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Published by Editoriale Jaca Book, Milano, 1984
ISBN 10: 8816600373ISBN 13: 9788816600379
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Quarto; pp 254; VG-/G; beige/greenish yellow pictorial spine with black text; dust jacket has slight sun darkening to spine and edges; mild shelf wear to edges; cloth clean; lightly faded spine; strong boards; text block has light toning to exterior edges; interior pages lightly toned at edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; text in Italian; 1324314. FP New Rockville Stock.
Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986
ISBN 10: 0262031175ISBN 13: 9780262031172
Book First Edition
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.