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Futurism.
extremely rare,very good condition
154 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1961
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August 16, 2016
Burn the museums! Drain the canals of Venice! Lets kill the moonlight!
Pretty great book about the best art movement ever. I don't really know how to review it without just giving an inferior wikipedia summary of the history of futurism. Anyway, it explains the history in pretty good detail and shows you all the major players, events, and transformations which the movement went through from its youthful undirected impulse towards action and dynamism until its eventual home in war painting and nationalism. It does this without judgement or condemnation. An interesting thing about Futurism which this book brings up, which I had either forgotten or never considered, is that Futurism isn't actually an artistic movement in the normal sense that it consolidates around a particular method of painting. It isnt like Cubism or Impressionism or something like that. It derives its artistic impulse from abstract philosophical ideas laid out in manifestoes, and different artists tried to put that to canvas (or other mediums) in whatever way they saw fit. There are certain common visual themes, especially because these artists knew and communicated with one another, but it nevertheless leads to a pretty wide spread of painting styles all which are classified as Futurism because they are all attempts at expressing dynamic movement of some sort. Movement of machines, animals, light, sound, peoples, ideas. Movement of things into one, movement of oneness into individual things. Movement of the viewer himself. Its the most inspirational and lively genre of painting ive ever seen!
Pretty great book about the best art movement ever. I don't really know how to review it without just giving an inferior wikipedia summary of the history of futurism. Anyway, it explains the history in pretty good detail and shows you all the major players, events, and transformations which the movement went through from its youthful undirected impulse towards action and dynamism until its eventual home in war painting and nationalism. It does this without judgement or condemnation. An interesting thing about Futurism which this book brings up, which I had either forgotten or never considered, is that Futurism isn't actually an artistic movement in the normal sense that it consolidates around a particular method of painting. It isnt like Cubism or Impressionism or something like that. It derives its artistic impulse from abstract philosophical ideas laid out in manifestoes, and different artists tried to put that to canvas (or other mediums) in whatever way they saw fit. There are certain common visual themes, especially because these artists knew and communicated with one another, but it nevertheless leads to a pretty wide spread of painting styles all which are classified as Futurism because they are all attempts at expressing dynamic movement of some sort. Movement of machines, animals, light, sound, peoples, ideas. Movement of things into one, movement of oneness into individual things. Movement of the viewer himself. Its the most inspirational and lively genre of painting ive ever seen!
February 23, 2018
One of the few books that gives an in-depth knowledge on the painting philosophies and techniques of the modern masters. Futurism started in Italy as a successor of Cubism and Surrealism, and propagated the embrace of speed, industrialization and an abstinence of old traditions. The books discusses this philosophy in detail and goes into the analysis of iconic painting, architecture and sculptures made as a part of this movement. Famous works include that of Balla, Russolo, Marcel Duchamp, Carra, Boccioni, etc.
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