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Elements of Venice

Elements of Venice

Giulia Foscari
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The book Elements of Venice reveals, through the analysis of single architectural elements, the metamorphic nature of Venice, a city in which most buildings underwent throughout the centuries substantial volumetric and formal transformations informed by political and cultural shifts.

Developed as a parallel research project of Fundamentals - the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas - the book Elements of Venice offers insights on Venetian facades, stairs, corridors, floors, ramps, ceilings, doors, hearths, windows, balconies and walls.

Product not [only] of the mind but of societal organization, the elements are isolated from their picture-perfect context and from the postcard view of Venice that is impressed in our retinas, introducing the reader - through a combination of collages, drawings, photographs, paintings, film stills and quotes - to a radically new way of seeing Venice. Like a camera obscura photograph cuts through the often irrelevant embellishments of architecture to reveal the underlying skeleton of a building , this guide will allow the reader to better understand the fundamental transformations that have shaped Venice during the past ten centuries.
Language
English
Pages
696
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lars Müller
Release
June 01, 2014
ISBN
3037784296
ISBN 13
9783037784297

Elements of Venice

Giulia Foscari
4.6/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The book Elements of Venice reveals, through the analysis of single architectural elements, the metamorphic nature of Venice, a city in which most buildings underwent throughout the centuries substantial volumetric and formal transformations informed by political and cultural shifts.

Developed as a parallel research project of Fundamentals - the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas - the book Elements of Venice offers insights on Venetian facades, stairs, corridors, floors, ramps, ceilings, doors, hearths, windows, balconies and walls.

Product not [only] of the mind but of societal organization, the elements are isolated from their picture-perfect context and from the postcard view of Venice that is impressed in our retinas, introducing the reader - through a combination of collages, drawings, photographs, paintings, film stills and quotes - to a radically new way of seeing Venice. Like a camera obscura photograph cuts through the often irrelevant embellishments of architecture to reveal the underlying skeleton of a building , this guide will allow the reader to better understand the fundamental transformations that have shaped Venice during the past ten centuries.
Language
English
Pages
696
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lars Müller
Release
June 01, 2014
ISBN
3037784296
ISBN 13
9783037784297

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