Futurism (Basic Art) [Paperback]

Sylvia Martin (Author), Uta Grosenick (Editor)

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Publication Date: February 1, 2005 | Series: Basic Art

Inspired by the development of Cubism, the Futurist movement was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carr?, and Gino Severini. The school, which celebrated technology and the mechanical era, was comprised of painters, sculptors, designers, architects, and writers. Motion and machines were two main themes of this movement, which attacked the bastions of establishment and sparked controversy by its glorification of war and support of Fascism. Experimenting with movement, and speed, and abstract light and color, the Futurists developed approaches and techniques that were revolutionary at the time, and in retrospect one can see that the Futurists influenced other avant-garde art movements, most notably Russian Constructivism.

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About the Author

Sylvia Martin received her PhD in art history at the University of Cologne, trained at Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, and worked as curator and academic collaborator at Kunstmuseum as well as at Kunst Palast Museum in Dusseldorf. She currently works as freelance curator in Munich.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822829668
• ISBN-13: 978-3822829660
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me expand my horizons, May 6, 2011

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Ali Julia (boston, mass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Futurism (Basic Art) (Paperback)

This 96 page book covers Italian Futurism movement. Futurism movement was founded by Filippo Tomasso Marinetti in 1909. The movement went thorugh a lot of ups and downs until it finally lost momentum in the 40s. The movement united artists with a vision of re-newal of life taking current technological achievements as the point of depature for their ideas. Their goal was to directly influence the life of people, not only have aesthetic innovation. This book has an interesting description of the movement and the artists involved in it.

The book showcases artwork of the following artists: Umberto Boccioni, Anton Bragaglia, Carlo Carra, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, Leonardo Dudre-ville, Gino Severni, Fortunato Depero, Filippo Marinetti, Antonio Sant'elia, Ardengo Soffici, Tullio Crali, Gerardo Dottori, Virgilio Marchi, Enrico Prampolini. It shows the art, explains the moti-vation behind the images, and gives some information about each artist as well as the movement itself.

I did not know much about this movement and feel much more educated after reading the book and enjoying the artists creativity.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Essential, May 16, 2007

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Ninon L. Rodriguez "Curious prof" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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Great overview of this movement. I especially like the photographs and information about the individual artworks.