Artefacts

Maschera di Mussolini (Il Duce)

Artefact Type:

sculpture

Description:
Iconic marble portrait of Mussolini sculpted by Wildt, which became one of the symbols of the first heroic phase of Fascism.

Size:
60 x 49 x 22
Creation Start Date:
1924
Artist:
> Adolfo Wildt
Current Location:
> Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Current Location:
> Milan
Material:
> Carrara marble on slab of green marble

Tags: State art Classical tradition Assent Consensus Public or civic sphere Private sphere Collectivity Sacralization Hegemony Aesthetic perception Aesthetic theorization Totalitarian consent Aesthetic critique Cultural system or apparatus Public spectacle

Themes:

Theatre of the grotesque