Satira dell'architetto. Controstoria di una professione attraverso la caricatura
Academy of Architecture
From the seventeenth century to the present day, caricatures, cartoons, and comic strips published in newspapers, magazines, and now also on social media channels, convey an unconventional image of the architectural profession, far removed from the more familiar celebratory portraits. As Gabriele Neri writes, "it is an altered image: caricature distorts, exaggerates, and deforms its subject. But it is precisely from this exaggeration that interesting features emerge: between personal attacks and clichés extended to the entire category, the countless variations of graphic satire show us the architect from unconventional perspectives that are rarely explored by official historiography." The original gallery of illustrations published The original gallery of illustrations published in this volume undoubtedly demonstrates what Neri states from the outset: the great attention paid by satire to architecture attests to the importance of the public and social role of this extraordinary profession.