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Ambassadors of Beauty: Italian Old Master Exhibitions and Fascist Cultural Diplomacy 1930-1940

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Italian art embodies a model of ideal beauty that is deeply rooted in western historical consciousness. In the 1930s, the Italian fascist regime appropriated this model to establish cultural-political relations with other governments. As ambassadors of fascist cultural diplomacy, iconic masterpieces of Italian art then travelled in exhibitions to London, Paris, Belgrade, and the USA.

Matilde Cartolari discusses exhibitions as a point of intersection between art historiography and the art ma...