Mussolini, Architect: Propaganda and Urban Landscape in Fascist Italy

by Paolo Nicoloso

During the fascist years in Italy, architecture and politics enjoyed a close alliance. Benito Mussolini used architecture to educate the masses, exploiting its symbolic prowess as a powerful tool for achieving political consensus.

Mussolini, Architect examines Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943 and expands the traditional interpretations of fascism, advancing the claim that Mussolini devised and implemented architecture as a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144263104X
• ISBN13: 9781442631045
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"