Between 1953 and 1978 the Italian architect Carlo Scarpa produced an
incredibly varied range of works that challenge our notions of what
modern architecture might be. Foremost in that work was the need to
reconcile a wholehearted embrace of the new with the longstanding
traditions of local craft and of universal practice to create an
architecture that would clearly express its own machine-driven times
without abandoning the psychic and sensual forces of place,
materiality, and memory. Carlo Scarpa, Architect: Intervening with
History illustrates, through abundant reproductions of Scarpa's
drawings, the ways the architect created a dialogue with light,
space, and architecture within the historic fabric of Italian cities.
Presenting these projects as they exist today, the patient eye of
contemporary photographer Guido Guidi deepens our understanding of
this timely approach to architectural dialogue.
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Canadian Center for
Architecture, Montreal, Canada.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.
Introduction / Nicholas Olsberg -- Three Museums: Photographs / Guido
Guidi -- History, Craft, Invention / George Ranalli -- Project and
Portfolio Notes / Jean-Francois Bedard. Palazzo Abatellis. Canova
Plaster Cast Gallery. Museo di Castelvecchio. Veritti House. Olivetti
Showroom. Palazzo Querini Stampalia. Banca Popolare di Verona. Brion
Family Tomb -- The Brion Family Tomb: Photographs / Guido Guidi --
Thinking with the Eyes / Guido Guidi -- The Art of Display / Sergio
Polano -- The Renewal of the Castelvecchio / Alba Di Lieto -- Scarpa
Today / Mildred Friedman.
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