Tuesday, November 24, 2015

PALACE ON VIA VENETO 7

PALAZZO AL N°7 DI VIA VENETO

1925/27 Gino Coppedè (1866/1927) for the Società Anonima Edilizia Moderna (Modern Anonymous Construction Company)
It was the last work of this imaginative architect before his death
“The sign of changing times is felt, after a certain date, even in Coppedè's work: the building built in Rome on Via Veneto (...) even though it doesn't betray Coppedè's style, it appears set to a greater sobriety, mitigating in a more classical composure the decorative exuberance of the palaces of Piazza Quadrata. In this case Coppedè appeared to have taken into account some criticism from many quarters that were addressed to his work, to a conception of architecture, to a school - of which Coppedè appeared as an exemplary exponent - which was now to be finally overcome by the times” (Mauro Cozzi - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)

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