Photo, Print, Drawing All of Our Savings to the Homeland. Tutto il nostro risparmio alla patria
About this Item
Title
- All of Our Savings to the Homeland.
Other Title
- Tutto il nostro risparmio alla patria
Summary
- Italy emerged from World War I with a weakened economy characterized by mass unemployment, food shortages, strikes, and government debt. These economic conditions, along with disappointment that Italy had not gained more territory in Europe or colonies in Africa from its sacrifices during the war, led to the rise of fascism under Benito Mussolini, who seized power in 1922. This poster of 1920 urges Italians to devote their savings to the reconstruction of the homeland, presumably by purchasing Italian government bonds. The poster shows an enormous piggy bank being lifted by a crane; below is an outline map of Italy as seen from the north. The poster is by Plinio Codognato (1878--1940), a prominent Italian illustrator and advertising executive, who after the war worked for the Italian automobile manufacturer FIAT and other Italian companies and brands, including Pirelli, Campari, and Cinzano.
Names
- Codognato, P., active 19th and 20th century Artist.
Created / Published
- Milan, Italy : Pilade Rocco Art Impressions, 1920.
Headings
- - Italy
- - 1920
- - Coastlines
- - Cranes, derricks, etc
- - Piggy banks
- - War bonds and funds
- - War posters
- - World War, 1914-1918
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 99 x 71 centimeters.
- - Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Douglas J. Forsyth, The Crisis of Liberal Italy: Monetary and Financial Policy, 1914-1922 (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1993).|Thomas Row, "Mobilizing the Nation: Italian Propaganda in the Great War," Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Volume 24, Design, Culture, Identity (Miami Beach, FL: Florida International University Board of Trustees on behalf of The Wolfsonian-FIU, 2002).
- - Original resource at: Library of Modern and Contemporary History.
- - Content in Italian.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- World War I Posters
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670895
Online Format
- compressed data
- image