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BOSSO-BAMDIEBA giallissimo .5 o 0) E E ft) g ji *-ï o 3 '5 <J IB -j ABAICIO-FIOCO rosa-geranio SO -o 3 to .2 t) <0 "O '<ï» o o WD *N g "" _4) u 3 DQ at VEBBE-ANICE azzurrissimo ° O 10 3 *) 3 * i -5 CUtS ft) 3 ftf OI E 33 ft) TEBBl^BIEE bianco-smatto 4> O 33 cu c « u SO WD 2 to 3-2 ï* WD .2 *3 o O NEBB-LACCA btu-notte N o 3 3 O -t-t .1 1= CU 3 W3 ft) T3 .2 CU 3 £ ft) wd3 -o 'o -5 4) o^gefti e personaggi trasparenti e ma- T3 U. .SOso o > Cu 3 T3 S U mo dreperlacei di fu e velocita — 3 *" eft T3 = — 0) 3 * ballerine attorcigliate nei rossi <s « .2 H s gorghi dei dancing e *3 o 4> - JG trafitte da saet- t O 4- sxw 154 pages , 141 illustrations (22 in color ) $6.50 FUTURISM by Joshua C. Tayl or From the first publication of Marinetti's provocative "Manifesto of Futurism" in Paris in 1909, the word "Futurist" has caught the imagination of artists and public alike. His impassioned praise of modernity — "a roaring automobile is more beautiful than the I ictory of Samothrace'''' — and his violent attack on conventional institutions— museums, academies, and bourgeois morality in general— thrilled the young and terrified the official guardians of culture. The Futurist artists, Boccioni, Carra, Russolo, Severini, and Balla, set out to create an art as exhilarating as Marinetti's promise. They translated the kinetic rhythms and the con fused, intense sensations of modern life into potent visual form, creating works of art of extraordinary emotional impact. The F uturists' approach to art, their manifestoes and dem onstrations set a pattern for many art movements which followed, such as Constructivism, Dada, and Surrealism . and the sympathy between certain Futurist procedures and current endeavors is largely responsible for the growing interest in Futurism. By re-examining in their own terms the works and writings of the Futurist artists in their most creative period, 1910-1916, Dr. Taylor restores an exciting and significant movement to its distinctive place in modern art. Extensive use of unpub lished material, and material not available in English, and the reproduction of a wide representation of works make the book not only a provocative introduction, but a valuable reference for an influential movement in aesthetics and art. The book includes a series of unpublished letters from Boccioni to \ ico Baer, a chronology of Futurist activity, and a useful bibliography of over one hundred works. Dr. Taylor is Professor of the History of Art and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. A specialist in Italian art and artistic theory of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he prepared the present book in Italy at the in vitation of the Italian government. His fully illustrated catalogue of the graphic work of Umberto Boccioni is being published by the Museum of Modern Art at the same time as this book. cover design by Charles Oscar utilizing a page from Depero's "Futurista," Milan, 1927 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 11 West 53 Street, New York 19, N.Y. Distributed by Doubleday & Co., Inc., Garden City, N.Y. Futurism 1/8Xi81/ 4l Severini: The Blue Dancer. (1912). Oil on canvas, with sequins, 24 Collection Dr. Gianni Mattioli, Milan JOSHUA C. TAYLOR Distributed by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART William A. M. Burden, Chairman of the Board; Henry Allen Moe, William S. Paley, Vice-Chairmen; Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, President; James Thrall Soby, Ralph F. Colin, Vice-Presidents; Alfred H. Barr, Jr., Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Gardner Cowles, *Mrs. W. Murray Crane, Rene d'Harnoncourt, Mrs. C. Douglas Dillon, Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, *A. 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Whitcomb. Edgar P. Richardson, Director; Paul L. Grigault, Chief Curator; William A. Botstick, Secretary Trustees of the Detroit Museum of Art Founders Society Alvan Macauley, Jr., President; Mrs. Henry Ford II, Vice-President; John N. Lord, Treas urer; Roy D. Chapin, Ferdinand Cinelli, Walker Cisler, John R. Davis, William M. Day, W. Hawkins Ferry, Lawrence P. Fisher, Lawrence A. Fleischman, Mrs. Gaylord Gillis, Jr., Leslie Green, Alan W. Joslyn, Ernest Kanzler, Ralph T. McElvenny, John S. Newberry, Douglas F. Roby, Edward E. Rothman, Mrs. Allan Shelden, John Shenefield, Robert H. Tannahill, James S. Whitcomb, Mrs. Harry L.Winston LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM Board of Governors and Directors of Museum Associates William T. Sesnon, Jr., President, Board of Governors; Edward W.Carter, President, Mu seum Associates; Howard F. Ahmanson, David E. Bright, Sydney F. Brody, Richard F. Brown, Justin Dart, Charles E. Ducommun, C. V. Duff, John Jewett Garland, Mrs. Free man Gates, Ed N. Harrison, David W. Hearst, Roger W. Jessup, T. R. Knudsen, Joseph B. Koepfli, Mrs. Rudolph Liebig, Maurice A. Machris, Charles O. Matcham, Dr. Frank lin D. Murphy, John R. Pemberton, Vincent Price, William J. Sheffler, Norton Simon, Mrs. Kellogg Spear, Maynard Toll, Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Mrs. Stuart E. Weaver, Jr., Dr. M. Norvel Young. Richard F. Brown, Chief Curator of the Art Division; James H. Elliott, Assistant Chief Curator of Art Printed in Western Germany by Briider Hartmann, Berlin Published by The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York, May 1961 All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 61-11271 Designed by Charles Oscar Contents page FOREWORD 7 THE FUTURIST GOAL 9 The Modern Pegasus 11 A Dynamic Perception 12 "Hurrah! plus de contacte avec la terre immonde!" 14 THE FUTURIST ACHIEVEMENT *7 The Painters Meet the Public (Milan, May 1911) 25 The Futurist Assault on Paris (February 1912) 41 Each in His Own Way (1912-1913) 57 Giacomo Bulla 59 Gino Severini 66 Carlo Carra 75 Luigi Russolo So Umberto Boccioni 84 The Closing Years (1914-1915) 102 NOTES TO THE TEXT 119 CHRONOLOGY 121 APPENDIX A: FOUR FUTURIST MANIFESTOES 124 APPENDIX B: BOCCIONI LETTERS TO VICO BAER 133 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FUTURISM: 1905-1961 135 BIOGRAPHIES AND CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION 141 INDEX 149 Lendersto the Exhibition Aw, Paride Accetti, Milan; The Estate of Vico Baer; Dr. Giuseppe Berga- mini, Milan; On. Pietro Campilli, Rome; Mr. and Mrs. Sidney E. Cohn, New York; Dr.