Neorealist Architecture: Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy

ISBN-13: 9781032235073 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

Opis

The book is beautifully illustrated with over 100 black and white archival images and is the first book to be published on neorealism in architecture. It will appeal to scholars, professionals and students interested in history and theory of architecture, Italian studies, art history and cultural studies.

Spis treści

FOREWORD by Andrew Leach  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  INTRODUCTION  PART I. TOWARDS A CONCEPT: NEOREALIST ARCHITECTURE  Chapter 1. A Climate Beyond Filmmaking  Chapter 2. Political Celebration, Formal Failure  PART II. A NEOREALIST MAKING IN ARCHITECTURE  Chapter 3. The INA-Casa Program as a Vehicle for Neorealism  Chapter 4. Atmosphere, Mood, Mindset... Translated Into Bricks  PART III. NEOREALIST IMAGES OF ARCHITECTURE  Chapter 5. Architecture Within the Imagery of Neorealism  Chapter 6. Figuranti of a Shared Aesthetic  EPILOGUE. THE SCENE OF HUMAN’S LIFE  BIBLIOGRAPHY  INDEX

O autorze

David Escudero is an architect and assistant professor in architecture at the Department of Architectural Composition of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM-UPM), and a member of the UPM Cultural Landscape Research Group (GIPC). His research topics focus on the intersections between theory of architecture, cinema, and representation. He has been a Fulbright fellow at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles (2022), and a visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design (2017), at the gta Institute of the ETH Zürich (2017) and at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome (2018). He was awarded a Graham Foundation grant for his book Neorealist Architecture: Aesthetics of Dwelling in Postwar Italy. He has authored articles in Journal of Architecture (RIBA), Architectural Theory Review, and OASE Journal for Architecture, among others.