Rome - Las Vegas : bread and circuses / Iwan Baan ; with contributions by Lindsay Harris, Izzy Kornblatt, Ryan Scavnicky.

Title & Author:

Rome - Las Vegas : bread and circuses / Iwan Baan ; with contributions by Lindsay Harris, Izzy Kornblatt, Ryan Scavnicky.

Publication:

Zurich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers, [2024]
©2024

Description:

320 unnumbered pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the American Academy in Rome, October 6-November 27, 2022.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

The cities of Rome and Las Vegas commonly sit at opposite ends of what architecture represents: whereas the former capital of the Roman Empire is perceived as ancient, proper and eternal, Sin City is described as flashy, vulgar and fake. Yet, both find themselves historically and contemporarily at the intersection of power and play. Released fifty years after Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi's now canonical "Learning From Las Vegas" (1972), the images in this book capture the atmosphere of both cities from the sky to the ground, revealing unexpected similarities and rediscovering Las Vegas' extravaganza on the streets of Rome. Iwan Baan's photographs contrast and subvert common perceptions of authenticity and artificiality and ultimately question such bipolar distinctions. In their dialogue, the photographs follow Scott Brown and Venturi's plea to first look, understand and only then judge.

ISBN:

9783037787533
3037787538

Subject:

Baan, Iwan, 1975- Exhibitions.
Architectural photography Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Architectural photography Nevada Las Vegas Exhibitions.
Street photography Italy Rome Exhibitions.
Street photography Nevada Las Vegas Exhibitions.
Photographie d'architecture Italie Rome Expositions.
Photographie d'architecture Nevada Las Vegas Expositions.
Photographie de rue Italie Rome Expositions.
Photographie de rue Nevada Las Vegas Expositions.
Rome (Italy) Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Las Vegas (Nev.) Pictorial works Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Baan, Iwan, 1975- photographer, artist.
Harris, Lindsay R., contributor.
Kornblatt, Izzy, 1994- contributor.
Scavnicky, Ryan, contributor.
American Academy in Rome, host institution.

Rome, Las Vegas : bread and circuses
Iwan Baan : Rome, Las Vegas : bread and circuses

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325531
Call No.: 325531
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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