Architect Andrea Ponsi Gives His Personal Views on Florence, Italy and Signs Florence: A Map of Perceptions
03/16/2010 6:30 pm
03/16/2010 7:30 pm
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This is the way we dream an architect could speak to us, fully
communicating his passion. The book's elegant, concise prose--as well
as its balance of the civic with the intensely personal--recalls the
Calvino of Marcovaldo and Invisible Cities. The text is accompanied by
Ponsi's own spare but evocative watercolors and sketches, which, like
his words, seek to behold rather than pin down. This lyrical tribute is
as much an ode to the lost art of contemplation as it is to Florence--a
city where every moment is different from every other moment.
This is the way we dream an architect could speak to us, fully
communicating his passion. The book's elegant, concise prose--as well
as its balance of the civic with the intensely personal--recalls the
Calvino of Marcovaldo and Invisible Cities. The text is accompanied by
Ponsi's own spare but evocative watercolors and sketches, which, like
his words, seek to behold rather than pin down. This lyrical tribute is
as much an ode to the lost art of contemplation as it is to Florence--a
city where every moment is different from every other moment.
