Main entry:

Rifkind, David, 1968-

Title & Author:

The battle for modernism : "Quadrante" and the politicization of architectural discourse in fascist Italy / David Rifkind.

Edition:

1. ed.

Publication:

[Vicenza] : Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio : Marsilio, 2012.

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm.

Series:

Premio James Ackerman per la storia dell'architettura ; 6

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Machine generated contents note: I.Architecture, Art of the State -- 1.1926-1927: The Gruppo 7 -- 2.1928: The First Exhibition of Rationalist Architecture -- 3.1930: Spaces of Discourse -- 4.1931: miar -- 5.1930: The Politicization of Architectural Discourse -- 6.Architecture as Art and Morality -- 7.The Table of Horrors -- 8.Beyond miar -- 9.1932: A "Journal of Battle" -- II.Against Sedentary Intelligence: The Founding of Quadrante -- 1.Bontempelli and Bardi's "Principii" -- 2."Un programma di architettura" -- 3."An Unfettered, Advanced, Original Intelligence" -- 4.Birth of a Journal -- 5.Kn and the Debate over Abstraction -- 6.Influence and Influences -- 7.Edizioni di Quadrante -- 8.Conclusion -- "Contro l'Intelligenza sedentaria" -- III.Quadrante and the V Triennale Di Milano, 1933 -- 1.Villa Studio per un Artista -- 2.Casa Elettrica, 1930 -- 3.Casa sul Lago per Artista -- 4.Edificio di elementi di case popolari -- 5."Italian Rationalism Is Dead" -- 6.Padiglione della Stampa -- 7.Casa del Sabato per gli Sposi -- 8.Steel Houses -- 9.The Triennale and the Legacy of the Tavolo degli orrori -- 10.Saletta dei cirpac -- 11.Conclusion -- "In the Expositions!" -- IV."profoundly political": quadrante and the Palazzo Del Littorio Competition -- 1."The Most Meaningful and Important Artistic Fact of Our Fascist Epoch" -- 2.The Gruppo Quadrante -- 3.The Gruppo Milanese -- 4.Adalberto Libera -- 5."We Have Had Enough of Sabaudia!" -- 6."The Rats Dance" -- 7.Caro Massimo -- 8."Have No Fear to Have Courage" -- 9.This We Will Not Allow -- 10.Conclusion -- V."Fascist, Limpid And Naked Like the Truth: The Casa Del Fascio -- 1.Casa del Fascio, Como -- 2.Mass Identity -- 3.A Glass House into which Everyone Can Peer -- 4.Mussolini Is Always Present -- 5.Symbolic Materials -- 6.Critical Fortunes -- 7."Interpretazione" -- 8.Conclusion -- VI.Visionary Engineers: Ciocca, Fiorini, Nervi -- 1.Bardi and the Advocacy of Engineering -- 2.Gaetano Ciocca -- 3.Guido Fiorini
4.Pier Luigi Nervi -- 5.Conclusion -- VII.Quadrante and the Corporativist City -- 1.CIAM -- 2.Quadrante and the IV CIAM -- 3.Quadrante, CIAM and the Influence of Le Corbusier in Italy -- 4.CM8 and Verona -- 5.CM8 -- 6.Rebbio -- 7.Hygienic, but Not Sterile -- 8.Urbanistica -- 9.Sabaudia and the Pontine Marshes -- 10.Corporativist Urbanism -- 11."Everything in the State, Nothing Against the State, Nothing Outside the State" -- 12."The Order of the Day" -- 13.The Valle d'Aosta Regional Plan -- 14.Conclusion -- QT8 and VII CIAM.
Premio James Ackerman per la storia dell'architettura 2011.

Summary:

"Quadrante", Italian architectural journal published between 1933-1936.

Resources:
Related Electronic Version: Web page with scanned depiction of table of contents:
TOC

ISBN:

(pbk.)
978883171348
9788831713481
8831713485

Subject:

Quadrante (Milan, Italy)
Quadrante.
Architecture Italy Periodicals.
Fascism and architecture Italy.
Architecture Italy History 20th century.
Architecture Italie Périodiques.
Fascisme et architecture Italie.
Architecture Italie Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture
Fascism and architecture
Architecture, Modern 20th century Periodicals.
Italy

Form/genre:

periodicals.
History
Periodicals
Périodiques.

Added entries:

Premio James Ackerman per la storia dell'architettura ; 6.

"Quadrante" and the politicization of architectural discourse in fascist Italy

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283938
Call No.: BIB 222442
Status: Available