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Stalinist-style buildings

Reader comment on item: Beauty and Nausea in Venice

Submitted by Edoardo, Jan 29, 2018 at 07:34

Dear Mr Pipes,

while I agree with you about the ugliness of so called contemporary art and architecture I cannot share your view of the buildings in Bologna shown in the picture as Stalinist-style buildings.
They are an example of architecture form the 20ies 30ies (fascist style would be a more appropriate term) and during that period architecture and art in Italy had nothing to envy to the Renaissance.
The ugly buildings came only after the War.
While Italy is admired everywhere for its treasures I think there is an overemphasis towards the Renaissance or Ancient Rome, while other glorious periods such as the late Middle Ages or the Belle Epoque are often overlooked.

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Reader comments (19) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
1La biennale di Venezia, ossia la fabbrica del nulla [53 words]
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Carlo BrozziApr 4, 2022 08:07279621
Stalinist-style buildings [114 words]EdoardoJan 29, 2018 07:34242012
Perspicacious perspectives! [4 words]Rachamim FreerJan 12, 2018 17:14241840
1Congratulations for your intervention [24 words]Georges BrandstatterJan 7, 2018 12:56241800
La biennale di Venezia, ossia la fabbrica del nulla [30 words]Carlo BrozziApr 22, 2022 08:04241800
Romanticizing the Italian Renaissance [67 words]François GravelJan 2, 2018 12:46241741
All too true [25 words]Leslie ShawDec 29, 2017 04:02241703
3I Agree [34 words]
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Brian YoderDec 29, 2017 00:36241700
1Evelyn Waugh was right there... [24 words]Maria MeylikhovaDec 29, 2017 00:30241699
Art [51 words]Glenn CurtamDec 28, 2017 16:26241695
1Nausea at this show, yes, but 1910 is too early [122 words]
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MalcolmDec 28, 2017 14:40241694
1Art used to be about the magic and skill in the execution [46 words]AnonDec 28, 2017 12:58241693
1Artists as tradesmen [65 words]Barbara Schmidt-RunkelJan 3, 2018 08:46241693
Irony - Stalin & Hitler's Artistic Tasts [316 words]LudvikusDec 28, 2017 12:31241692
1Sadly provincial [127 words]
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Vadim DralukDec 28, 2017 12:08241691
2away from the public eye [103 words]rwDec 29, 2017 04:25241691
The mentality surrounding culture after the horrors of the 20th century--thoughts of two masters [652 words]RizhulkaJan 1, 2018 11:53241691
Thanks [17 words]OrnellaDec 28, 2017 12:02241690
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson [16 words]Alvin SamuelsDec 28, 2017 11:59241689

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