Movement

Italian Rationalism

1926–1943
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An interwar Italian modernism launched by the Gruppo 7 (1926) and exemplified by Giuseppe Terragni's Casa del Fascio, seeking a disciplined synthesis of classical order and machine-age abstraction under, and in tension with, the Fascist state.

Production Power

Details

Origin
Italy

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
Reason
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Hegemonic
Degree of codification
Pattern based
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Sources

  1. Richard A. Etlin. Modernism in Italian Architecture, 1890–1940. MIT Press, 1991.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Italian Rationalism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/italian-rationalism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.