ALBERTO SARTORIS: LA CASA MORAND-PASTEUR
L. Ferrario and D. Pastore
L. Ferrario and D. Pastore: ALBERTO SARTORIS / LA CASA MORAND-PASTEUR. Rome: Veutro Editore, 1983. First edition. Text in Italian and English. A near-fine softcover book with printed stiff wrappers and minor shelf wear. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 8.5 x 9.75 softcover book with 108 pages and approx. 75 illustrations, some in color. From the Preface: "Alberto Sartoris as a rationalist, a functionalist, an artist, a historian and an architect: the latter is one of the many aspects of Sartoris' multifaceted personality. Our purpose is that of examining and understanding it by means of an in-depth study of one of his works which was designed and built according to the intentions expressed in the project design: the "Morand-Pasteur House."
Contents
- Preface by L. Ferrario and D. Pastore
- Introduction by Franco Purini
- Sartoris/The Pavilion, A House, a Chair by Luigi Ferrario
- Design and Project /The Morand-Pasteur House by Daniele Pastore
- Sartoris and Design, or "remedium cupiditatis" by Giancarlo Carnevale
- Modern Rural Architecture by Alberto Sartoris
- The Morand-Pasteur House at Saillon, Valais by Jacques Grubler
- MAG Sartoris/Introspective Dialogue by Margit Reverdin
- Modern Rural Architecture by Alberto Sartoris
- The Morand-Pasteur House: List of photographs and drawings exhibited
- Biography
- List of Main Works
- Bibliography
Excerpted from Art Encyclopedia's web site: "Sartoris was a pioneer of Modernism in Italy, participating in several of the principal European avant-garde movements of the 1920s and 1930s. As a friend and admirer of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti he was involved in the Italian Futurist movement, collaborating with the painters Fillia and Felice Casorati. He was also inspired by the Neo-plasticism of De Stijl architects Theo van Doesburg and Cor van Eesteren, and he developed a unique style of axonometric drawing that became a hallmark of his work. His designs tended towards a synthesis of Futurism, Neo-plasticism and Functionalism in their use of colour, form and intersecting planes . . . Sartoris was a founder-member of CIAM and CIRPAC . . . a regular contributor to Casabella and Domus, and in 1929, with Fillia, he founded the review La citta futurista. He wrote more than 50 books on architectural theory and urbanism, and his 'Gli elementi dell'architettura funzionale' (1932), prefaced by Le Corbusier, remains a key reference work on the international avant-garde of the period."
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