New Florence art exhibition – “The Thirties: The Arts in Italy during Fascism in Florence.”

If you are thinking about taking a trip to Florence the chances you are enthusiastic about Italian art and culture. If you are visiting the city, which is world renowned for its legendary music heritage, having nurtured Cimabue and Giotto, the so-called fathers of Italian painting, before 27 January 2013, then you may want to visit a new Florence art exhibition, titled, “The Thirties: The Arts in Italy during Fascism in Florence.”

1930s Italy was ruled by fascism and during this turbulent epoch an intriguing range of artistic styles and trends emerged as a way of overthrowing oppressive rule through artistic expression.

From abstract art to expressionism, futurism to classicism, and decorative painting to monumental art, an artistic battle surmounted in a city where creative expression through a paintbrush was a key to intellectual survival.

The chaotic artistic scene in Florence in the 30s was complicated even further with the arrival or design and mass communication. Entertainment for the masses, such as cinema, posters and radio, stole ideas from the fine arts and dispersed them to the public as a whole. Art in Florence during this time reflected the political turmoil of the time and riveted the fine arts to a “complex and dynamic public workshop”, paving the way for the modern era.

This fascinating Florence art exhibition explores the 30s through the works of more than 40 leading artists during the era. The exhibition vibrantly demonstrates just how innovative the arts scene was in Florence in the 1930s. This was a time when people’s lifestyles were changing, mass production and mass entertainment was arriving in the city and was starkly influenced by the Italian painter’s brush.

“The Thirties: The Arts in Italy during Fascism” is being displayed at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence until January 27, 2012. This interactive exhibition, with a series of special areas, enables visitors to envisage what life was like at a time when mass communication, industrial design and artistic creativity were being infused like they had never entwined before.

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