The avant-garde and its legacy
by
Elza Adamowicz, Simona Storchi
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
In 1909 the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s Founding Manifesto of Futurism was published on the front page of Le Figaro. Between 1909 and 1912 the Futurists published over thirty manifestos, celebrating speed and danger, glorifying war and technology, and advocating political and artistic...