Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) was an influential Italian architect and designer whose handling of materials, craftsmanship, and detail made him a major figure in 20th-century architecture. Written by Swiss and Italian experts, this book compares Scarpa's aesthetic experiments with stained glass in Venice during the 1920s and 1930s with the work of several important 20^th-century Swiss artists: Edmond Bille, Bodjol, Charles Hindenlang, Felix Hoffmann, Burkhard Mangold, Robert Schär, Otto Staiger, Hans Stocker and Peter Travaglini, among others. Special attention is paid to Scarpa's early experimentation with little-known projects for the Venetian glassworks M.V.M. Cappellin & C.: a set of stained-glass windows that reveal key aspects of his emerging approach to the material, light and craftsmanship.

• Dedicated to one of Italy's most important 20^th-century architects and designers
• Focuses on Scarpa's stained glass designs, little known to date
• Links Scarpa's early experiments in the decorative arts with his later architectural achievements

Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978) was an influential Italian architect and designer whose handling of materials, craftsmanship, and detail made him a major figure in 20th-century architecture. Written by Swiss and Italian experts, this book compares Scarpa's aesthetic experiments with stained glass in Venice during the 1920s and 1930s with the work of several important 20^th-century Swiss artists: Edmond Bille, Bodjol, Charles Hindenlang, Felix Hoffmann, Burkhard Mangold, Robert Schär, Otto Staiger, Hans Stocker and Peter Travaglini, among others. Special attention is paid to Scarpa's early experimentation with little-known projects for the Venetian glassworks M.V.M. Cappellin & C.: a set of stained-glass windows that reveal key aspects of his emerging approach to the material, light and craftsmanship.

• Dedicated to one of Italy's most important 20^th-century architects and designers
• Focuses on Scarpa's stained glass designs, little known to date
• Links Scarpa's early experiments in the decorative arts with his later architectural achievements

Le traitement des matériaux, le savoir-faire artisanal et le souci du détail ont fait de Carlo Scarpa (1906-1978), influent architecte et designer italien, une figure majeure de l'architecture du XX^e siècle. Rédigé par des experts suisses et italiens, cet ouvrage compare les expériences esthétiques de Scarpa avec le vitrail à Venise dans les années 1920 et 1930 avec le travail de plusieurs importants artistes suisses du XX^e siècle : Edmond Bille, Bodjol, Charles Hindenlang, Felix Hoffmann, Burkhard Mangold, Robert Schär, Otto Staiger, Hans Stocker et Peter Travaglini, entre autres. Une attention particulière est accordée aux premières expérimentations de Scarpa avec des projets peu connus pour la verrerie vénitienne M.V.M. Cappellin & C. : un ensemble de vitraux qui révèlent des aspects centraux d'une démarche qui émerge du matériau, de la lumière et de l'artisanat.

• Consacré à l'un des architectes et designers italiens les plus importants du XX^e siècle
• Se concentre sur les esquisses pour des vitraux, peu connues à ce jour, de Scarpa
• Relie les premières expériences de Scarpa dans les arts décoratifs à ses réalisations architecturales ultérieures