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the novecento movement, Maria, is fascist, and to me does not reflect my mother country's soul, grace and style. i am glad to know that the documentation of it is in your capable hands. grazie,  ;-} dp

Hi Donna,

nevertheless it is a good architecture, unlike other architectures made during dictatorship.

I was kind of surprised to find out about it, as I knew before only of Rationalism - regarding the floor plan the Novecento was more progressive than Rationalism, Rationalism was more concerned with volumes and facades.

Also to Rationalism fascism was not forreign, but I saw that to the anniversary of Giuseppe Terragni a book was written by Daniel Libeskind himself, who survived Auschwitz - it is a very interesting topic to relate to this architecture, as the architect is not free like the writer as Baudrillard said, and he cannot do anything about the time when he was born ...

quite true, Maria... an honest elaboration of my comment in response to your interest in Rome's renewal at that most confusing time in Italy's life is that Novecento succeeded most authentically at retaining the uniqueness of Italy's artchitectural style. honestly, it is sound architecture as well, and a very passionate attempt by italian architects of the period to replicate within Rome's traditions; they designed, without question, italian buildings. i am being fussy to comment that it has a certain flatness. considering the task before it at the time, i will heartily admit it was and is a success. as for the fussiness, Novecento simply lacks something of the passion and style in the attached, that's all i feel... dp