Roccella Graziella - Gio Ponti - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891 1979) is difficult to pin down. With an extraordinarily prolific output and eclectic style his oeuvre remains one of the most diverse and groundbreaking in design history. Trained initially in architecture Ponti soon moved into industrial and interior design experimenting with ceramics silverware and glass. Ponti's key works are spread throughout this extensive overview including structures of all kinds from small residential dwellings to high - rise buildings schools and office blocks. The home was one of Ponti's recurring interests and central areas of innovation. His talent for total design a careful consideration of both interior and exterior space is charted in the glossy reproductions floor plans and drawings featured in this edition. Ponti's colorful carefree and elegant spaces blended an expressive neoclassicism with emerging modernist sensibility. The founder and nearly lifelong editor of domus magazine never ceased to develop and reinvent his style. From the Denver Art Museum to his collection of churches from bespoke homeware to the symbol of modern Milan the Pirelli Tower this monograph provides an introduction to Ponti's exuberant creativity and illustrious career.
Title: Gio Ponti
Author(s): Roccella Graziella
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836564397
Pages: 96 Pages
Publication Date: 9/25/2017
Series: Basic Art
Category: History Of Architecture