Mussolini, Architect : propaganda and urban landscape in fascist Italy = Mussolini architetto : propaganda e paesaggio urbano nell'Italia fascista /

"During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting the symbolic prowess of architecture as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus. Mussolini, Architect examines Mussolini in Ital...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nicoloso, Paolo, 1957- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Notini, S. (Sylvia) (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Edición:English-language edition.
Colección:Toronto Italian studies.
Temas:
Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945.
Mussolini, Benito, > 1883-1945
1900-1999
Fascism and architecture > Italy.
Fascist propaganda > Italy.
Architecture > Italy > History > 20th century.
Fascism > Italy > History.
Fascisme et architecture > Italie.
Propagande fasciste > Italie.
Architecture > Italie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Fascisme > Italie > Histoire.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
Architecture
Cultural policy
Fascism
Fascism and architecture
Fascist propaganda
Italy > Cultural policy > History > 20th century.
Italy
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting the symbolic prowess of architecture as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus. Mussolini, Architect examines Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943 and expands the traditional interpretations of fascism, advancing the claim that Mussolini devised and implemented architecture as a tool capable of determining public behaviour and influencing opinion. Paolo Nicoloso challenges the assertion that Mussolini was of minimal influence on Italian architecture and argues that in fact the fascist leader played a strong role in encouraging civic architectural development in order to reflect the totalitarian values of the period. Drawing on archival documents, Nicoloso lists the architects who gave Mussolini ideas and describes the times when the dictator himself sometimes picked up a pencil and suggested changes. Examining the political, social, and architectural history of the fascist period, Mussolini, Architect gives careful attention to the final years of fascist rule in order to demonstrate the extent to which Mussolini was intent on shaping Italy and its citizens through architectural projects."--
Notas:Translation of: Mussolini architetto : propaganda e paesaggio urbano nell'Italia fascista.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 329 pages) : illustrations.
Issued also in print format.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442631007
1442631007
9781442630994
144263099X

Ejemplares similares