"Power and Spirituality". The Prima Mostra degli Artisti Italiani in Armi of 1942

Journal title MEMORIA E RICERCA
Author/s Marla Stone
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/33
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 63-79 File size 553 KB
DOI 10.3280/MER2010-033005
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation click here

Below, you can see the article first page

If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits

Article preview

FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.

This analysis of the First Exhibition of Italian Soldier Artists of 1942 reveals the Italian Fascist conception of the role of the fi ne arts in the mobilization for war. The exhibition, held fi rst in Rome and then displayed throughout Axis-occupied Europe, introduced the fi gure of the «soldier-artist». For the exhibition’s organizers, the paintings, drawings, and sculpture of this fi nal Fascist era art exhibition argued for Fascism’s unique ability to combine power and spirituality in its pursuit of global expansion. Representing shifts in Fascist cultural production brought on by the Second World War and highlighting the central place of culture in the Fascist vision of the Axis’ New Order, the First Exhibition of Italian Soldier Artists gives visual form to the limits, contradictions, and failures of Fascism’s wars.

Keywords: Fascism, Soldier-artist, Second World War, Exhibition, Nazi-Fascist alliance, Visual arts

  • Religion, race, and the nation inLa Tradotta del Fronte Giulio, 1942–1943 Nicolas G. Virtue, in Modern Italy /2018 pp.373
    DOI: 10.1017/mit.2018.35
  • Public Memory in the Context of Transnational Migration and Displacement Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra, pp.61 (ISBN:978-3-030-41328-6)
  • Disrupted and Unsettled: An Introduction to Monuments, Memorials, and Italian Migrations Laura E. Ruberto, Joseph Sciorra, in Italian American Review /2022 pp.1
    DOI: 10.5406/26902451.12.1.01

Marla Stone, "Potere e spiritualità". La Prima mostra degli artisti italiani in armi del 1942 in "MEMORIA E RICERCA " 33/2010, pp 63-79, DOI: 10.3280/MER2010-033005