Vita Futurista. Italian Futurism 1909-44 - ACE170.3

1987. Vita Futurista. Italian Futurism 1909-44 - ACE170.3.

TitleVita Futurista. Italian Futurism 1909-44 - ACE170.3
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In00:06:21
Out00:10:24
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Maurizio Calvesi, art critic, saying how Marinetti’s manifesto listed all manner of early twentieth century mechanical developments, cars, aeroplanes, etc. Marinetti’s words VO. Black and white film of factory and steel mill interiors. Words by Marinetti and Calvesi VO. Architectural drawings of factories, etc., by Antonio Sant’Elia. His Città Nuova / The City of the Future (1914). Aerial view of the FIAT Linghotto factory, Turin. Original footage of car being driven along the flat roof of the building. Architectural drawings for unrealised projects, influential on successive generations of architects. Original film of cars racing on the FIAF roof intercut with contemporary film of the same. Aerial view of the factory, designed by Matte Trucco, racing footage, etc. Luigi Russolo’s painting La Rivolta / Revolt (1911), his subject, the racing car, being synonymous with the new mobility and social ferment of the urban masses. Milan. Photograph of Marinetti and other Futurists. Umberto Boccioni’s painting, Rissa in Galleria / Riot in the Galleria (1910). His Idolo Moderno / Modern Idol (1911). Street scene. Boccioni’s La Strada Entra Nella Casa / The Street Enters the House (1911), La Città che Sale / The City Rises (1910-1911). Memorial arch to Vittorio Emanuele II; interior steel mill. Various photo-dynamic studies by Anton Giulio Bragaglia showing "lines of movement and the penetration of space".

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