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Casa Malaparte (also Villa Malaparte) is a house on Punta Massullo, on the eastern side of the isle of Capri, Italy. It is considered to be one of the best examples of Italian modern and contemporary architecture. The house was conceived around 1937 by the well-known Italian architect Adalberto Libera for Curzio Malaparte. [2]
The writer Curzio Malaparte is building the Casa Malaparte on the island, where he lives after having fallen out with the National Fascist Party. When the OVRA accuses him of having killed a young, English poet four years earlier, he goes into hiding and works with a small group of friends to investigate the case and figure out who is trying to ...
Upon the publication in Italy, the critic Giovanni Pischedda of Corriere dell'Abruzzo called the book narcissistic and wrote about the tension between its author and narrative persona: "Malaparte does not want his artistic creations to show every aspect of himself, because from his perspective it would be a crying shame to miss out on the aesthetic pleasure of viewing himself in the mirror of ...
In the area of photography he is known for his works from 1980–2006, primarily very large formats showing famous architectural sites such as the Wittgenstein House, Casa Malaparte, Casa del Fascio, and Hans Poelzig’s IG Farben Building in Frankfurt.
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The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.
The film documents the filming of Godard's Contempt in Capri, in and around the Villa Malaparte from May 17 until May 20, 1963. It focuses in particular on numerous paparazzi's relentless efforts to photograph Brigitte Bardot, [3] one of the big stars of European cinema at the time.
Adalberto Libera was born in Villa Lagarina in the County of Tyrol of Austria-Hungary (now in Trentino) in northern Italy.He graduated from Parma's Institute of Art in 1925 and then in 1928 from Rome's Scuola Superiore di Architettura he became acquainted with Futurism through his fellow Trentino Fortunato Depero.