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Gio Ponti : more than one : critic, editor, graphic artist, architect, product designer / edited by Manfredo di Robilant, Manuel Orazi ; translation, Anna Carruthers.
Fine Arts Library NA1123.P64 O3413 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Officina Gio Ponti. English.
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979.
- Ponti, Gio.
- Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979--Criticism and interpretation.
- Architecture--20th century.
- Architecture.
- Modernism (Art)--Italy.
- Modernism (Art).
- Furniture designers--Italy--20th century.
- Furniture designers.
- Graphic arts--20th century.
- Graphic arts.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- More than one : critic, editor, graphic artist, architect, product designer
- Place of Publication:
- Zürich : Lars Müller Publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- "From his famous Superleggera chair to the landmark Pirelli Tower in Milan, to his role as founder of the internationally renowned magazine Domus, the legacy of Gio Pointi (1891-1979) extends across numerous creative fields. As a key figure for Italian Modernism, his contributions to architecture, industrial design, furniture design, education, art criticism and publishing have shaped the twentieth century and established Ponti's enduring influence in Italy an across the globe" -- back cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Manfredo di Robilant, Manuel Orazi
- Writing and Graphic Art. Gio Ponti the Writer / Ceilia Rostagni ; Gio Ponti, a Cleric Who Never Reneged: A Historiographical Overview / Manuel Orazi ; Gio Ponti and Book Illustration, 1910-1945 / Francesco Parisi ; Gio Ponti and Graphic Design / Mario Piazza
- Architecture. A Visual Atlas of Buildings by Gio Ponti ; The Aestheticization of Mechanical Systems: Gio Ponti's Montecatini Headquarters, Milan 1936-1939 / Manfredo di Robilant ; In Front of and behind the Scenes: The Pirelli Tower, 1955-1963 / Fulvio Irace ; Gio Ponti and the Birth of Italian Design / Elena Dellapiana ; A Show Car: The Linea Diamante / Gabriele Neri
- A Conversation about Gio Ponti / Paolo Rosselli and Joseph Rykwert
- Photographing Gio Ponti / Paolo Rosselli.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 287) and index.
- Originally published in Italian: Macerata : Quodlibet Srl, 2023.
- Translation of: Officina Gio Ponti.
- ISBN:
- 9783037787632
- 3037787635
- OCLC:
- 1536028291
- Publisher Number:
- 9783037787632
- CIPO000144447
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