Arte Ambientale, Urban Space, and Participatory Art

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Extramural Exhibitions: Volterra ’73 and Ambiente come sociale; Chapter 3: Redeployment of Sculpture in the City: Francesco Somaini and Mauro Staccioli; Chapter 4: Riappropriazione Dell’ambiente: Ugo La Pietra’s and Franco Summa’s Urban Interventions; Chapter 5: Vox Populi: Franco Vaccari's and Maurizio Nannucci’s Audience Engagement; Chapter 6: Conclusion: The Legacy of Arte Ambientale

About the author

Martina Tanga is an independent art historian and curator.

Summary

Working in 1970s Italy, a young generation of artists, namely Ugo La Pietra, Maurizio Nannucci, Francesco Somaini, Mauro Staccioli, Franco Summa, and Franco Vaccari, sought new spaces for the creation and exhibition of art.

Product details

• Authors: Martina Tanga
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780815393733
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-9373-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies; Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, Theory of art, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, ART / Art & Politics, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Italy, Politics & government, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Politics and government, Art & design styles: from c 1960, c 1970 to c 1979, Urban communities, c 1970 to c 1980, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General