Fascist Architecture & Art
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In PBSR 88 (2020) Ephemeral architecture was the antithesis of the permanent buildings typical of the 'Fascism of stone', and yet many architects took advantage of this paradox to create an imaginary Rome. A widespread use of ephemeral... more
This article considers questions of agency, materiality and identity through a focus on a landscape largely shaped by the German National Socialists in the 1930s: the former Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. It looks at Nazi ideas... more
This essay is the second preliminary version of a paper that I intend to publish as an article in an architectural-historical journal or a relevant collection of papers. This article is about the urban project of the ‘Esposizione... more
Giuseppe Terragni was among the modern Italian architects the most rooted in the European avangarde and the most inclined toward abstraction, deconstructing his building in layers upon layers of materials, architectural elements and... more
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, along with other twentieth-century authoritarian regimes, have often attempted to create consensus through propagandistic reinterpretations of the classical past. As recent scholarship has shown, the... more
in "Clionet. Rivista di Public History", 1/2017.
http://rivista.clionet.it/vol1/dossier/architetture_tra_le_due_guerre/versari-sospensione-metafisica-retorica-di-regime-e-immagine-dell-antico-nel-dibattito-sul-razionalismo-italiano
http://rivista.clionet.it/vol1/dossier/architetture_tra_le_due_guerre/versari-sospensione-metafisica-retorica-di-regime-e-immagine-dell-antico-nel-dibattito-sul-razionalismo-italiano
in "Clionet. Rivista di Public History", 1/2017.
In 1935 the Venice Biennale organized an atypical exhibition commemorating its 40th anniversary. The “Mostra dei Quarant’anni” was mostly devoted to art from the Triveneto. Yet four rooms showed works by European artists who had exhibited... more