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Luigi Russolo, Futurist : Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult /

Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)--painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement--was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. As creator of the first systematic poetics of noise and inventor of what has been considered th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chessa, Luciano, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE. Luigi Russolo from the Formative Years to 1913; 1. Futurism as a Metaphysical Science; 2. Occult Futurism; 3. Spotlight on Russolo; 4. Painting Noise: La musica; 5. Russolo and Synesthesia; 6. Russolo's Metaphysics; PART TWO. The Art of Noises and the Occult; 7. Intonarumori Unveiled; 8. The Spirali di Rumori; 9. The Arte dei "Romori"; 10. Controversial Leonardo; 11. Third Level; Conclusion: Materialist Futurism?; Notes.