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The Futurist art movement, founded by F.T. Marinetti in 1909, had a worldwide impact and made important contributions to avant-garde movements in many countries and artistic genres. This yearb...
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  • 31 January 2022
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This volume explores the fraught relationship between Futurism and the Sacred. Like many fin-de-siècle intellectuals, the Futurists were fascinated by various forms of esotericism such as theosophy and spiritualism and saw art as a privileged means to access states of being beyond the surface of the mundane world. At the same time, they viewed with suspicion organized religions as social institutions hindering modernization and ironically used their symbols. In Italy, the theorization of "Futurist Sacred Art" in the 1930s began a new period of dialogue between Futurism and the Catholic Church. The essays in the volume span the history of Futurism from 1909 to 1944 and consider its different configurations across different disciplines and geographical locations, from Polish and Spanish literature to Italian art and American music.

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Price: $155.99
Pages: 469
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter
Publication Date: 31 January 2022
ISBN: 9783110751024
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: ART015100 ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), LIT024050 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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Günter Berghaus, Unveristät Bristol; Monica Jansen, Universität Utrecht; Luca Somigli, Universität Toronto.

Günter Berghaus, University of Bristol; Monica Jansen, University of Utrecht; Luca Somigli, University of Toronto.