Baroquemania : Italian Visual Culture and the Construction of National Identity, 1898–1945
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| Title: | Baroquemania : Italian Visual Culture and the Construction of National Identity, 1898–1945 |
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| Description: | Baroquemania explores the intersections of art, architecture and criticism to show how reimagining the Baroque helped craft a distinctively Italian approach to modern art. Offering a bold reassessment of post-unification visual culture, the book examines a wide variety of media and ideologically charged discourses on the Baroque, both inside and outside the academy. Key episodes in the modern afterlife of the Baroque are addressed, notably the Decadentist interpretation of Gianlorenzo Bernini, the 1911 universal fairs in Turin and Rome, Roberto Longhi's historically grounded view of Futurism, architectural projects in Fascist Rome and the interwar reception of Adolfo Wildt and Lucio Fontana's sculpture. Featuring a wealth of visual materials, Baroquemania offers a fresh look at a central aspect of Italy's modern art. |
| Authors: | Laura Moure Cecchini |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Art and society--Italy--History--19th century, Baroque literature--History and criticism, Art, Modern--19th century, Art, Modern--20th century, Art and society--Italy--History--20th century, Art, Baroque--Italy, Architecture, Baroque--Italy |
| Categories: | ART / Movements / Modernism, ART / Movements / Baroque & Rococo, HISTORY / Europe / Italy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Baroquemania explores the intersections of art, architecture and criticism to show how reimagining the Baroque helped craft a distinctively Italian approach to modern art. Offering a bold reassessment of post-unification visual culture, the book examines a wide variety of media and ideologically charged discourses on the Baroque, both inside and outside the academy. Key episodes in the modern afterlife of the Baroque are addressed, notably the Decadentist interpretation of Gianlorenzo Bernini, the 1911 universal fairs in Turin and Rome, Roberto Longhi's historically grounded view of Futurism, architectural projects in Fascist Rome and the interwar reception of Adolfo Wildt and Lucio Fontana's sculpture. Featuring a wealth of visual materials, Baroquemania offers a fresh look at a central aspect of Italy's modern art. |
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| ISBN: | 9781526153173 9781526153166 9781526153180 |
