Inventing futurism : the art and politics of artificial optimism /

Poggi, Christine, 1953-

Inventing futurism : the art and politics of artificial optimism / Christine Poggi. - Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2009. - xv, 374 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Illustrated throughout and unparalleled in scope, 'Inventing Futurism' demonstrates that beneath Futurism's belligerent avant-garde posturing lay complex and contradictory attitudes toward an always-deferred utopian future.

9780691133706 (hbk.) : 32.50


Futurism (Art)--Italy.
Arts and society--History--Italy--20th century.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--History--Italy--20th century.
Fascism and art--Italy.
Art and Design.

NX456.5.F8 / P64 2009

700.41140 POG

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