Expo, percorso

Expo, storia di un evento in grado di promuovere lo scambio culturale fra i popoli

Come e perché attualità e interesse divengono motore di innovazione, scoperte e progetti

Munaro Lara

Classe 5T – Indirizzo turismo

Istituto Tecnico Economico “P.F. Calvi” – Belluno

L’Esposizione Universale è una manifestazione che ha lo scopo di creare una piattaforma per un dialogo internazionale tra i cittadini e i Paesi intorno a un tema d’attualità e di interesse universale.

Fin dal principio è stato il luogo in cui era possibile rappresentare la creatività e l’ingegno umano attraverso la presentazione di ciò che ogni Paese può offrire al mondo in quel preciso momento storico.

Fin dalla sua prima edizione, tenutasi a Londra nel 1851, l’Esposizione Universale è stata il luogo ideale per analizzare i traguardi più ambiziosi raggiunti dall’Uomo nel corso del tempo, l’occasione per condividere innovazione, avanzamenti tecnologici, progetti architettonici o movimenti artistici, ma anche per creare luoghi e spazi che si sono trasformati in veri e propri simboli dell’epoca.

Inglese: The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park in London in 1851.

It was the first in a series of exhibitions of culture and industry that were to become popular in the 19th-century. It was attended by numerous notable figures of the time, including Charles Darwin and Charles Dickens.

The Great Exhibition was organized by Prince Albert, husband of the monarch Queen Victoria and other members of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce as a celebration of modern industrial technology and design.

Although the Great Exhibition was a platform on which countries from around the world could display their achievements, Great Britain sought to prove its own superiority.

A special building, nicknamed The Crystal Palace, was built to house the exhibition. The Palace was an iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park. It was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton.

It is called “Crystal Palace” because, during the construction, they used the invention of the cast plate glass method, which allowed for large, cheap and strong sheets of glass.

This building surprised visitors with its clear walls. Paxton’s ideas reflected his practical brilliance as a designer and problem-solver. He introduced many innovations, offered practical advantages.

Paxton was acclaimed in every part of the world for his project. In 1936 the Palace was destroyed by fire.

The Great Exhibition is a symbol of the Victorian Age. This was a long period of peace, prosperity and national self-confidence for Britain.

Victorian architecture is a series of revival styles in the period of the reign of Queen Victoria. The styles often included interpretations of historic styles mixed with the introduction of Asian influences.

The emergence of photography, presented at the Great Exhibition, resulted in significant changes in Victorian art: for example, Queen Victoria was the first British monarch to be photographed.

Storia dell’arte: l’eredità artistica delle Expo

Nonostante la natura temporanea, la maggior parte delle Expo hanno lasciato una forte impronta nei diversi Paesi in cui sono state ospitate.

A questo proposito vorrei ripercorrere la storia delle esposizioni universali, soffermandomi su alcune edizioni che storicamente lasciarono il segno.

Nel corso degli anni, le esposizioni universali hanno lasciato una traccia importante nell’urbanistica delle città ospitanti.