Sessions Sponsored by the Italian Art Society
Session Title: Spectacles of Nationhood: World’s Fairs and Italian Identity Formation
New York Hilton Midtown - 2nd Floor - Nassau West
Saturday, February 15
9:00 - 10:30 AM
Chair and Organizer: Lucia Colombari, University of Oklahoma
Speakers/Papers:
Peter Clericuzio, Syracuse University, FIAT, International Expositions, and the Stile Liberty: Design for a New Century
Ranelle Knight-Lueth, Grant Wood Catalogue Raisonne Project, Italian Fascism on Display: The Italian Pavilion at the Century of Progress World Exposition, 1933-34
James Fortuna, University of St Andrews, Fascism, Italian-Americans, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Lucia Colombari, University of Oklahoma, Architectures of Becoming: Italy's Democratic Narrative at Expo 58