Giuseppe Pagano

Flavia Marcello

Description

Giuseppe Pagano-Pogatschnig (1896–1945) was a twentieth-century polymath operating at the intersection between architecture, media, design and the arts. He was an exhibition and furniture designer, curator, photographer, editor, writer and architect. A dedicated Fascist turned Resistance fighter, he was active in Italy’s most dramatic social and political era.

Giuseppe Pagano provides a comprehensive overview of the influential architect and his contribution to the development of modern architecture. It follows a central biographical line with in-depth, mini chapter contributions on aspects of Pagano’s cultural production, concluding with writings by Pagano himself and a critical bibliography to aid scholars in further study.

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Contents 

Acknowledgements 

Foreword

Introduction: A Rebel with a Cause

Chapter 1: Pagano the Young Man: The Formation of an Idealist from Porec to Turin (1896–1926)

Chapter 2: Pagano the Architect: Architecture as a Force for Social Change (1927–1941)

Chapter 3: Pagano the Writer: The Voice for an Alternative Modernism (1930–1943)

Chapter 4: Pagano the Exhibition Designer: Art in the Service of an Idea (1928–1940)

Chapter 5: Pagano the Photographer: Snapshots of the Real Italy (1935–1943)

Chapter 6: Pagano The Fighter: The Life and Death of a Partisan From Milan to Mauthausen (January 1941–April 1945)

Chapter 7: Giuseppe Pagano, Polemical Photographer

Chapter 8: Elemental Housing: Giuseppe Pagano’s Neorealist Ethos

Building Information Sheets

Anthology of Writings

List of Illustrations

References

Filmography

Endnotes

Index

Sujets

• Arts visuels
• Arts visuels
• Architecture
• Photographie
• Photographie
• ART
• Cultural Studies
• General
• Pagano
• Design
• Architect
• Artist
• Photography
• List of photographers
• General officer
• Index of urban studies articles
• Drafting
• History of architecture
• Architects
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Artists
• Photographers
• Political Ideologies

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789381016
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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To Marta, Francis and the First Book.
Frontispiece
Tomorrow I will think of Death
Tomorrow I will think of Death
then I will go through this door
and I will say: Officers, Sirs, attention!
and many soldiers will
present arms
some of them may laugh
but I will not notice.
My friends will chat
of small daily matters
while following me
to the cemetery.
It’s no use warning them: do not come!
They will come.
And will come even from far away
and will talk of secret things
that I will never know:
train connections
or plans for new cities.
If they would only sneer when thinking of me
still alive, foul-mouthed and vulgar,
then I would still feel present
like when I was talking with them
of shit and of love and art.
Once I was a ripe egg.
But it will be good not to hear Paola’s cry.
It will be so, so thin and it will curse God
Giuseppe Pagano 1
Figure 0.1 // Giuseppe Pagano, self-portrait, Brescia Prison, 1944 on the 97th day of my accursed capture, pen drawing on paper, 1944. Costruzioni Casabella 195/198. Fascicolo speciale dedicato all’architetto Giuseppe Pagano (1947): 10.
Contents
Frontispiece
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
Exhibitions: The Last Bastions of Modern Architectural Expression
Chapter 5: Pagano the Photographer: Snapshots of the Real Italy (1935–1943)
The Architect’s Eye
Italian Photography in the 1930s
The Image Hunter
‘Rural and Heroic Horizons’: The Photographs for the Vernacular Architecture Exhibition
Pagano’s Photographic Archive: A Resource for the Future
Capturing the Real Italy
Rome
Corfu, 1941: Destruction and Hope
Chapter 6: Pagano The Fighter: The Life and Death of a Partisan From Milan to Mauthausen (January 1941–April 1945)
Milan, January 1941: Turning Points
Pagano the Soldier: War and Disillusionment from the Front
An Architect in Captivity
An Architect in Exile
Chapter 7: Giuseppe Pagano, Polemical Photographer
Aid to Understanding
The Exhibitable Photograph
The Critical Photograph
Chapter 8: Elemental Housing: Giuseppe Pagano’s Neorealist Ethos
A Brief Retrospective
The Prison-House of an Architect
Building Information Sheets
Pavilions for the Italian National Exposition, Turin, 1928 ( Esposizione Nazionale Italiana )
Chemistry Pavilion, Italian National Exposition, Turin, 1928
Forestry, Hunting and Fishing Pavilion; Gancia Pavilion, Turin, 1928
Mining and Ceramics Pavilion; Navy and Air Force Pavilion (Italian National Exposition), Turin, 1928
Receptions and Fashion Pavilion, Italian National Exposition, Turin, 1928
Palazzo Gualino, also known as Palazzo Salpa Italia, 1930
Villa Colli, Rivara Canavese, 1931
Steel Structure House, 1933 Milan Triennale
Physics Building, Città Universitaria, Rome
Offices for the newspaper Il Popolo d’Italia’s headquarters, 1934
Aeronautics Exhibition, 1934, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan
Boarding School, Biella, 1936
Architecture Pavilion, 1936 Milan Triennale
Exhibition of Vernacular Architecture ( L’Architettura rurale nel Bacino del Mediterraneo ), 1936
Hall of Honour and Interiors of the Italian Pavilion, Paris International Exposition of 1937
Green Milan ( Milano Verde ) Urban Design Project, Milan, 1938
Structure Plan for the Rome International Exposition of 1942 (E42)
Bocconi University, Milan
Leonardo Exhibition, Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan, 1939
Exhibition of Mass Production, Milan Triennale, 1939/1940
Rivetti Wool Mills, Biella
Anthology of Writings
Writings on Modern Italian Architecture
The benefits of modern architecture, regarding a new construction in Como
Italian Architecture of the Year XIV (1934)
Palazzo del Littorio: act one, scene one
A Solemn Paternal Sermon
Writings on Photography
An invitation to tourism
Hunter of images
Personal Writings
Letter to an unknown friend, 1919
Excerpt from diary
Poems, c. 1943–1944
Final Letters from Mauthausen, April 1945
To his wife, Paola Perego
To his brother, Biagio [Zanetto] Pogatschnig
To his friend and colleague, Giancarlo Palanti
List of Illustrations
References
Filmography
Endnotes
Index
Acknowledgements
Ian Woodcock for reading every word (even more than once) and always being there.
Claudio Marcello, my translating touchstone and my ‘colleagues’ at the Word Reference Italian-English Forum for dealing with the trickiest bits.
My research assistants Aidan Carter, Larissa Ellen, Brandon Gardiner and Petra Cipriani. Jayden Ryles Smith and Ben Chavez for the cover design and graphic layout.
My ‘writing buddy’ Simone Taffe and all the wonderful colleagues at the FHAD writing workshops and retreats who can now stop asking about whether I am ‘still banging on about Pagano’.
Professor Cesare De Seta for his encouragement and support and patience with my many questions on the photographic archive.
The staff in all the many libraries and archives I have traipsed around over the years gathering material for this: the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Library at the American Academy in Rome, the Biblioteca del Progetto at the Milan Triennale Foundation and the Biblioteca dell’Arte in Milan, the Royal Institute of British Architects Library in London, the Archivio Centrale di Stato in Rome, the Piacentini Archives in Florence and the Archivio Storico della Città di Torino.
And finally the peer reviewers who helped me make a better book.
This book was made possible by thanks to Lovell Chen, 6 Degrees, Fairbank + Lau Architects and the Swinburne School of Design Strategic Start up Fund.
Foreword
Cesare de Seta
I dislike ‘replay style’ prefaces, those that simply repeat what the author says, as a sign of respect. In fact, the material gathered here by Flavia Marcello is analytical and very rich in detail, outlining a profile of the exceptional life and personality of Giuseppe Pagano. The scholar weaves a complex canvas with mastery and passion, with the support of respected colleagues.