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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 ...
He also designed Casa Malaparte for Curzio Malaparte on the island of Capri (1938), although there is continuing controversy as to whether Libera himself was the main designer. During the Fascist period, all architects were legally forced to join the party; but the most successful went further and became important party members.
Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957) was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte may also refer to: Malaparte (theater company) , a theatre company in New York City
After the dissolution of the group, it was adopted by single artists like Giuseppe Terragni (Casa del Fascio, Como), Adalberto Libera (Villa Malaparte in Capri) and Giovanni Michelucci (Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station).
The neorealism of Giovanni Michelucci (designer of numerous churches in Tuscany), Charles Aymonino, Mario Ridolfi and others (INA-Casa neighbourhoods) was followed by the Neoliberty style (seen in earlier works of Vittorio Gregotti) and Brutalist architecture (Torre Velasca in Milan group BBPR, a residential building via Piagentina in Florence ...
Casa Malaparte; P. Premio Malaparte This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, at 23:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Skin is a fictionalised account of the Allied occupation of Naples after Italy's defeat in World War II, during which Malaparte, whose homonymous author persona appears as the book's narrator, worked as a liaison officer for the American army. The book consists of vignettes about degradation, prostitution and cruelty.