Futurism / Sylvia Martin ; edited by Uta Grosenick
2005, First Edition. Köln ; London : Taschen. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #446353
ISBN: 3822829668
Physical description; 95 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Notes; 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. Contents; Art + action + life = futurism -- 1910/11 -- The city rises ; States of mind ; The street penetrates the house / Umberto Boccioni -- Hand in motion / Anton Giulio Bragaglia -- Rhythms of objects ; Funeral of the anarchist Galli / Carlo Carrà -- The revolt ; Music / Luigi Russolo -- 1912/13 -- Dynamism of a dog on a leash ; Girl crossing a balcony / Giacomo Balla -- Dynamism of a soccer player ; Unique forms of continuity in space / Umberto Boccioni -- Expansion of the lyrical / Leonardo Dudreville -- Dynamism of an automobile ; Pictorial dynamism of the simultaneous movements of a lady / Luigi Russolo -- Blue dancer ; Self-portrait / Gino Severini -- 1913/14-1918-19 -- Mercury passing before the Sun as seen through a telescope ; Long live Italy / Giacomo Balla -- Futurist life / Giacomo Balla ... et al. -- Interventionist manifestation / Carlo Carrà -- Bird's movement ; Mechanics of dancers (mechanics of ballerinas, ballerina + idol) ; Construction of a little girl / Fortunato Depero -- Elegant speed -- liberated words (1st record) / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- Electric power plant / Antonio Sant'elia -- Spherical expansion of light into space ; Red Cross train passing through a town / Gino Severini -- Aeroplane / Mario Sironi -- Composition with "Lacerba" / Ardengo Soffici -- From 1919/20 -- Air battle I / Tullio Cali -- The miracle of light / Gerardo Dottori -- Draft for a building / Virgilio Marchi -- Tarantella ; F.T. Marinetti / Enrico Prampolini. Subjects; Balla, Giacomo 1871-1958. Boccioni, Umberto 1882-1916. Carrà, Carlo 1881-1966. Russolo, Luigi 1885-1947. Severini, Gino 1883-1966. Carrà, Carlo 1881-1966. Futurism (Art).
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