Roma Barocca comprises a complete history of building activity in Rome from about 1600 to 1750. But it acquires a far broader interest because of the critical method which it applies to one of the key periods and centers in the history of architecture and urbanism. The discussion includes a broad summary of the urban policies and building programs of the popes as well as an analytic history of the artistic culture of Rome as documented by the theoretical writings and architectural publications of the period. Against this historical background the basic formal principles and compositional methods of the Baroque are verified through critical and technical analyses of the monuments themselves. In this way the author is able to define those great themes which held the attention of the artistic world in the complex period known as Baroque: "the themes of infinity, of the relativity of perceptions, of the popular and vernacular artistic expression and the communicative force of art, of history conceived as a continual development, of technology as a factor of independence and autonomous authority for the arts, and the theme of nature interpreted as a dynamic process." The three great masters Bernini, Borromini, and Cortona are treated in individual chapters. The dynamic eruption of creative energy manifest in the works of these architects, whose contributions comprised the revolutionary use of light, the unification of all the arts, and above all the ability, on both the architectonic and urban scales, to operate directly on space, is here analyzed with penetrating perspective. But the lesser architects who worked contemporaneously with the masters are also fully discussed. Architects of the generation following that of the masters, such as Carlo Rainaldi and Carlo Fontana, are studied critically in light of the rich legacy to which they fell heir and which they seriously undermined through their essentially regressive and conservative positions. An integral part of the author's analyses are the many fascinating detailed photographs, in great part executed by the author himself. The illustrative-analytical material is still further enriched by drawings inserted in the text or contained in the drawing appendix.

Roma Barocca: The History of an Architectonic Culture

Arts & Photography

PORTOGHESI, Paolo

Architecture

Mit Pr

One of the most influential architects of the postwar era, Aldo Rossi has enriched the world of design and architecture with his imaginative ideas, his people-friendly buildings, and his dedication to teaching. Capturing the essence of Rossi's multidisciplinary approach are his exquisite drawings. From his treatise The Architecture of the City (1966) and his seminal Cemetery of San Cataldo (1971) to his popular Hotel II Palazzo in Fukuoka (1987) and a public housing project in Berlin (1992-98), his paper explorations and renderings have been an integral part of his creative process and a key to understanding the meaning behind his architecture. This delightful volume collects over two hundred of Rossi's most recent and largely unpublished drawings, executed between 1991 and his tragic death in 1997. From his musings on Casa Alessi (1989-94) to more ambitious projects for the Walt Disney Corporation (1996), each drawing conveys the individuality and idiosyncrasy of a master at work. It is too easy to describe these personal and exuberant images as works of art, for they are much more: documents, records, visions, and illuminations of a master at work. 226 illustrations, 191 in color.

Aldo Rossi: The Sketchbooks 1990-97

Rossi, Aldo

Tadini, Michele

Scheurer, Massimo

Thames&Hudson

After modern architecture

Rizzoli

Cuatro renombrados historiadores del arte, de la arquitectura y del urbanismo se reunen para pensar el espacio colonial del Nuevo Mundo: Gabriel Guarda, Leonardo Benevolo, Paolo Portoghesi, Erwin Walter Palm y Graziano Gasparini.

La Ciudad Colonial del Nuevo Mundo: formas y sentidos I (Spanish Edition)

Palm, Erwin Walter

Benevolo, Leonardo

Gasparini, Graziano

Guarda, Gabriel

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Demetri Porphyrios, Principal of Porphyrios Associates, is an international architect based in London, equally well known for his urban design, buildings and writings. The work presented here, all completed within the past five years, ranges from urban projects to office, institutional and college buildings and includes an extension to the old town of Spetses in Greece, a hotel resort in Mount Sinai, office buildings in Birmingham, U.K.,a nd new college buildings at Magdalen College, Oxford and Selwyn College, Cambridge.

Porphyrios Associates: Recent Work (NA Monographs)

Andreas Papadakis Pub

Le Post-Moderne: L'architeture dans la societe post-industrielle

Electa Moniteur

Identifies Palladio's personal touch and pinpoints the most typical features of the architectural language he used.

The Hand of Palladio

Capellini, Lorenzo

Umberto Allemandi

Francesco Borromini (Italian Edition)

Art Books Intl Ltd

Catalogo della mostra itinerante di disegni e progetti di Paolo Portoghesi dell'autunno 1979 alla Facoltà di Architettura dell'Università di Innsbruck e nelle città di Graz e Wien. A cura di /Edited by Francesco Moschini. Con 125 tavole in nero e a colori. Appendice: Progetti, scritti e principali esposizioni di Portoghesi. Testi in italiano e inglese . 8vo pp. 182 Brossura (wrappers) Molto Buono (Very Good)

Paolo Portoghesi: Progetti e disegni, 1949-1979 / Projects and Drawings, 1949-1979 (Italian and English Edition)

Opere (Italian Edition)

Panini

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