Renato De Fusco

Renato De Fusco (14 July 1929 – 30 April 2024) was an Italian architectural historian, art theorist and academic. He was professor emeritus of the University of Naples Federico II. Initially interested in painting, he was part of the art movements "Gruppo Sud" and "MAC (Movimento Arte Concreta)". Among his most important works, Architettura come mass medium ('Architecture as a mass medium', 1967), Storia dell’architettura contemporanea ('History of contemporary architecture', 1974), Il progetto d'architettura ('The Architectural Project', 1983), Storia del design ('History of Design', 1985), Mille anni di architettura in Europa ('One thousand years of architecture in Europe', 1993), Trattato di architettura ('Treatise on architecture', 2001), and Filosofia del design ('Design philosophy', 2012). He died on 30 April 2024, at the age of 94.