TY - BOOK AU - Poggi,Christine TI - Inventing futurism: the art and politics of artificial optimism SN - 9780691133706 (hbk.) : AV - NX456.5.F8 P64 2009 U1 - 700.41140 POG PY - 2009/// CY - Princeton, N.J., Oxford PB - Princeton University Press KW - Futurism (Art) KW - Italy KW - Arts and society KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Avant-garde (Aesthetics) KW - Fascism and art KW - Art and Design KW - eflch N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -