This is a 169 page hardback book (no dust jacket) titled THE DANTEUM: A Study in the Architecture of Literature by Thomas L. Schumacher. Published by Princeton University Press in 1985 - first edition, second printing.Illustrated with black and white drawings and color reproductions/photos. See photographs (5) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2BS-9-top-L) rareviewbooks

The Danteum: A Study in the Architecture of Literature (English and Italian Edition)

Arts & Photography

Schumacher, Thomas L.

Architecture

Princeton Architectural Pr

Surface and Symbol: Giuseppe Terragni and the Architecture of Italian Rationalism

Thomas Schumacher's book about Giuseppe Terragni that covers his projects and their influence on Italian architecture. The book is well illustrated and the text is very informative.

Surface & Symbol: Giuseppe Terragni and the Architecture of Italian Rationalism

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

In 1938, Mussolini's Fascist government commissioned the team of Giuseppe Terragni and Pietro Lingeri to design the Danteum, a "temple to the greatest of Italian poets." In this acclaimed book, Thomas Shumacher traces Terragni's fanatical, often mystical, pursuit of the poet and explains how this unbuilt project succeeds as an architectural translation of the Divine Comedy -- one that mirrors the poem in structure, theme, and rhythm. Original sketches and renderings complement Schumacher's analysis and provide a complete record of the Danteum. 
"The Danteum [is a] beautifully presented book [that] invites us to study the Danteum in its entirety....The book demonstrates that architecture can transcend the realm of the physical; Schumacher's Danteum brings together different moments of history into one timeless and universal whole." -Progressive Architecture "The most penetrating study of Terragni's architecture to appear in English to date....The fact that the Danteum was conceived as both a monument to the Divine Comedy and a transformation of a literary work into architectural form makes it a particularly appropriate vehicle for investigating structural parallels in different media...and excellent presentation of a provocative project." –JSAH

Terragni's Danteum

Princeton Architectural Press

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