Title Italian modern art in the age of fascism / Anthony White

Published New York : Routledge, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge research in art and politics Routledge research in art and politics. Contents Introduction : modernism, fascism and cultural rebirth -- The folk machine : Fortunato Depero's cloth pictures, 1919-1927 -- The men who turn around : Scipione and religion in 1930 -- Mario Radice : abstraction and architecture, 1934-2014 -- Conclusion : recreations and the fascist age Summary This book examines the work of several modern artists, including Fortunato Depero, Scipione, and Mario Radice, who were working in Italy during the time of Benito Mussolini's rise and fall. It provides a new history of the relationship between modern art and fascism. The study begins from the premise that Italian artists belonging to avant-garde art movements, such as futurism, expressionism, and abstraction, could produce works that were perfectly amenable to the ideologies of Mussolini's regime. A particular focus of the book is the precise relationship between ideas of history and modernity encountered in the art and politics of the time and how compatible these truly were Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Anthony White is Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia Print version record Subject Depero, Fortunato 1892-1960 Radice, Mario 1898-1987 Scipione 1904-1933 Art -- Political aspects -- Italy -- History -- 20th century Fascism and art -- Italy Modernism (Art) -- Italy Art, Italian -- 20th century -- Themes, motives Ideology in art. ART -- European. ART -- Art & Politics. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Fascism & Totalitarianism. Art, Italian -- Themes, motives Art -- Political aspects Fascism and art Ideology in art Modernism (Art) Architektur Avantgarde Bildteppich Faschismus Künste Kunst Moderne Textilkunst Italy Italien Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780429512018 0429512015 9780429203541 0429203543 9780429518874 0429518870 9780429515446 0429515448

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