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Item Number: 132042
Title: Guide to the Pavilions of the Venice Biennale since 1887
Author: Mulazzani, Marco
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788891800510
Description: Milano: Electa, 2014. 20cm., pbk., 142pp. illus. Revised and expanded edition (1st edition 1988). English text. Summary: This volume offers a comprehensive guide to the exhibition pavillions designed since 1887 in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale. From the decorations designed by Raimondo D'Aronco for the premises of the National Art Exhibition to the pavilion designed by Alvaro Siza for the 13th international Architecture Exhibition, the succession of projects and buildings in the Giardini and the Arsenale compound cover a span of more than a century of thei history of the Venice Biennale, and also define a special chapter of typological experimentation and invention in the history of modern architecture. Between the 'houses of art' at the beginning of the last century and the contemporary 'containers' for exhibitions, the Giardini della Biennale contain some true masterpieces and, most importantly, recount a history of exhibition architectures that is unique worldwide.
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