{"product_id":"9781526176370-baroquemania","title":"Baroquemania","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItalian Visual Culture and the Construction of National Identity, 1898–1945\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaroquemania\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new account of Italian post-unification visual culture through its entanglement with the Baroque. Interrogating the Baroque’s fraught afterlife in the work of Giorgio de Chirico, Armando Brasini, Lucio Fontana and others, the book reveals its role in crafting a distinctively Italian approach to modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaroquemania\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBaroquemania\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh look at a central aspect of Italy's modern art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57075253805430,"sku":"9781526176370","price":36.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38977264.jpg?v=1768538070","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526176370-baroquemania","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}