7 RASSEGNA
CARLO SCARPA, FRAMMENTI 1926 / 1978
Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]
Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 7 RASSEGNA: CARLO SCARPA, FRAMMENTI 1926 / 1978. Bologne: Editrice CIPIA, 1981. Original edition [anno III, no. 7 – luglio 1981]. Text in Italian with parallel captions in English. Quarto. Plain thick wrappers. Printed dust jacket. 88 [xxvi] pp. 144 illustrations. Illustrated articles and advertisments. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Wrappers lightly worn and spine mildly sunned, but a very good or better copy in publishers dust jacket.
9 x 12 soft cover book with 114 pages and 144 illustrations, some in color. The bulk of the journal [88 pages] is devoted to the work of Carlo Scarpa. This book considers the full spectrum of Scarpa's work, and closely follows Scarpa's complex, multidimensional personality, covering the vicissitudes of his career, his ideas and their relationship to those of the modern masters, his cultural milieu, and his unique architectural contribution, which is imbued with a profound feeling for craft.Editoriale: Vittorio Gregotti
- Carlo Scarpa, Frammenti 1926/1978
- Brescia, progetto per il Monumento ai Caduti in Piazza della Loggia: Arrigo Rudi
- Feltre, progetto per il Museo Archeologico Sotterraneo: Ferruccio Franzoia
- Parigi, progetto per il Museo Picasso: Arrigo Rudi
- Volevo ritagliare l'azzurro del cielo: Carlo Scarpa
- Bibliografia
- Illustrated advertising section featuring design work by Ceramiche Ragno, Laura Mandelli, iGuzzini, Makio Hasuike, Ariston, Richard Sapper and B&B Italia.
Carlo Scarpa [1902 - 1978] belongs to the generation of Italian architects working in a period when political conditions placed severe restrictions on architectural expression. Yet Scarpa's achievements surpassed anything else being done in Italy between the wars and exemplified the best work done in the 'Rationalist' tradition.
At the time of his death in 1978 at the age of 72, Carlo Scarpa was at the height of his fame and influence. His buildings and projects were being studied by architects and students throughout the world, and his decorative style had become a model for architects wishing to revive craft and luscious materials in the contemporary manner. Yet Carlo Scarpa remains an enigmatic character in the history of modern architecture and design. His work does not submit easily to explanation and analysis, despite attempts by numerous architects and historians, nor is it particularly photogenic.
"During the late 1920s and 1930s Carlo Scarpa became acquainted with a number of influential intellectual figures in Italy and abroad. Massimo Bontempelli, Carlo Carra, and Arturi Martini became his friends. It was during this time that Carlo Scarpa also began a relationship with the Venini Glass Works in Venice, for whom Scarpa created many designs. He painted avidly during this period in a novecento style reminiscent of Mario Sironi and Carra. Also during the late 1920s, Carlo Scarpa began his career as an interior designer and industrial designer.
Under the loose directorship of Vittorio Gregotti, Rassegna was an Italian Design magazine underwritten by six Italian firms: Ariston, B&B Italia, Castelli, iGuzzini illuminazione, Molteni and co., and Sabiem. Each issue was devoted to a single designer or theme and lavishly produced, with high-quality reproduction and carefully selected and presented illustrations.