Which town?

Their proposal comprised a conical urn clad with a mosaic of white marble pieces according to a rhythm and pattern which would become R.’s signature in most of his constructions.

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A cleavage, a misunderstanding, an incomprehension?

A transition from classicism to modernity?

Interiority, soberness, distinction, perfect expression – or thrust, simplification, force of impact?

The spirit of the times?

Like a “law of fate”?

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The difference will increase more and more, between Her own inspiration – contained nobility, profound and mysterious grandeur, discreet plenitude of sense – and a striking ostentation charged with a dramatic symbolism. And there will be more and more a kind of leveling of the values and terms of the conscious experience calling and summoning to an integral becoming, by the domination of a defined esthetic with its language and constraints.

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