{"product_id":"paolo-portoghesi-9781350408616","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 Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Architecture series, which brings to light the work of significant yet overlooked modernist arch","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187309273431,"sku":"9781350408616","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paolo-portoghesi-9781350408616","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}