Futurism — Sylvia Martin

With motion and machines as its most treasured tropes Futurism was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti along with painters Giacomo Balla Umberto Boccioni Carlo Carrà and Gino Severini With affiliate painters sculptors designers architects and writers the group sought to subsume the dusty establishment into a new age of sleek strong purified modernity Futurism s place in art history is as ambivalent as it is important The movement pioneered revolutionary methods to convey movement light and speed but sparks controversy in its glorification of war and fascist politics Their frenzied almost furious canvases are as remarkable for their macho aggression as they are for their radical experimentation with brushstrokes texture and color in the quest to record an object moving through space With key examples from the Futurists prolific output and leading practitioners this book introduces the movement that spat vitriol at all isms of the past and in so doing created an ism of their own About the series Born back in 1985 the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best selling art book collection ever published Each book in TASCHEN s Basic Art History series features approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions a detailed illustrated introduction a selection of the most important works of the epoch each presented on a two page spread with a full page image and accompanying interpretation as well as a portrait and brief biography of the artist Tanıtım Bülteninden