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Dawn of a nation : from Guttuso to Fontana and Schifano /

An extraordinary journey through art, politics, and society, with works by artists such as Renato Guttuso, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Mario Schifano, Mario Merz, and Michelangelo Pistoletto, recounting and reflecting on the contrasts, transformations and new artistic trends in Italy between the e...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nascita di una nazione.
Other Authors: Barbero, Luca Massimo, 1963- (Editor), Kerr, David, 1950- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; translated from the Italian.
Published: [Venice] : Marsilio, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Art, Italian > 20th century > Exhibitions.
National characteristics, Italian > Exhibitions.
Nationalism and art > Italy > History > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Nationalism in art > Exhibitions.
Art and society > Italy > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art and society.
Art, Italian.
National characteristics, Italian.
Nationalism and art.
Nationalism in art.
Italy.
1900-1999
Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
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Summary:An extraordinary journey through art, politics, and society, with works by artists such as Renato Guttuso, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, Mario Schifano, Mario Merz, and Michelangelo Pistoletto, recounting and reflecting on the contrasts, transformations and new artistic trends in Italy between the end of World War II and the years of protest, from the opposition between Realism and Abstraction in the post-war period to the triumph of Informal Art in the fifties, Pop Art, and Arte Povera and Conceptual Art in the sixties.
Item Description:Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, March 16-July 22, 2018.
Physical Description:299 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9788831729567
883172956X
Place of Publication:Italy -- Veneto -- Venice.