Ardengo Soffici and the Religion of Art

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter C
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Art and Fascist Ideology in France and Italy: An Introduction 3
6. The Myth of National Regeneration in Italy: From Modernist Avant-Garde to Fascism 25
7. Ardengo Soffici and the Religion of Art 46
8. Valentine de Saint-Point and the Fascist Construction of Woman 73
9. Mario Sironi's Urban Landscapes: The Futurist/Fascist Nexus 101
10. La Cite francaise: Georges Valois, le Corbusier, and Fascist Theories of Urbanism 134
11. Waldemar George: A Parisian Art Critic on Modernism and Fascism 171
12. The State as Patron: Making Official Culture in Fascist Italy 205
13. Decadence and Renewal in the Decorative Arts under Vichy 239
14. Selected Bibliography 263
15. Notes on the Contributors 275
16. Index 277