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    Mario Sironi’s mural Italy Among Arts and Sciences (detail), 1950 restoration of the 1935 original, with Fascist elements reinstated, approx. 1,500 square feet. Courtesy Sapienza University of Rome. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New

  • Learning from Fascism 2

    Sironi: Study for the cover of La Rivista Illustrata del Popolo, ca. 1925, oil tempera and photocollage on cardboard, 16 by 13 inches. Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Foundation, Bologna. © ARS/SIAE.

  • Learning from Fascism 3

    Image Credit: NICOLA ECCHER

    Tullio Crali: Nose Dive on the City, 1939, oil on canvas, 51 by 61 inches. Courtesy Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto.

  • Learning from Fascism 4

    Squared Colosseum building in Rome, Italy; Shutterstock ID 90494164; Purchase Order: Art in America; Job: Fascist art and architecture; Client/Licensee: Art in America / PMC

    The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome, constructed between 1938 and 1943. Millionstock/Shutterstock.

  • Learning from Fascism 5

    Benedetta Cappa, dit Benedetta (1897-1977). "Le grand X". Huile sur toile. Vers 1925-1930. Paris, musée d'Art moderne.
    Image Credit: Julien Vidal

    Benedetta Cappa: The Great X, 1925–30, oil on canvas, 50 3/4 by 25 1/2 inches. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. © Julien Vidal/Roger-Viollet.

  • Learning from Fascism 6

    Renato Bertelli: Continuous Profile of Mussolini, 1933, bronzed terra-cotta, 11¾ by 9 by 9 inches. The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach. Photo Bruce White.

  • Learning from Fascism 7

    williamCromar: Continuous Profile (Head of Drumpf), 2016, orange-gold leaf on hydrocal plaster cast from a laser-sintered plastic 3D print, 13½ by 11 by 11 inches.

  • Learning from Fascism 8

    C8C4GY Fascist souvenirs in a souvenir shop in Predappio, Italy.
    Image Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

    A Fascist souvenir shop in Mussolini’s hometown of Predappio, Italy. Vova Pomortzeff/Almay Stock Photo.

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