Giuseppe Pagano : design for social change in fascist Italy / Flavia Marcello.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Frontispiece -- Contents -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Rebel with a Cause -- Pagano Controcorrente -- Pagano the Collaborator -- Pagano the Coherent -- The Life and Times of a Fascist Polymath -- Chapter 1: Pagano the Young Man: The Formation of an Idealist from Poreč to Turin (1896-1926) -- Poreč-Trieste August 1896 -- September 1909: Early Childhood and Teenage Years -- Pagano the Soldier and the 'Adventure' of World War I -- Trieste -- Parenzo, June 1919: Founding Fascism and a Call to Action

Chapter 2: Pagano the Architect: Architecture as a Force for Social Change (1927-1941) -- Pagano the Architect -- Turin, September 1920: Pagano at Turin Polytechnic -- Pagano and his Colleagues: The Relationship with Modern Architecture -- Pagano and Levi Montalcini: A Productive Partnership -- Villa Colli -- Palazzo Gualino -- Turin, 1930: Fascism and the City I -- Biella and Rome, 1933: Architecture and Education -- Florence and Trieste, 1934: The National Competitions -- Milan, 1939: Fascism and the City II -- Biella 1939: Industrial Architecture -- Milan, 1941: Architecture and Education II

Chapter 3: Pagano the Writer: The Voice for an Alternative Modernism (1930-1943) -- Milan, 1930: The Move from Turin -- Milan, 1930: Pagano the Writer -- Casabella's Editorial Team: Mutual Affection and Esteem -- Edoardo Persico: Brothers in Arms -- Casabella: In Context -- The Italian Journal Scene -- Quadrante: Bardi's Radical Voice -- Architettura: Piacentini's Conservative Voice -- Domus: Ponti's Conciliatory Voice -- History, Transformation, Evolution -- Architecture as a Force for Social Change: Pagano's Central Themes -- Modern Italian Architecture

'Small a' Architecture: Rural and Industrial Vernaculars -- Materials and Technology -- Housing -- European and North American Architecture -- The Modernity-Tradition Debate -- Tirana, 1941: Casabella under Siege -- Chapter 4: Pagano the Exhibition Designer: Art in the Service of an Idea (1928-1940) -- Architects and Exhibitions -- Propaganda and Persuasion: Exhibitions and the Fascist Political Agenda -- Pagano's Progress: Exhibitions as Historical Milestones of Art and Civilization -- Starting Out: The Turin National Exposition of 1928 and the Italian Pavilion at the Liège Expo of 1930

A Celebration of Material: Pagano's Pavilions at the Milan Trade Fair -- What is Modern Architecture? The 1933 Milan Triennale -- 'An Exaltation of Courage and The Mind': The Aeronautics Exhibition of -- Modern Architecture Victorious: The 1936 Milan Triennale -- Modern Architecture by Contraband: The Italian Pavilion at the Paris Expo of 1937 -- The Death of Rationalism: The Rome International Exposition of 1942 (E42/EUR) -- A Renaissance Man Revisited: The Leonardo Exhibition of 1939 -- Where did Modern Architecture Go?: The 1939/40 Milan Triennale

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the influential architect Giuseppe Pagano and his contribution to the development of modern architecture. With chapters by Tim Benton, Noa Steimatsky, Cesare de Seta, Caterina Franchini and Claudia Cagneschi.

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