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Since the mid-nineteenth century, the metropolis appeared as one of the most dramatic and contradictory manifestations of the modern age, characterized by cultural and functional problems which required radical reforms in the issues of... more
Since the mid-nineteenth century, the metropolis appeared as one of the most dramatic and contradictory manifestations of the modern age, characterized by cultural and functional problems which required radical reforms in the issues of traffic and transport, in the housing and the organization of domestic life. The futurist Umberto Boccioni interpreted the explosive growth of the city in paintings like ''La citta' che sale'' and Mario Sironi in new urban landscapes of the industrial suburbs. In 1926, the German director Fritz Lang filmed ''Metropolis'' with the expressionist scenography of Erich Kettelhut. The dynamism and the problem of the future of the city became protagonists of discussions of the European, American and Japanese neo avant-garde, until the early seventies. During 1968, Italian radical groups, such as Archizoom or Superstudio, articulated a critique of capitalist cities, putting into question the structure and meaning in the urban utopia of a constant dynamism.
This paper, through the analysis of paintings and urban visions of the twentieth century, proposes to examine numerous design mode that investigated the theme of urban dynamism, looking for solutions or highlighting the limits of these futuristic utopias.
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Saggio vincitore del X Premio Forma Urbis (Commissione Esaminatrice composta da: S. Aglietti, G. Alvino, L. Attenni, E. Janulardo, D. Manacorda, C. Macchegiani Carpano, D. Nadali, V. Nizzo, F. Pignataro, S. Sanchirico, G. Volpe).
L'applicazione delle metodologie dell'archeologia dell'architettura ad un intero ambito urbano, pur au-spicata nel corso degli anni, trova in effetti poche concrete realizzazioni soprattutto a causa dei tempi di ricerca necessarie. Lo... more
L'applicazione delle metodologie dell'archeologia dell'architettura ad un intero ambito urbano, pur au-spicata nel corso degli anni, trova in effetti poche concrete realizzazioni soprattutto a causa dei tempi di ricerca necessarie. Lo studio degli elevati della città di Pisa si inserisce all'interno del Progetto Mappa con lo scopo di fornire ulteriori dati per la definizione del potenziale archeologico e propone un nuovo linguaggio sperimentale per l'applicazione del metodo stratigrafico ad un'area molto ampia, come appunto un'intera città. Vengono esposte le scelte metodologiche effettuate, con le problematiche affrontate nel corso della ricerca, sono descritte le fasi di lavoro e sono avanzate le prime conclusioni sullo stato attuale dei lavori.
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The urban structure of the city of Pisa at the beginning of the twentieth century suffered a lot of developments determined by two master plans of nineteenth century, the Plan of " beautification and enhancement " of Silvio dell'Hoste in... more
The urban structure of the city of Pisa at the beginning of the twentieth century suffered a lot of developments determined by two master plans of nineteenth century, the Plan of " beautification and enhancement " of Silvio dell'Hoste in 1852 and the Plan of Vincenzo Micheli in 1871. In 1929 was launched a competition for architects and engineers for the new Master Plan of Pisa and Marina di Pisa: the jury was composed by Gustavo Giovannoni, Corrado Ricci, Ghino Venturi, Pietro and Francesco Cuppello Bernieri. The presence of Giovannoni at the head of the Commission was a guarantee for a plan that didn't propose the demolition of the historic tissue, but only urban "thinnings". The Master Plan of 1929 for Pisa planned several operations in the urban and extra-urban territory, paying particular attention to the identity preservation of the places. The events that followed the approval of the plan changed many of the points dictated by Gustavo Giovannoni, disregarding also the programming indicated by the designers winners of the competition for the Plan. The World War II, that affected the whole of Italy, directly struck at the heart of some of the most significant places of the city. The situation emerged in Pisa after the bombing of the 31 August 1943 required a master plan entrusted to the engineers Luigi Pera, Ugo Ciangherotti e Giulio Fascetti and to the architect Renzo Bellucci. The guidelines for the reconstruction of the Arno River and the historic quartiers of the city were based on compliance with the existing urban tissue, in close collaboration with the Superintendent of Monuments, Piero Sanpaolesi: he worked in the urgency for the reconstruction, the recognition and preservation of historic buildings of the city. Despite the efforts of Sanpaolesi, reconstruction and new constructions built in historic area, didn't have relation with the existing, either in terms of architectural style or of the materials used.
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L’inaugurazione della ricomposizione del pergamo di Giovanni Pisano all’interno della cattedrale pisana, avvenuta al cospetto di Benito Mussolini il 25 maggio del 1926, fu occasione per una serie di celebrazioni che coinvolsero l’intera... more
L’inaugurazione della ricomposizione del pergamo di Giovanni Pisano all’interno della cattedrale pisana, avvenuta al cospetto di Benito Mussolini il 25 maggio del 1926, fu occasione per una serie di celebrazioni che coinvolsero l’intera cittadinanza e che sollevarono una larga eco nella stampa locale e nazionale.
L’evento della ricollocazione e, al contempo, di ‘musealizzazione’ del pergamo fu sostenuto fortemente dal partito fascista che riservava una grande attenzione nei riguardi dei simboli del passato: la riconsacrazione del monumento venne definita “solennità impareggiabile dell’arte e del fascismo”. L’opera fu caricata di facili significati propagandistici, del tutto estranei alla sua natura: “l’Italia riacquista col Pergamo di Giovanni Pisano uno dei suoi più grandi capolavori. Ed è merito della nuova mentalità fascista la ricostruzione di questo monumento divino” (La Tribuna, 13 maggio 1926).
Questo contributo intende analizzare, attraverso la lettura dei periodici del tempo, delle testimonianze dei protagonisti e dei documenti ufficiali, la valenza propagandistica dell’evento di ‘rinascita’ del pergamo di Giovanni Pisano.
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Libro degli abstract del convegno di studi "L'acqua e la città in età romana - Water and the Roman cities and settlements" - Feltre (BL - Italia), 3/4 Novembre 2017.
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The imposition of Christianity on Western civilizations influenced the approach of research into the themes of sexuality for centuries. In Roman society sexuality, in its various forms, was perceived as a natural thing: the pleasures of... more
The imposition of Christianity on Western civilizations influenced the approach of research into the themes of sexuality for centuries. In Roman society sexuality, in its various forms, was perceived as a natural thing: the pleasures of the flesh are not repressed and the many forms of sexual intercourse are not despised. In the late Republican and in the Imperial Ages, sexual pleasure, even outside the marriage, was considered a legitimate and personal choice: many and cheap were the places of 'unofficial' love (called specifically lupanares) and innumerable were women available for a fee (called meretrices, or more volgarly lupae). The linguistic expressions associated with this kind of sexuality (for example, prostare ‘standing in front of the brothel’, prostituere ‘to show’) are "technical terms" that are also attested in subsequent centuries in reference to that hedonistic reality. The advent of Christianity, from late antiquity to the whole Middle Age, has limited the use of this linguistic forms and prohibited behaviors associated with prostitution, considered sinful and immoral, and therefore subject to public sanctions. In spite of this, the sexing industry continued to spread, occupying closed spaces, hidden to the common judgment. This paper focus on the theme of the circulation of linguistic elements related to sexual practices, their free manifestation and their related structures in a diachronic sense.
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