The Renaissance Perfected: Architecture, Spectacle, and Tourism in Fascist Italy

by D. Medina Lasansky

Book Overview

Mussolini's bold claims upon the monuments and rhetoric of ancient Rome have been the subject of a number of recent books. D. Medina Lasansky shows us a much less familiar side of the cultural politics of Italian Fascism, tracing its wide-ranging efforts to adapt the nation's medieval and Renaissance heritage to satisfy the regime's programs of national regeneration. Anyone acquainted with the beauties of Tuscany will be surprised to learn that architects,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027102366X
• ISBN13: 9780271023663
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.0" x 10.0"