Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Bellissima: Feminine Beauty and the Idea of Italy Book

Feminine beauty has been more associated with national cultural identity in Italy than in any other country. From the time of Dante and Petrarch, ideals of beauty have informed artistsâ?? work. This intriguing and gloriously illustrated book investigates the many debates this topic has provoked in modern Italy. Radicals and monarchists, Catholics, Fascists, and Communists have all championed specific ideas about female beauty. First theater and the press, then, later, cinema and television inherited from literature and art the task of articulating ideals. Gundle examines Fascism's failure to mold the ideal modern Italian woman, the rise of beauty pageants after World War Two, the professional and public roles of television actresses, the election of the first non-white Miss Italy in 1996, and the careers and images of beautiful women who have been seen to embody the countryâ??Queen Margherita of Savoy, the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, and movie icons Gina Lollobrigida, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Bellucci, and Sophia Loren, who remains the living symbol of Italy and one of the most beautiful women in the world. Read More

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  • 0300123876
  • 9780300123876
  • Stephen Gundle
  • 6 July 2007
  • Yale University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 288
  • illustrated edition
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