Mario Sironi and Italian modernism : art and politics under fascism / Emily Braun.

Main entry:

Braun, Emily, 1957-

Title & Author:

Mario Sironi and Italian modernism : art and politics under fascism / Emily Braun.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Description:

xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-303) and index.
Sironi in context -- Sironi futurista -- The urban landscapes -- Melancholy and the modern allegory -- Sironi and the novecento -- Bodies mythic and politic -- Artist of the fascist revolution -- The politicization of aesthetics -- Fascism, myth, and modernism.

Summary:

"This book examines the work of Mario Sironi, painter, caricaturist, designer, and muralist, whose images shaped the political myths of Italian Fascism. Providing a case study of the relationship between artistic freedom and political authoritarianism during and between the world wars in Italy, Braun recounts how Sironi fashioned the Fascist regime's image in both high and low art forms, from propaganda in the press to monumental mural projects, and shows why Sironi was defended by progressive critics, and even Mussolini himself, as the consummate artist of the "Fascist Revolution." Both a monograph and cultural history, Mario Sironi and Italian Modernism charts the fate of modern art and the avant-garde project of cultural renewal under Fascism. It reveals the relationship between Fascism, myth and modernism, as well as the link between Sironi's art and postwar abstraction in Europe and America."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0521480159 (hb)
9780521480154 (hb)

Subject:

Sironi, Mario, 1885-1961 Criticism and interpretation.
Sironi, Mario.
Sironi, Mario, 1885-1961 Critique et interprétation.
Sironi, Mario, 1885-1961
Sironi, Mario, (1885-1961) Critique et interprétation.
Fascism and art Italy.
Fascisme et art Italie.
Fascism and art
Italy
Italian painters (artists)
Fascism Italy.
Art Italy 1900-1960.

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Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Books.

Added entries:

Sironi, Mario, 1885-1961.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216834
Call No.: NA44.S621.6 B7 2000
Status: Available

Location: Library main 216835
Call No.: NA44.S621.6 B7 2000
Status: Available

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