01 May 1988
Leonor Fini
Portrait of an Artist
Palladio: The Power Of Architecture
Three restoration students and scholars from all over the world meet in a Palladian villa in view of a conference on Palladio. Meanwhile, in the United States of America, a young university professor asks his mentors, Kenneth Frampton and Peter Eisenman, how to be able to transmit Palladio's humanistic values to the new generations.
2019
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Kenneth Frampton Peter Eisenman Antonio Foscari Lionello Puppi Gregorio Carboni Maestri
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