Ambassadors of Beauty
Italian Old Master Exhibitions and Fascist Cultural Diplomacy 1930-1940
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Beschreibung
Italian art embodies an ideal of beauty deeply rooted in Western historical consciousness. In the 1930s, the Italian Fascist regime appropriated this ideal to reinforce its cultural and political relations with other governments. As ambassadors of Fascist cultural diplomacy, iconic masterpieces of Italian art then travelled in exhibitions to London, Paris, Belgrade, and the United States.
Matilde Cartolari examines these exhibitions as sites of intersection between art historiography and the art market, conservation and heritage protection, nationalism and internationalism. Her analysis sheds light on the development of Italy’s Fascist cultural policy from the ephemeral triumphalism of the Ethiopian campaign to the unfulfilled dream of the E42 World’s Fair.
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Matilde Cartolari
Themen in »Ambassadors of Beauty«
Italy 20th century Fascism cultural politics diplomacy art propaganda Old Masters exhibition museum art market Italien 20. Jahrhundert Faschismus Kulturpolitik