by Adolf Loos · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845909351
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«Parole nel vuoto» is the collection of essays by the architect and critic Adolf Loos, published by Adelphi in Italian.
The volume brings together the most important essays by Adolf Loos, with a scathing critique of ornamentation in architecture and the applied arts, and reflections on clothing or furniture. It includes his celebrated essay Ornament and Crime, praised by Le Corbusier, and defends simplicity and functionality against unnecessary ornament.
Italian edition of 1992, translated by Sonia Gessner, which brings together the writings of Ins Leere gesprochen and Trotzdem, and belongs to the Gli Adelphi series.
For readers interested in architecture, design and cultural criticism; a key work for understanding the origins of the modern movement.
