements surpassed anything else being done in Italy between the wars and exemplified the best work done in the "Rationalist" tradition. This book considers the full spectrum of Scarpa's work, concentrating especially on his museum projects. It closely follows Scarpa's complex, multidimensional personality, covering the vicissitudes of his career, his ideas and their relationship to those of the modern masters, his cultural milieu, and his unique architectural contribution, which is imbued with a profound feeling for craft. Over 360 black and white and full color drawings and photographs of Scarpa's built works are integrated with plans and process drawings in a way that provides an experiential as well as formal understanding of the projects. Seller Inventory # 127937
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Carlo Scarpa: Theory, Design, Projects
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned0262031175