Artefacts

Fiat 500 La vetturetta del lavoro e del risparmio

Artefact Type:

advertising poster

Description:
Sironi's advertising card for the Fiat 500, establishing a connection between the commercial product and the regime by juxtaposing an image of the car with that of Remus and Romulus suckling the She-Wolf, thus evocating the myth of the creation of Rome, associated with the Fascist regime.

Date Start:
1935
Author:
> Mario Sironi
Product Brand:
> Fiat
Current Location:
> Raccolta delle stampe Achille Bertarelli
Current Location:
> Milan

Tags: Monumentalism Nationalism Assent Volumetry Collectivity Media manipulation Totalitarian realism Popular culture Totalitarian consent