LEADER 02680cam a22003854a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20230224155942.0 008 990415s2000 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 99030408 020 0521480159 (hb) 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo |beng 041 eng 042 pcc 043 e-it--- 050 00 N6923.S53 |bB73 2000 082 00 709/.2 |221 100 1 Braun, Emily, |d1957- 245 10 Mario Sironi and Italian modernism : |bart and politics under fascism / |cEmily Braun. 260 New York, N.Y. : |bCambridge University Press, |c2000. 300 xv, 316 p. : |bill. ; |c26 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-303) and index. 505 1. Sironi in context -- 2. Sironi futurista -- 3. The urban landscapes -- 4. Melancholy and the modern allegory -- 5. Sironi and the Novecento -- 6. Bodies mythic and politic -- 7. Artist of the Fascist revolution -- 8. The politicization of aesthetics -- 9. Fascism, myth, and modernism. 520 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, Emily Braun's study challenges traditional interpretations of this period as a 'return to order'. Recounting how Sironi fashioned the Fascist regime's image in both high and low-art forms, from propaganda in the press to monumental mural projects, Braun 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 post-war abstraction in Europe and America. 580 The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection 600 10 Sironi, Mario, |d1885-1961 |xCriticism and interpretation. 650 0 Fascism and art |zItaly. 700 1 Sironi, Mario, |d1885-1961. 856 41 |3Table of contents |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/99030408.html 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6709_000000000000000__2_BRA |70 |8GEN |9161271OSA |bOSA |d2023-01-30 |eComFas |l0 |o709/.2 BRA |r2023-01-30 |w2023-01-30 |yBK |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 jeGbrgYN 992 01 709_000000000000000__2_BRA |bSZQ_ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ__X_O8P 966 |cIn the Research Room