Author: Beltramini, Guido (and) Italo Zannier (and) Giannantonio Battistella (and) Vaclav Sedy (and) Kurt Walter Forester (and) Ilaria Abbondandolo (and) Laura Orsini
Title: Carlo Scarpa: Architecture and Design
Description: New York, Rizzoli, 2007. Hardcover. A gray casebound book. There is a dust jacket with the title printed in white down a black spine. The free and pasted end pages are gray. Pages: (10), 3-318, (1). Profusely illustrated with colo images. "Carlo Scarpa was a virtuoso of light, a master of detail, and a connoisseur of materials. Today he is known as a master of twentieth-century architecture. To mark the centenary of Scarpa's birth, his complete oeuvre are presented here for the first time. The 250 illustrations cover all 58 of his built works, including the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, the Olivetti showroom in Piazza San Marco in Venice, and the Brion Tomb in San Vito d'Altivole (Treviso). The book includes essays by leading architects and architectural critics, offering an extensive overview of Scarpa's life as well as interpretations of his architecture. VG/VG: Exlibrary book. Stamp on front free end page. Stamp, sticker, and due date card on back free end page. Stamp on top text block. Stamp on the mylar jacket at the base of the spine.

Keywords: European Architecture ; Scarpa, Carlo ; ; Architects and Firms - European


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