And when the art we admire every day, enjoy the benefits that brings the heart and gaze, was it really a great propaganda, to place it in the way the British writer and poet and critic George Orwell?
A theory that would of course give no peace to the supporters of a free and sincere expression of the human soul, where the artist is the greatest incarnation of this freedom.
To shed light on this dichotomy of views, on Wednesday 16 April at 9.15 pm, the documentary arrives at RAI 5 (channel 23 of the digital terrestrial and 5023) Art and advertisementsbroadcast on the first TV in the program Artificial night By Silvia de Felice.
Geschreven, geregisseerd en geproduceerd door Eleonora Zamparutti en Piero Muscarà, met de bijdrage van gezaghebbende stemmen van geleerden en artiesten, van Martin Kemp tot Francesco Vezzoli, van Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, Ix Duke of Wellington, tot Giordano Bruno Guerri, van Karole PB Vail en Julius Bryant To Denis To Denis Curti, The Documentary to Denis Curti, The Documentary. Supports a journey through the centuries for the centuries explores the dynamics of the relationship between art and power. Despite, when it comes to the art of propaganda, the mind flight to great totalitarianism of the twentieth century, to fascism, Nazism, Soviet communism that has systematically used art to practice dominance on the masses, we know that the history of art of propaganda has more old roots. Through the search for Eleonora Zamparutti and Piero Muscarà we will meet artists and customers who have worked together to create works that are able to reflect and send powerful and sustainable messages, making their historical, social and political context analyzed. In this path, the figure of the artist evolves over time, an increasingly conscious protagonist of the art of propaganda and gradually accepts, starting, starting, from the 19th and 20th centuries, a primary role in the choice of themes, expressive methods and the message transferred by the art of propaganda.
Peggy Guggenheim collection, Venice, still from the documentary “Art and Propaganda” | © Arte.it 2025
Developed in episodes, the production investigates the relationship between art and artists with power, thanks to the contribution of the highest experts of the discussed topics, but also of original and often non -published Archive documents, vintage films and photos.
To give an example, the image of Napoleon is made by Antonio Canova a masterpiece that within twenty years, for a change in history, the emblem of the failure of the art of propaganda is designed by Bonaparte. The story is told by the voice of Julius Bryant, emeritus curator of Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, IX Duke or Wellington.
Then we meet Mussolini and Leonardo da Vinci, protagonists of the chapter that describes the manipulation made against one of the key figures of the Italian cultural heritage. In a critical moment of autarchical politics, De Duce actually develops the so -called “Leonardo Operation”: the invention at the table, through a traveling exhibition, of “Leonardo da Vinci: Italian genius” That will be a useful propaganda tool in Italy and abroad, first in New York and then in Tokyo.
Made in collaboration with the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan, the chapter on Leonardo uses the contributions of Claudio Giorgione, curator Collections “Leonardo, Art and Science”, and by Elena Canadelli, history of science at the University of Padua.
From Nazi Germany, with the exhibition Degenerate art: the process of modern art under Nazism In performance in the Picasso Musée in Paris until 25 May 2025, in the Manhattan scene animated by Peggy Guggenheim, the journey continues with young American talents such as Jackson Pollock, who would give life to the New York School. Na de bijdrage van Karole PB Vail, directeur van de Peggy Guggenheim -collectie van Venetië, en Grazina Sublyte, curator, gewijd aan de toewijding van Peggy Guggenheim om de Europese avant -gardes te promoten en de jonge Amerikanen begon uit de Biennale van 1948, de documentaire die de figuratieve kunst in de Soviet -Unie was omdat de Figurative Art in de Soviet union in the Soviet Union was because the Figurative Art in the Soviet Union was in the Soviet Union. The proletariat cheated. “” In Cuba, in the aftermath of the Castrista Revolution, one of the longest -bound modern icons of freedom began. The portrait of Che Guevara is therefore again presented by a multitude of archive films and original photos taken by the direct witnesses of the story, an above all the Cuban photographer Jima, makes use of the Irero Korda, Fitzpatrick, as well as the story of Denis Curti, historians of photography and curator.
Still from the documentary “Art and Propaganda” | © Arte.it 2025
From Leonardo to Tiziano, the great masters are told about Sky Arte
On April 15, 1452, Leonardo di Ser Piero da Vinci was born in Anchiano, giving the world its universal talent. Almost 600 years after this birthday, Sky Arte leads us to the secrets of the painting Savior of the worldAttributed to Leonardo da Vinci and became the most expensive in the world.
Today, Monday, April 14 at 9.15 pm Salvator Mundi: The Mystery Da Vinci It follows the incredible journey of the work, from the Renaissance to today, until the unexpected sale at an auction by Christie’s in 2017, for the record figure of $ 450 million. It was the Ministry of Culture of the Arab Emirates who won it, despite the painting, still continues to continue to discuss in mystery and speculations: is it really the work of Leonardo or one of the greatest artistic bluffs of our time?
We stay on Sky Arte where Tuesday 15th at 19.05 Tiziano – The Empire of ColorA Sky Original Production, guides the public on the trail of this extraordinary artist and brilliant entrepreneur of himself, founder of “An Empire” who stretched from Venice to the most important courts in Europe. Raised in a family of notaries of Pieve di Cadore, the artist leaves the mountains from a very young age to become a student to become a painter to leave the mark from his brush from Venice to Ferrara, from Urbino to Rome, to the Spain of Carlo V, who chooses the color as a symbol of power, seduction.
Withdraw the most important events of the creative similarity of the artist, The kingdom of color Calls experts, critics and scientists invited to give their position on life, style, the operandi modus of the artist.
“Salvator Mundi. The Mystery Da Vinci”, broadcast on Sky Arte HD
Thursday, April 17 at 20.40 with episode 8 of The Square – Everything you can artIn The First Vision (Sky Exclusive), Nicolas Ballario leads us to the discovery of new studies and visiting the exhibitions of important contemporary artists, while we celebrate the holy birthday in the company of the documentary The Basilica of the Holy Grave – The Heart of ChristianityA route of Jerusalem, a holy place that has interwoven different cultures and religions for centuries.
RAI history to discover Ancona
Founded by the ancient Greeks to get the most out of the natural hiding place that is the protagonist of “History of Our Cities”, broadcast on Monday 14 April at 9.40 pm about the history of Rai through his Golf and his Strategic Position in the middle of the Adriatic way, Ancona. Crossroads of Exchanges, Authentic Open -Air Museum, Ancona finds the glory of her centuries -which are over in the majestic arch of Trajan, in the prestigious National Archeological Museum of the Marche or even in the Cathedral of San Ciriaaco, a beautiful cathedral of the stadem.
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