Ardengo Soffici's The Room of the Mannequins: Primitivism, Classicism and French Modernism

Ardengo Soffici’s engagement with African art was mediated by French modernism and led him to articulate a painterly aesthetic at once ‘primitive’ and classical. Soffici moved to Paris in 1900, and after his return to Florence in 1907 devoted himself to updating Italian art by promoting French moder...

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Main Author: Mariana Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Guadalajara 2017-01-01
Series:Sincronía
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Online Access:http://sincronia.cucsh.udg.mx/pdf/71/a1_3_32.pdf