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Book SynopsisBringing together studies by art historians, historians, and political scientists, this work explores the themes and paradigms that pervaded protofascist and fascist aesthetic discourse, and artistic production in France and Italy. It investigates the intersection of fascist ideology and aesthetics through a range of historical examples.
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Fascist Visions is an innovative, thoughtful, informative, and consistently intelligent collection of essays. The presentation of the complex interplay between art history and history of ideas and politics constitutes a major historiographical achievement, which will have a deep impact on the debate on fascism."
—Zeev Sternhell, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsArt and Fascist Ideology in France and Italy: An Introduction3The Myth of National Regeneration in Italy: From Modernist Avant-Garde to Fascism25Ardengo Soffici and the Religion of Art46Valentine de Saint-Point and the Fascist Construction of Woman73Mario Sironi's Urban Landscapes: The Futurist/Fascist Nexus101La Cite francaise: Georges Valois, Le Corbusier, and Facist Theories of Urbanism134Waldemar George: A Parisian Art Critic on Modernism and Fascism171The State as Patron: Making Official Culture in Fascist Italy205Decadence and Renewal in the Decorative Arts under Vichy239Selected Bibliography263Notes on the Contributors275Index277
