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Italian Modern architecture-an European Echo in Romanian architecture
Italian Modern architecture-an European Echo in Romanian architecture

Author(s): Matei Luca Stoian
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: architecture; culture;interwar; Romanian; Italian;national;futurist; rationalist;fascist;modernism;state art;

Summary/Abstract: The interwar period was characterized by a complex atmosphere, in which two major architectural trends prevailed, the trend of avant-garde and the one of return to order. In the Italian world, a significantly modernist approached contributed through its futurism, to the universal modern culture, architecture played a major role, as a unique mythical expression of eternity.The Italian world found a mostly consistent response to the call of the futurist and Italian Movement for Rational Architecture. Following this demand genuine young architects undertook enthusiastically these new conditions and provides Italy with a challenging arcitecture as a state art.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 168-175
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English