Roma – Art and advertisementsthe documentary written and directed by Eleonora Zamparutti one Piero Muscarà per Arte.it Originals In collaboration with RAI Cultura, It is now available in streaming on RaiPlay After the first broadcast on RAI 5 on April 16, 2025 in the Art Night program directed by Silvia de Felice. With a duration of 52 minutes, the film proposes a journey in history to discover the complex and often ambiguous relationship between creativity and strength, wondering how the artist is really free to express himself and how much he is conditioned by those who order his talent, check or use. From ancient Rome to the Napoleonic era, from Totalitarianism of the twentieth century to the Cold War and the icons of contemporary culture, the documentary shows how art has been to a celebration, propaganda or dispute aids. Symbolic places of cross symbolic places such as the Capitolinemusea and the ARA Pacis Museum, focus on the peaceful Mars of Candova and tell the operation with which fascism has transformed Leonardo da Vinci into an emblem of nationalism. The Nazi judgment of modern art finds space next to the corrosive satire of John Heartfield, while abstract expressionism is presented as a vehicle of freedom in American cultural policy. There is no lack of transformation of the face of Che Guevara in a planetary icon, a symbol of revolution but also of the market. To give these stories, historical curators and artists of international importance, from Fabrice d’Almeida to Giordano Bruno Guerri, from Karole PB Vail to Jim Fitzpatrick, together with Denis Curti, Claudio Giorgione, Elena Canadelli and Anna Schultz. The result of eight years of research and resumes in various capitals of culture, from Rome to Paris, from Berlin to New York, Art and advertisements It does not reduce artistic creation to a purely political tool, but invites the viewer to develop critical consciousness, read implicit messages and to question the role of images in shaping identity and society. The world distribution of the documentary has been entrusted Mediawan.
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