Back to the Futurists: The avant-garde and its legacy
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1526116871 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorElza Adamowicz is Professor of French Literature and Visual Culture at Queen Mary University of London Simona Storchi is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Leicester
They explore the works of major players of the movement as well as its lesser-known figures, and the often critical impact of Futurism on contemporary or later avant-garde movements such as Cubism, Dada and Vorticism. Between 1909 and 1912 the Futurists published over thirty manifestos, celebrating speed and danger, glorifying war and technology, and advocating political and artistic revolution. In 1909 the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Founding Manifesto of Futurism was published on the front page of Le Figaro. The essays offer exciting new readings in gender politics, aesthetics, historiography, intermediality and interdisciplinarity. The publication will be of interest to scholars and students of European art, literature and cultural history, as well as to the informed general public.. This collection of essays aims to reassess the activities of the Italian Futurist movement from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on its activities and legacies in the field of poetry, painting, sculpture, theatre, cinema, advertising and politics
Elza Adamowicz is Professor of French Literature and Visual Culture at Queen Mary University of London Simona Storchi is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Leicester