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"Starting with Cezanne, this book shows how Cubism, originating in France, spread rapidly to Russia and Italy. Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Leger, to escape from objectivity, 'deformed' objects in order to discover their inner reality. The aim of art ceased to be the imitation of nature, but the means of creating new forms. To this, the Futurists added dynamism and movement which led eventually to abstraction."--Back cover.

"Futurism, the brainchild in 1909 of Italian writer and cultural impresario F.T. Marinetti, was the defining avant-garde art movement of the early twentieth century. Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carra, Gino Severini, Wyndham Lewis and Kasimir Malevich are among the artists featured here." "This book traces the movement in Italy from its origins in dissident underground politics and fin-de-siecle bohemian culture, through its remarkable development...

Ollowing an automobile accident in the Milanese countryside, poet Filippo Marinetti experienced a form of artistic catharsis. He quickly founded the Futurist movement, shunning all ties to tradition and embracing the dynamic technological landscape of a brand new century. Marinetti and his entourage also became associated with violence, misogyny, and Fascism, and as a result Futurism now resides along an isolated thread within the vibrant tapestry...