Materan Contradictions

Materan Contradictions
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 483
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ISBN-10 : 9781317099512
ISBN-13 : 1317099516
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Materan Contradictions by : Anne Parmly Toxey

Shaped by encrusted layers of development spanning millennia, the southern Italian city of Matera is the ultimate palimpsest. Known as the Sassi, the majority of the ancient city is composed of thousands of structures carved into a limestone cliff and clinging to its walls. The resultant menagerie of forms possesses a surprising visual uniformity and an ineffable allure. Conversely, in the 1950s Matera also served as a crucible for Italian postwar urban and architectural theory, witnessed by the Neorealist, modernist expansion of the city that developed in aversion to the Sassi. In another about-face, the previously disparaged cave city has now been recast as a major tourist destination, UNESCO World Heritage Monument, and test subject for ideas and methods of preservation. Set within a sociopolitical and architectural history of Matera from 1950 to the present, this book analyses the contemporary effects of preservation on the city and surrounding province. More broadly, it examines the relationship between and interdependence of preservation and modernism within architectural thought. To understand inconsistencies inherent to preservation, in particular its effect of catalyzing change, the study lays bare planners' and developers' use of preservation, especially for economic goals and political will. The work asserts that preservation is not a passive, curatorial pursuit: it is a cloaked manifestation of modernism and a powerful tool often used to control economies. The study demonstrates that preservation also serves to influence societies through the shaping of memory and circulation of narratives.

Reconstructing Italy

Reconstructing Italy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9781317070290
ISBN-13 : 1317070291
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Reconstructing Italy by : Stephanie Zeier Pilat

Reconstructing Italy traces the postwar transformation of the Italian nation through an analysis of the Ina-Casa plan for working class housing, established in 1949 to address the employment and housing crises. Government sponsored housing programs undertaken after WWII have often been criticized as experiments that created more social problems than they solved. The neighborhoods of Ina-Casa stand out in contrast to their contemporaries both in terms of design and outcome. Unlike modernist high-rise housing projects of the period, Ina-Casa neighborhoods are picturesque and human-scaled and incorporate local construction materials and methods resulting in a rich aesthetic diversity. And unlike many other government forays into housing undertaken during this period, the Ina-Casa plan was, on the whole, successful: the neighborhoods are still lively and cohesive communities today. This book examines what made Ina-Casa a success among so many failed housing experiments, focusing on the tenuous balance struck between the legislation governing Ina-Casa, the architects who led the Ina-Casa administration, the theory of design that guided architects working on the plan, and an analysis of the results-the neighborhoods and homes constructed. Drawing on the writings of the architects, government documents, and including brief passages from works of neorealist literature and descriptions of neorealist films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italo Calvino and others, this book presents a portrait of the postwar struggle to define a post-Fascist Italy.

Material Culture Review

Material Culture Review
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 318
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951P01174916N
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (6N Downloads)

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Materan Contradictions

Materan Contradictions
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 380
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781409482666
ISBN-13 : 1409482669
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Materan Contradictions by : Dr Anne Parmly Toxey

Shaped by encrusted layers of development spanning millennia, the southern Italian city of Matera is the ultimate palimpsest. Known as the Sassi, the majority of the ancient city is composed of thousands of structures carved into a limestone cliff and clinging to its walls. The resultant menagerie of forms possesses a surprising visual uniformity and an ineffable allure. Conversely, in the 1950s Matera also served as a crucible for Italian postwar urban and architectural theory, witnessed by the Neorealist, modernist expansion of the city that developed in aversion to the Sassi. In another about-face, the previously disparaged cave city has now been recast as a major tourist destination, UNESCO World Heritage Monument, and test subject for ideas and methods of preservation. Set within a sociopolitical and architectural history of Matera from 1950 to the present, this book analyses the contemporary effects of preservation on the city and surrounding province. More broadly, it examines the relationship between and interdependence of preservation and modernism within architectural thought. To understand inconsistencies inherent to preservation, in particular its effect of catalyzing change, the study lays bare planners' and developers' use of preservation, especially for economic goals and political will. The work asserts that preservation is not a passive, curatorial pursuit: it is a cloaked manifestation of modernism and a powerful tool often used to control economies. The study demonstrates that preservation also serves to influence societies through the shaping of memory and circulation of narratives.

Materan Contradictions

Materan Contradictions
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 361
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1315594277
ISBN-13 : 9781315594279
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Materan Contradictions by : Anne Parmly Toxey

Black London

Black London
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 435
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520959903
ISBN-13 : 0520959906
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Black London by : Marc Matera

This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London’s rich social and cultural history, masterfully weaving together the stories of many famous historical figures and presenting their quests for personal, professional, and political recognition against the backdrop of a declining British Empire. A groundbreaking work of intellectual history, Black London will appeal to scholars and students in a variety of areas, including postcolonial history, the history of the African diaspora, urban studies, cultural studies, British studies, world history, black studies, and feminist studies.

Italy 1995

Italy 1995
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Publisher : Fodor's
Total Pages : 570
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0679026401
ISBN-13 : 9780679026402
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Italy 1995 by : Nicole Harb

Only Berkeley Italy 1995 takes travelers on a truly unique budget journey from the balmy Riviera to moody Venice and the Via Veneto, rural Apulia and Calabria. Berkeley covers more lodging options than any competitive guide, and has 57 map pages--nearly two times the number of maps found in other guides.

Chambers's Encyclopædia

Chambers's Encyclopædia
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 856
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951001793377C
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (7C Downloads)

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Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Chambers's Encyclopaedia
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 840
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HN69UF
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (UF Downloads)

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