The Architecture Of Modern Italy, Volume One: The Challenge Of Tradition, 1750-1900

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. Hardcover. VG (light scuffs, scratches to boards. light rubbing to corners. light bumping, creasing to lower corners). dark orange boards w/ bw illustration, white printing. 280 pgs w/ bw illustrations. "...Explores the dynamic balancing of forces demanded by a reverence for Italy's unparalleled architectural patrimony and a desire for new means of expression and technological innovation. From the neoclassical fantasies of Giovanni Battista Piranesi to the spectacular steeland-glass gallerias of Milan and Naples, it reveals an underappreciated history of richness and complexity. The Architecture of Modern Italy is exhaustively illustrated with rare period images, new photography, maps, drawings, and plans. With Colin Rowe's Italian Architecture of the 16th Century, it provides a nearly complete overview of the history of Italian architecture."--Amazon.