{"product_id":"paolo-portoghesi-9781350117136","title":"Paolo Portoghesi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the work of the Italian architect, theorist and historian Paolo Portoghesi (1931-2023), this book offers a new perspective on postmodern architecture, showing the agency of other spheres of knowledge  history, politics and media  in the making of postmodern architectural discourse.It explores how Portoghesi's personal postmodern project was based on the triangulation of a renewed interest in historical architectural language, unprecedented use of media and intertwined links between architecture and politics. Organized in a sequence of critical chapters supported by the analysis of Portoghesi's most significant architectural projects  including Casa Baldi (1959), The Mosque in Rome (197595) and his Strada Novissima exhibition (1980)  and publications, the book unfolds around the three main themes of history, politics and media. Published as part of the \u003ci\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations Series preface Acknowledgements  INTRODUCTION Italian postmodern architecture revisited State of the art  Methodology and sources  Structure   Setting the scene  1 THE POSTMODERN PROJECT  Impresario of postmodern architecture  Choosing Rossi  Mendini and the Banal Ideological duel with Tafuri Beyond Italy Galleria Apollodoro, a centre for Roman culture   2 TURN TO HISTORY  Architect as historian\/historian as architect  Neoliberty polemic  Instrumental value of the past Technique of lap dissolves Geometria borrominiana  Casa Baldi, or the rehabilitation of the curve   3 SOCIALISM FOR FREEDOM  Rise and leadership of the PSI  Years of the protests  Craxismo and the end of prohibitionism  Staging the PSI  Control over the lagoon  The Mosque of Rome, between religion and oil   4 EMBRACING MASS MEDIA  Mediatization of the building  Ars oratoria  Through the pages of the magazines  Architecture on the dance floor  From movie protagonist to stage set  Casa Papanice framed by the camera   EPILOGUE  1992 Annus horribilis  Retreat to Calcata   CODA  By Maristella Casciato   Notes  Bibliography  Index: Paolo’s world","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407510348119,"sku":"9781350117136","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350117136.jpg?v=1730499616","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paolo-portoghesi-9781350117136","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}