Forthcoming from Getty Publications Futurist Painting Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism) Umberto Boccioni Introduction by Maria Elena Versari Translation by Richard Shane Agin and Maria Elena Versari Futurist Painting Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism), a truly radical book by Umberto Boccioni (1882–1916), claimed a central position in artistic debates of the 1910s and 1920s, exerting a powerful influence on the Italian Futurist movement as well as on the entire European historical avant-garde, including Dada and Constructivism. Today, Boccioni is best known as an artist whose paintings and sculptures are prized for their revolutionary aesthetic by American and European museums. But Futurist Painting Sculpture demonstrates ORDERING INFORMATION
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In his distinctive, exhilarating prose style, Boccioni not only articulates
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manifestos that the Futurists had already produced. Featuring
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devoted to the visual arts, Boccioni’s book established the canon of Italian Futurist art for many years to come.
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First published in Italian in 1914, Futurist Painting Sculpture has never Outside the U.S. and Canada
been available in English—until now. This edition includes a critical
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introduction by Maria Elena Versari. Drawing on the extensive Futurist
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archives at the Getty Research Institute, Versari systematically retraces,
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his attitude toward contemporary political, racial, philosophical, and
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Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents series 304 pages, 7 x 10 inches 28 color and 36 b/w illustrations ISBN 978-1-60606-475-7, paperback US $49.00, UK £32.50 June 2016
