Artefacts

Le comunicazioni, Le vie del cielo e del mare

Artefact Type:

painting

Description:
Futurist mosaics by Fillia and Prampolini decorating La Spezia's post office, built by Mazzoni; they develop the theme of aerial and maritime 'communications', evoking the function of the building.

Creation Start Date:
1933
Artist:
> Luigi Colombo (known as 'Fillia')
Artist:
> Enrico Prampolini
Current Location:
> Palazzo delle Poste
Current Location:
> La Spezia
Technique:
> Mosaic

Tags: Urbanism Corporativism State art Totalitarian art Anti-liberalism New Man Consensus Volumetry Sacralization Modern realism Totalitarian realism Muralism Statalization Hegemony Mechanical reproduction Totalitarian consent Aesthetic system or apparatus Public spectacle

Themes:

Aeropainting Mural Art Second Futurism