Image for Architecture and the novel under the Italian fascist regime

Architecture and the novel under the Italian fascist regime

See all formats and editions

Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime discusses the relationship between the novel and architecture during the Fascist period in Italy (1922-1943).

By looking at two profoundly diverse aesthetic phenomena within the context of the creation of a Fascist State art, Billiani and Pennacchietti argue that an effort of construction, or reconstruction, was the main driving force behind both projects: the advocated “revolution” of the novel form (realism) and that of architecture (rationalism).

The book is divided into seven chapters, which in turn analyze the interconnections between the novel and architecture in theory and in practice.

The first six chapters cover debates on State art, on the novel and on architecture, as well as their historical development and their unfolding in key journals of the period.

The last chapter offers a detailed analysis of some important novels and buildings, which have in practice realized some of the key principles articulated in the theoretical disputes.

Read More
Available
£16.00 Save 20.00%
RRP £20.00
Add Line Customisation
Usually dispatched within 4 weeks
Add to List
Product Details
3030194272 / 9783030194277
Hardback
19/09/2019
Switzerland
English
xviii, 229 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
22 cm
"This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license"--Back cover.