Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Futurism


Here is the full text of the 1909 Futurist Manifesto.





Filippo Marinetti, a page from Parole in Liberta (Words in Freedom)



A recording of Filippo Marinetti reading his poetry:






A 1921 recording of Luigi Russolo's Corale, one of the first experiments in electronic music:








Umberto Boccioni, The City Rises







Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space






Giulio Bragaglia, The Slap (photograph)







Gino Severini, Hieroglyph of the Bal Tabarin







Giacomo Balla, Abstract Speed





Antonio Sant 'Elia, Futurist City







A. Bertelli, Mussolini (ceramic sculpture)







Hall of the Fallen in the Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista (Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution)





FUTURISM

Filippo Marinetti
serrata Futurista
Benito Mussolini

Read Chapter 9 in the textbook.



A newsreel from 1932 of Mussolini opening the Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista in Rome.