Gandhi Karan Sameer

HH-4 Agents

Carlo Scarpa viewed the past, not as divided into periods by isolated points, but as a constant accumulation of slices of knowledge and experiences.  The essay explores this stratification by tracing the factors that influenced him and informed his work. It attempts to establish two palimpsests, one the agent, Scarpa himself, as a product of various influences, and secondly Verona’s Castellvecchio as a palimpsest of history, material and thought.