Inventing futurism : the art and politics of artificial optimism

Futurist velocities -- Folla/follia: futurism and the crowd -- Umberto Boccioni's The city rises: picturing the futurist metropolis -- Photogenic abstraction: Giacomo Balla's iridescent interpenetrations -- Dreams of metallized flesh: futurism and the masculine body -- Futurist love, luxur...

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Main Author: Poggi, Christine (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton [u.a.] : Princeton University Press , 2009
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Author Notes:Christine Poggi
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Summary:Futurist velocities -- Folla/follia: futurism and the crowd -- Umberto Boccioni's The city rises: picturing the futurist metropolis -- Photogenic abstraction: Giacomo Balla's iridescent interpenetrations -- Dreams of metallized flesh: futurism and the masculine body -- Futurist love, luxury, and lust -- Return of the repressed: vicissitudes of the futurist machine -- Aesthetics under fascism
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XV, 374 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780691133706