italian version

Aims :

The aim is a critical knowledge of the architectonic history of modernity, through methodological analysis of buildings and projects between the end of XIX and the Eighties of XX century.

Topics :

Case of studies regarding:
The socioeconomic, cultural, artistic and technical consequences of the industrialisation.
The renewal of cities, of engineering and of formal research.
The American modernity.
The Art Nouveau’s international style.
The avant-garde movements in art and architecture.
The rationalist Masters.
The Italian situation.
The Nordic Countries.
The Masters second season.

Textbooks :

A. Muntoni: Lineamenti di storia dell’architettura contemporanea, Università Laterza, 1997
K. Frampton, Storia dell’Architettura moderna, Zanichelli, 1998.
B. Zevi: Storia dell’architettura moderna, Einaudi, 1996.
L. Benevolo: Storia dell’architettura moderna, Laterza, 1999

Exam :

Oral dicussion

Tutorial Session :

Tuesday, 9,30-12,30