Baroquemania explores the intersections of art, architecture and criticism to show how reimagining the Baroque helped craft a distinctively Italian approach to modern art.
Offering a bold reassessment of post-unification visual culture, the book examines a wide variety of media and ideologically charged discourses on the Baroque, both inside and outside the academy. Key episodes in the modern afterlife of the Baroque are addressed, notably the Decadentist interpretation of Gianlorenzo Bernini, the 1911 universal fairs in Turin and Rome, Roberto Longhi's historically grounded view of Futurism, architectural projects in Fascist Rome and the interwar reception of Adolfo Wildt and Lucio Fontana's sculpture. Featuring a wealth of visual materials, Baroquemania offers a fresh look at a central aspect of Italy's modern art.
By:
Laura Moure Cecchini Imprint: Manchester University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 170mm,
Spine: 22mm
ISBN:9781526153173 ISBN 10: 1526153173 Pages: 288 Publication Date:11 January 2022 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Decadent Seicento: the emergence of the Baroque in the Italian fin de siècle 2 The Baroque’s revenge: the 1911 jubilee exhibitions and the search for an Italian style 3 Baroque Futurism: Roberto Longhi, seventeenth-century art and the Italian avant-garde 4 Classical Baroque: the Seicento and the return-to-order 5 Baroque memories in the architecture of interwar Rome 6 Form and formlessness: the reimagination of Baroque sculpture during Fascism Conclusions Index -- .
Laura Moure Cecchini is Assistant Professor of Art History at Colgate University
