Main entry:

Murphy, Richard, 1955 April 24-

Title & Author:

Carlo Scarpa and Castelvecchio revisited / Richard Murphy OBE ; with additional contributions from Margherita Bolla, Kenneth Frampton, Alba Di Lieto, Ketty Bertolaso, the late Licisco Magagnato, and the late Arrigo Rudi ; photography by Peter Guthrie with additional photography by Matthew Hyndman et al.

Publication:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom : Breakfast Mission Publishing, [2017]
©2017

Description:

384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
Preface / Margherita Bolla -- Foreword / Kenneth Frampton -- The importance of Castelvecchio -- Chronological summary of Scarpa's work at Castelvecchio -- The continuity of history is perpetual change -- Scarpa, Magagnato and the process of building -- The drawings -- Scarpa, Venice and Castelvecchio -- The democratic museum -- The great courtyard -- The entrance room and sculpture gallery -- The Cangrande space -- Work to the west of the Comune wall -- The final rooms -- An eyewitness account / Arrigo Rudi -- The museum after Carlo Scarpa / Alba Di Lieto -- Cangrande della Scala at Castelvecchio / Licisco Magagnato -- Technical specification of materials / Alba Di Lieto -- Cataloguing Scarpa / Ketty Bertolaso -- The 1986 survey -- A personal postscript : notes and reflections thirty years after the original survey -- Index of Scarpa drawings.
With additional contributions from Margherita Bolla, Kenneth Frampton, Alba Di Lieto, Ketty Bertolaso, the late Licisco Magagnato, and the late Arrigo Rudi ; photography by Peter Guthrie with additional photography by Matthew Hyndman et al.

Summary:

A greatly expanded version of the author's 1990 work, this book not only analyzes Scarpa's personal language of architecture but also sequences his drawings, revealing the complex history of the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona.

ISBN:

9781527208902
1527208907

Subject:

Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978 Criticism and interpretation.
Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978
Museo di Castelvecchio (Verona, Italy)
Architectural drawing Italy 20th century.
Art museum architecture Italy Verona Designs and plans.
Dessin d'architecture Italie 20e siècle.
Architecture des musées d'art Italie Vérone Dessins et plans.
Architecture and Planning.
Architectural drawing
Art museum architecture
Buildings
Verona (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc. Designs and plans.
Italy
Italy Verona

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Architectural drawings

Added entries:

Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978, artist.
Rudi, Arrigo, contributor.
Di Lieto, Alba, contributor.
Magagnato, Licisco, contributor.
Bertolaso, Ketty, contributor.
Bolla, Margherita, author of introduction, etc.
Frampton, Kenneth, author of introduction, etc.
Guthrie, Peter, (Photographer), photographer.
Hyndman, Matthew, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 299566
Call No.: BIB 245703
Status: Available