Ignacio G. Galan

Furnishing Fascism

Modernist Design and Politics in Italy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a fresh look at the work of various architects and designers, including iconic figures such as Gio Ponti and Carlo Enrico Rava, Ignacio G. Galán explores how seemingly neutral products of everyday life contributed to the propagation of fascist ideology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 254mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9781517916824
• ISBN-10: 1517916828
• Artikelnr.: 74064213

Autorenporträt

Ignacio G. GalÁn is assistant professor of architecture at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: From the Chair to the Nation
1. The National Market of Furnishing: Toward the “New Italian House”
2. Interiors in Print Media: “The Question of Taste”
3. National Film Sets: The Synthesizing of Modernist Fictions
4. Furnishing the Empire: “Nomad” Interiors and Carceral Habitations
5. The Mobile Objects of Tourism: Mediterranean Occupations
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index