{"product_id":"carlo-scarpa-castelvecchio-verona","title":"Carlo Scarpa, Castelvecchio, Verona","description":"Carlo Scarpa began to come into national prominence\u003cbr\u003ewith several designs for exhibitions.\u003cbr\u003eThe first were in Venice: 'Paul Klee' (1948) for\u003cbr\u003ethe 1949 Biennale, 'Giovanni Bellini' (1949) at\u003cbr\u003ethe Palazzo Ducale, 'Toulouse Lautrec' (1952)\u003cbr\u003eat the Palazzo Correr, and 'Tiepolo' for the\u003cbr\u003e1952 Biennale. Others followed: 'Quattrocento'\u003cbr\u003e(1953) at Messina town hall and 'Piet Mondrian'\u003cbr\u003e(1956) at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna\u003cbr\u003ein Rome. Such commissions finally led him into\u003cbr\u003ethe design of museum interiors: among many,\u003cbr\u003ehis most celebrated were the Museo dell'Accademia\u003cbr\u003e(1952-56) and the Museo Correr (1953\u003cbr\u003eto 1969), both in Venice, the Palazzo Abbatellis\u003cbr\u003e(1953\/54) in Palermo, the Gipsoteca Canoviana\u003cbr\u003ein Possagno (1955-57) and the Museo di Castelvecchio\u003cbr\u003e(1956-64) in Verona. Scarpa's exhibit designs\u003cbr\u003eand museum interiors present a different\u003cbr\u003eway of seeing. On the one hand, seeing the object\u003cbr\u003ethrough provision of a sympathetic setting\u003cbr\u003efor it; on the other, seeing contemporary 'modern\u003cbr\u003e' architecture in the context of the cultural\u003cbr\u003econtinuum that has carried it to where it now\u003cbr\u003emomentarily hovers. The Museo di Castelvecchio\u003cbr\u003ewas developed on the bombed ruins of the\u003cbr\u003eScaligery family's medieval castle in Verona. First\u003cbr\u003ecommissioned to redesign the oldest section of\u003cbr\u003ethe building, Scarpa was later asked to complete\u003cbr\u003ethe museum. The work is a monument to Scarpa's\u003cbr\u003esensibilties about time and place. According\u003cbr\u003eto critic Nory Miller he 'achieved an extraordinary\u003cbr\u003ecoexistence involving architecture of different\u003cbr\u003ecenturies, including this one ... without\u003cbr\u003ethe crutches of neutral glass linkages, uniform\u003cbr\u003ematerials, or historical references ... Each angle,\u003cbr\u003eshape, surface is chosen to engage the attention\u003cbr\u003eor participation of the visitor.' Indeed, the symbiosis\u003cbr\u003ebetween Scarpa's work and the surviving\u003cbr\u003efabric is such that differences are hardly apparent.\u003cbr\u003eWith his infinitive capacity for fine detailing,\u003cbr\u003ehe touched the past lightly; because he was so\u003cbr\u003econscious of continuity the museum gives the\u003cbr\u003e'sense that construction has been supended'.\u003cbr\u003e(After Donald Leslie Johnson and Donald Langmead.)\u003cbr\u003eValeria Carullo is curator of the Robert Elwall\u003cbr\u003ePhotographs Collection in the Royal Institute of\u003cbr\u003eBritish Architects, Paola Marini is director and\u003cbr\u003eAlba Di Lieto curator of the Musei d'Arte Monumenti\u003cbr\u003eof the city of Verona. Richard Bryant is\u003cbr\u003eone of the best-known architectural photographers,\u003cbr\u003eworking all over the world. He is the only\u003cbr\u003ephotographer with an honorary fellowship of\u003cbr\u003ethe Royal Institute of British Architects.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53936878289234,"sku":"9783932565816","price":36.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_cb14487a-04b3-4aaa-a5cf-79197a2ee8b1.jpg?v=1783335050","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/carlo-scarpa-castelvecchio-verona","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}