> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Simone Battiston and Javier P. Grossutti > Reference:: https://www.academia.edu/38038818/When_arts_and_crafts_education_meets_Fascism_the_Friuli_mosaic_school_1922_1943 > Date:: 2019 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: > Claim:: [[Counter claim - Craft is an instrument of power]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Friulian mosaics were used by the Italian fascists to promote nationalism. ### Highlights The Italian Fascist regime enhanced the reputation of Friulian craftsmanship by portraying mosaicists as successors to the art of mosaic-making from the ancient Roman city of Aquileia. This appeal to national heritage and ancestral artistic traditions was considered an important way to build consensus around what was called "the Italian pride". Italian craftsmanship, in general, helped the regime showcase Italian inventiveness globally and extend its political influence, particularly along the nation's eastern borders. Specific commissioned mosaics featured Fascist symbolism, including fasces, portraits of Benito Mussolini, allegorical mosaics for the shrine to the Fascist martyrs of Piacenza, the Roman she-wolf for a gate tower in Oderzo, and mosaics for the Italian Fascist Youth's aeronautic school in Forli.