The Italian Mosaic: The Architect as Historian.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Casciato, Maristella
- Source
- Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians; Mar2003, Vol. 62 Issue 1, p93-101, 10p
- Subject
- ARCHITECTURAL education
ARCHITECTURAL history
ARCHITECTURAL design education
ITALIAN architecture
EDUCATION
- Language
- ISSN
- 00379808
This article examines the teaching of architectural design and architectural history in Italy. The author explores the origin of architectural education in Italy noting that it began with the creation of the Sculoa Superiore di Architettura in Rome, Italy in 1919. The author explores the debate that preceded the founding of the school that centered on the conflict between architecture as a building application and architecture as an art form. The author explores how this debate was settled in order to unite Italy with a standard architectural education. The author discusses the growth of architectural history in Italy as well as the impact that architect-historians Leonardo Benevolo, Bruno Zevi and Manfredo Tafuri had on Italian architecture and architectural history.