Città Nuova

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Città Nuova

drawings by Sant’Elia

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Antonio Sant’Elia
…group of these drawings called Città Nuova (“New City”) was displayed in May 1914 at an exhibition of the Nuove Tendenze group, of which he was a member. Although Sant’Elia’s ideas were Futuristic, it has been questioned whether he was actually a member of the group. Essentially he was a…
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…group of these drawings called Città Nuova (“New City”) was displayed in May 1914 at an exhibition of the Nuove Tendenze group, of which he was a member. Although Sant’Elia’s ideas were Futuristic, it has been questioned whether he was actually a member of the group. Essentially he was a…
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Western architecture
Europe
…grandiose futuristic city, entitled “Città nuova” (“New City”), the drawings for which were exhibited at Milan in 1914. He conceived of the city as a symbol of the new technological age. It was an affirmative environment for the future, however, in opposition to the negating inhuman Expressionistic city of…
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…grandiose futuristic city, entitled “Città nuova” (“New City”), the drawings for which were exhibited at Milan in 1914. He conceived of the city as a symbol of the new technological age. It was an affirmative environment for the future, however, in opposition to the negating inhuman Expressionistic city of…
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