Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
The Dead of Bligny Would Start From Their Graves
Alternate Title:
I morti di Bligny trasalirebbero
Image View:
Detail, figure seated on slab with inscription
Creator:
Arturo Martini (Italian sculptor, 1889-1947)
Location:
repository: Museo del Novecento (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Duomo, 8
GPS:
45.463611 9.190278
Date:
1935 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Vicenza stone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
149 cm (height) x 150 cm (width) x 150 cm (depth)
Inscription:
I MORTI DI BLIGNY TRASALIREBBERO 2 OTT. 1935
Subjects:
death or burial; funerary art; military or war; Cemeteries; Fascism; World War, 1914-1918; epigraphy
Description:
Bligny, a small village in northeastern France, holds the most important Italian War cemetery in France. It holds the remains of 3,440 Italian soldiers from WWI, mainly from the II Corpo d’Armata (their comander was generale Albricci and this unit fought in this region during German offensive in June 1918). Between the world wars, Martini became the semi-official sculptor of the fascist regime. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-MARTINIM-DB-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

The Dead of Bligny Would Start From Their Graves