13 – Fascism (anti-Modern, reactionary movement)

This is just a simplified guide. The questions are not central to the discussion in this class, but rather basic starting points. Jorge Majfud

1. What was/is the relationship of fascism with history?
2. How was the fascist reaction to Modern architecture and art? Why

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Palace of Italian Civilization (1940)

Arco della Vittoria (Victory Arch), 1923

Fascism (anti-modern, reactionary movement)

Degenerate Art Exhibition, Berlin 1937 **, **, 

Germania, Berlin (Albert Speer)

Ideology, Propaganda and Architecture: The Legacy of Albert Speer: **,

 German Pavilion (Paris 1937)

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana / Colosseo Quadrato (Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano, 1938)

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Moscow, Vladimir Gelfreykh, 1948)

Moscow State University / Moscow State University, 1947.

Hammarskjöldplatz, Berlin / Messe Hall

Stockholm City Hall / Stockholm City Hall (Sweden, Ragnar Ostberg 1911)