L'Italia tra le arti e le scienze
- Artefact Type:
-
painting
- Description:
- Sironi's famous mural at Rome University La Sapienza, which should 'illustrate Fascism on the big wall of the lecture hall' of the newly-built university. It is (or it was, before being damaged in 1950) a mythical and celebratory representation of Fascist Italy containing several Fascist symbols, as well as a portrait of Mussolini riding a horse.
- Size:
- mq 94
- Creation Start Date:
- 1935
- Artist:
- > Mario Sironi
- Current Location:
- > Università La Sapienza
- Current Location:
- > Rome
- Technique:
- > Fresco
Urbanism Monumentalism State art Totalitarian art New Man Consensus Collectivity Sacralization Muralism Hegemony Aesthetic system or apparatus