Italian Modern Art in the Age of Fascism

This book examines the work of several avant-garde artists, including Giorgio de Chirico, Fortunato Depero, Scipione and Mario Radice, working in Italy during Benito Mussolini¿s rise and fall.

Sommario

Chapter 1 – Introduction: Modernism, Fascism and Cultural Rebirth; Chapter 2 – The Folk Machine: Fortunato Depero’s Cloth Pictures, 1919 - 1927; Chapter 3 – The Men Who Turn Around: Scipione and Religion in 1930; Chapter 4 – Mario Radice: Abstraction and Architecture, 1934 – 2014; Chapter 5 – Conclusion: Recreations and the Fascist Age

Info autore

Anthony White is Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Riassunto

This book examines the work of several avant-garde artists, including Giorgio de Chirico, Fortunato Depero, Scipione and Mario Radice, working in Italy during Benito Mussolini’s rise and fall.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anthony White, Anthony (The University of Melbourne) White
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781032177717
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3217771-7
• Pagine: 216
• Serie: Routledge Research in Art and Politics
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / History / General, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), ART / Art & Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Media & Internet, Italy, Fascism & Nazism, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, Modernism, Far-right political ideologies and movements, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General