I mattoidi al primo concorso pel monumento in Roma a Vittorio Emanuele by Dossi
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"I mattoidi al primo concorso pel monumento in Roma a Vittorio Emanuele" by Carlo Dossi is an ironic critical essay published in 1884. When Italy held an open competition to design a monument for King Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, 239 participants submitted proposals. Dossi witnessed the process and created a scathing yet humorous commentary on the bizarre, impractical, and absurd designs submitted by amateur architects. His "gallery of horrors" ridicules projects
featuring unstable columns, misguided pyramids, and monuments doubling as bridges or public baths, while praising rare serious submissions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dossi, Carlo, 1849-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title | I mattoidi al primo concorso pel monumento in Roma a Vittorio Emanuele |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_mattoidi |
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Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | NA: Fine Arts: Architecture |
| Subject | Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 1820-1878 -- Monuments -- Italy -- Rome |
| Subject | Monumento nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II (Rome, Italy) -- 1910-1920 |
| Subject | Rome (Italy) -- Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 48682 |
| Release Date | Apr 11, 2015 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 266 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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