Italian futurism and the machine /

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This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of machine culture in Italian futurism after the First World War. The machine was a primary concern for the futuristi. As well as being a material tool in the factory it was a social and political agent, an aesthetic emblem, a metonymy of modernity and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pizzi, Katia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Futurism (Art) > Italy.
Machinery in art.
Futurisme (Art) > Italie.
Machines dans l'art.
ART > History > General.
ART > History > Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)
Futurism (Art)
Machinery in art
Italy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the rape of Europa
  • Futurismo and the machine
  • Mechanical mach(in)ismo : Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
  • Style of steel : Fortunato Depero in 'dynamoland'
  • At the frontier of futurismo
  • Between technodialogism and cosmic idealism
  • From aerodancing technobodies to dysfunctional machines
  • Conclusion : ex machina.

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