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This essay will consider some key aspects of the imagery of the ventennio regarding the Italian overseas territories through the analysis of the covers of the illustrated magazine Libia , launched in 1937 in the context of the so-called ‘Fourth Shore’ of Italy, ruled between 1934 and 1940 by governor Italo Balbo. Firstly, this essay will address th...
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... 2015). In his Fauna libica (Libyan fauna), the artist presented Figure 8. Milo Corso Malverna, cover for Libia, September 1938 issue; private collection, Rome a naïf vision of the colony, filling all the available space with endearing animal figures, which he placed alongside the most disparate objects, symbols and characters of the region (Fig. 7). Perhaps, for this intricate creation, BOT took inspiration from some ancient mosaics with plant and animal subjects such as those in the Justinian Basilica in Sabratha and the Roman baths in Uàdi ez-Zgàia ( Aurigemma 1960, 27-29, ...
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