Futurism

by ottinger-didier (Editor)

Tracing the roots of Futurism back to the Cubist paintings produced in Paris by Braque, Picasso & their contemporaries this book also tracks the influences of Futurism on French art, on the Rayonists & Cubo-Futurists in Russia & the Vorticists in London, establishing it as a key source for much of the output of the 20th century.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

360 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2008

Reviews

[Mir]

I was not much engrossed by this book and don't feel like reviewing it. I'll just give my alternate recommendation: read Greene's book on the subject instead.
Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe

[Jo Bennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Visually this is a brilliant book, the dimesions mean that you get a really good look at the pictures that illustrate the text. The text is well written and introduces the towering figures of the artists that created Futurism. There are only two criticisms really. The first is that the illustrations were not fully referenced in the text so it wasn't always easy to see immediately if a referenced picture was in the book. Secondly, the Manifesto of Futurism was given in full but without an English translation. But in terms of size this is a great book to see these amazing works.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Futurism
Edited by Didier Ottinger

Impassioned, polemical, and rebellious, the Futurist movement exalted the modern world by placing machines, speed, and technology at the heart of its artistic experimentations. Futurism embodied the same reality that it tried to capture: a dynamism that reflected the changing structure of the visible world. This landmark survey, published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's "Manifesto of Futurism", traces the movement from its origins in Italy to the international creative forum. Richly illustrated with 130 works by luminaries such as Boccioni, Balla, Picasso, Braque, Leger, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Duchamp, and Malevich, the book explores different modes of expression within shared themes: the lighting of modern cities, dance, crowd movement, and the speed of new mechanical means of transport. Featuring essays by the world's leading authorities on Futurism and the Avant-grade, "Futurism" is a radical reassessment of the movement and essential for understanding the genesis of many of modernism's greatest works.