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'''Carlo Scarpa''' (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian [[architect]] and designer. He was influenced by the materials, landscape, and history of Venetian culture, as well as | '''Carlo Scarpa''' (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian [[architect]] and designer. He was influenced by the materials, landscape, and history of Venetian culture, as well as those of Japan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120113050611/http://visit.lincoln.ac.uk/C18/C9/CDL/default.aspx Carlo Scarpa and Japan. The influence of Japanese art and architecture in the work of Carlo Scarpa]. lincoln.ac.uk</ref> Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the techniques of the artist and craftsman into glass and furniture design.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Albertini|first1=Bianca|last2=Bagnoli|first2=Alessandro|title=Carlo Scarpa: Architecture in Details.|date=1988|publisher=Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press|isbn=0262011077}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Barovier|first1=Marina|title=Carlo Scarpa: I Vetri Di Murano 1927-1947.|date=1991|publisher=Venezia : Il cardo|oclc=26484061}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Roberta|title=Clear, Opaque and Oh, So Delizioso 'Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa' at the Met|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/arts/design/venetian-glass-by-carlo-scarpa-at-the-met.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 December 2013}}</ref> | ||
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However, Scarpa refused to sit the ''pro forma'' professional exam administered by the Italian government after [[World War II]]. As a consequence, he was not permitted to practice architecture without associating with an architect. Hence, those who worked with him (clients, associates, craftspersons, etc.) called him "Professor", rather than "architect". | However, Scarpa refused to sit the ''pro forma'' professional exam administered by the Italian government after [[World War II]]. As a consequence, he was not permitted to practice architecture without associating with an architect. Hence, those who worked with him (clients, associates, craftspersons, etc.) called him "Professor", rather than "architect". | ||
[[File:Scala sfalsata - carlo scarpa in castelvecchio.jpg|thumb|left|[[Castelvecchio Museum]] stairs by Scarpa]] | [[File:Scala sfalsata - carlo scarpa in castelvecchio.jpg|thumb|left|[[Castelvecchio Museum]] stairs by Scarpa]] | ||
Scarpa's architecture is deeply sensitive to the passage of time, from seasons to history | Scarpa's architecture is deeply sensitive to the passage of time, from seasons to history. He was [[Mario Botta]]'s thesis adviser along with [[:it:Giuseppe Mazzariol|Giuseppe Mazzariol]]; the latter was the director of the [[Fondazione Querini Stampalia]] when Scarpa completed his renovation and garden for that institution. Scarpa taught drawing and interior decoration at the [[Università Iuav di Venezia|Istituto universitario di architettura di Venezia]] from the late 1940s until his death. While most of his built work is located in the [[Veneto]] region, he designed landscapes, gardens, and buildings for other regions of Italy as well as Canada, the United States, Saudi Arabia, France, and Switzerland. His name has 11 letters and this is used repeatedly in his architecture.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Frascari, Marco |title=Architectural Traces of an Admirable Cipher: Eleven in the Opus of Carlo Scarpa|journal=Nexus Network Journal|date=June 1999|volume =1|issue =1–2|pages=7–22|doi=10.1007/s00004-998-0002-4 |doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
One of his last projects, the Villa Palazzetto in [[Monselice]], left incomplete at the time of his death | One of his last projects, the Villa Palazzetto in [[Monselice]], was left incomplete at the time of his death and was altered in October 2006 by his son [[Afra and Tobia Scarpa|Tobia]]. Considered one of his most ambitious landscape and garden projects, it was executed for Aldo Businaro, the representative for Cassina who was responsible for Scarpa's first trip to Japan. Businaro died in August 2006, a few months before the completion of the new stairs at the Villa Palazzetto, built to commemorate Scarpa's centenary. | ||
In 1978, while in [[Sendai, Miyagi|Sendai, Japan]], Scarpa fell down a flight of concrete stairs. He died of his injuries after ten days in hospital. He is buried standing up and wrapped in linen sheets in the style of a medieval knight, in an isolated exterior corner of his L-shaped [[Brion tomb]] at San Vito d'Altivole in Veneto. | In 1978, while in [[Sendai, Miyagi|Sendai, Japan]], Scarpa fell down a flight of concrete stairs. He died of his injuries on 28 November 1978 after ten days in hospital. He is buried standing up and wrapped in linen sheets in the style of a medieval knight, in an isolated exterior corner of his L-shaped [[Brion tomb]] at San Vito d'Altivole in Veneto. | ||
In 1984, the Italian composer [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]] dedicated to Scarpa a composition for orchestra in micro-intervals, ''A Carlo Scarpa, Architetto, Ai suoi infiniti possibili''.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Carlo Scarpa, architetto, ai suoi infiniti possibili |url=http://www.luiginono.it/en/works/a-carlo-scarpa-architetto-ai-suoi-infiniti-possibili/ |website=Archivio Luigi Nono (Luigi Nono Archive) |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> | In 1984, the Italian composer [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]] dedicated to Scarpa a composition for orchestra in micro-intervals, ''A Carlo Scarpa, Architetto, Ai suoi infiniti possibili''.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Carlo Scarpa, architetto, ai suoi infiniti possibili |url=http://www.luiginono.it/en/works/a-carlo-scarpa-architetto-ai-suoi-infiniti-possibili/ |website=Archivio Luigi Nono (Luigi Nono Archive) |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref> | ||
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Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect and designer. He was influenced by the materials, landscape, and history of Venetian culture, as well as those of Japan.[1] Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the techniques of the artist and craftsman into glass and furniture design.[2][3][4]
Biography
Scarpa was born in Venice on 2 June 1906. Much of his early childhood was spent in Vicenza, where his family relocated when he was two years old. After his mother's death when he was 13, he moved with his father and brother back to Venice. Carlo attended the Academy of Fine Arts where he focused on architectural studies.[5] After he graduated from the academy with the title of Professor of Architecture, he apprenticed with the architect Francesco Rinaldo. Scarpa married Rinaldo's niece, Nini Lazzari (Onorina Lazzari).
However, Scarpa refused to sit the pro forma professional exam administered by the Italian government after World War II. As a consequence, he was not permitted to practice architecture without associating with an architect. Hence, those who worked with him (clients, associates, craftspersons, etc.) called him "Professor", rather than "architect".
Scarpa's architecture is deeply sensitive to the passage of time, from seasons to history. He was Mario Botta's thesis adviser along with Giuseppe Mazzariol; the latter was the director of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia when Scarpa completed his renovation and garden for that institution. Scarpa taught drawing and interior decoration at the Istituto universitario di architettura di Venezia from the late 1940s until his death. While most of his built work is located in the Veneto region, he designed landscapes, gardens, and buildings for other regions of Italy as well as Canada, the United States, Saudi Arabia, France, and Switzerland. His name has 11 letters and this is used repeatedly in his architecture.[6]
One of his last projects, the Villa Palazzetto in Monselice, was left incomplete at the time of his death and was altered in October 2006 by his son Tobia. Considered one of his most ambitious landscape and garden projects, it was executed for Aldo Businaro, the representative for Cassina who was responsible for Scarpa's first trip to Japan. Businaro died in August 2006, a few months before the completion of the new stairs at the Villa Palazzetto, built to commemorate Scarpa's centenary.
In 1978, while in Sendai, Japan, Scarpa fell down a flight of concrete stairs. He died of his injuries on 28 November 1978 after ten days in hospital. He is buried standing up and wrapped in linen sheets in the style of a medieval knight, in an isolated exterior corner of his L-shaped Brion tomb at San Vito d'Altivole in Veneto.
In 1984, the Italian composer Luigi Nono dedicated to Scarpa a composition for orchestra in micro-intervals, A Carlo Scarpa, Architetto, Ai suoi infiniti possibili.[7]
Design career
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Scarpa was a designer as well as an architect. At the beginning of his career, he collaborated with glassmakers in Murano. He designed jars and chandeliers for MVM Cappellin & Co. and Venini. His designs for Venini have sold for high prices at auction, including a 1940 vase that sold at Christie's in 2012 for around $309,000, and another vase, found in a thrift store, which sold in 2023 for $107,100.[8][9]
Furthermore, Scarpa joined the industrial design world in the 1960s after meeting Dino Gavina. Scarpa became the president of the eponymous company Gavina.
In 1968, after the founding of Studio Simon, Scarpa started to design industrial furniture.
He designed pieces for Simon and Bernini.[10] The Doge table (1968) and the Cornaro sofa (1973) are the most famous.[11]
Notable works
- Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy[12]
- Padiglione del libro d'arte, Giardini di Castello, La Biennale, Venice, 1950–1952 [13]
- Palazzo Abatellis: La Galleria Di Sicilia, Palermo, 1953–1954 [14]
- Palazzo Ca'Foscari, Venice, Italy, 1935–1956
- Venezuelan Pavilion, La Biennale, Venice, Italy, 1954–1956[15]
- Veritti House, Udine, Italy, 1955–1961 [16]
- Museo Canova di Possagno, Italy, 1955–1957 [17]
- Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy, 1956–1964 [18]
- Negozio Olivetti, piazza S. Marco, Venezia, Italy, 1957–1958 [19]
- Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, 1961–1963 [20][21]
- Brion Tomb and Sanctuary, at San Vito d'Altivole, Italy, 1969–1978 [22]
- Banca Popolare di Verona, Italy, 1973–1978 [23]
- Restauración del Museo de Castelvecchio en Verona / Carlo Scarpa[24]
References
Bibliography
- Beltramini, Guido; Zannier, Italo (2007). Carlo Scarpa: Architecture and Design. New York: Rizzoli.
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- Dal Co, Francesco; Mazzariol, Giuseppe (1985). Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works. Milan: Electa; New York: Rizzoli.
- Dal Co, Francesco (2009). To Construct, to Compose: Carlo Scarpa and the Villa Ottolenghi. Amsterdam: SUN.
- Guidi, Guido (2011). Carlo Scarpa's Tomba Brion. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz.
- Giunta, Santo (2020). Carlo Scarpa. A [curious] shaft of light, a golden standard, the hands and a face of a woman. Reflections on the design process and layout of Palazzo Abatellis 1953–1954. Foreword by Richard Murphy; Afterword by Giampiero Bosoni, Marsilio, Venice, Template:ISBN.
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- McCarter, Robert (2013). Carlo Scarpa. London: Phaidon Press. (2nd edition, 2017)
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- Schultz, Anne-Catrin (2007). Carlo Scarpa: Layers. Stuttgart: Edition Axel Menges.
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- Sonego, Carla (1995). Carlo Scarpa. Gli anni della formazione. Venice: IUAV, (unpublished thesis, Professor Marco De Michelis, supervisor). Template:In lang
External links
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