Rationalism (architecture)
For other uses, see Rationalism (disambiguation). Teatro Carlo Felice, designed by Aldo Rossi, who is considered the founder of neo-rationalism In architecture, rationalism is an architectural current which mostly developed from Italy in the 1920s-1930s. Vitruvius had claimed in his work De Architectura that architecture is a science that can be comprehended rationally. This formulation was taken up and further developed in the architectural treatises of the Renaissance. Progressive art theory of the 18th-century opposed the Baroque use of illusionism with the classic beauty of truth and reason. Twentieth-century rationalism derived less from a special, unified theoretical work than from a common belief that the most varied problems posed by the real world could be resolved by reason. In that respect it represented a reaction to historicism and a contrast to Art Nouveau and Expressionism. Contents 1 Enlightenment rationalism 2 Structural rationalism 3 Ear...
