Relics of Icarus Dream. Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum

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Portada del número 8 de Diferents. Revista de museus
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Published: Nov 29, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6035/diferents.7654
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Gianni Caproni, Aeronautics, Engineering, Museum, Art, Gabriel D’Annunzio, Mattarello, Trento

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Juan Agustín Mancebo Roca
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4942-8879

Abstract

The Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum in Trento is the oldest museum dedicated to aviation in Italy. In 1929, Settimia Guasti and Gianni Caproni founded the first museum in Taliedo by recovering, documenting and preserving their own and their competitors’ aircrafts, as well as works of art and items related to flight. The museum has since moved to a new location and expanded its collection of aircraft and works of art until it moved to its Trento site in 1992. This article provides an overview of the Caproni Museum, reconstructing the historical figure of the engineer and his company, the origins of the museum, its transformations, the collections and its current position within the museum organigram of the province of Trento.

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Mancebo Roca, J. A. (2023). Relics of Icarus Dream. Gianni Caproni Aeronautical Museum. Diferents. Revista De Museus, 8(8), 32–51. https://doi.org/10.6035/diferents.7654
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Juan Agustín Mancebo Roca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Professor of History of Contemporary Art at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. Doctor of Art History and Master of Aesthetics and Theory of Cinematography (University of Valladolid, 2008). He has developed research work at the Archivio del'900 of the MART di Trento e Rovereto (2023, 2022 and 2021) and the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2011 and 2010). He was a fellow in Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts at the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome (2013) and the Santander Foundation at the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico (2012). His research revolves around the avant-gardes of the 20th century and the history of cinema.

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