Legitimizing the Artist: Manifesto Writing and European Modernism 1885-1915

Legitimizing the Artist: Manifesto Writing and European Modernism 1885-1915
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 1442657731
ISBN-13 : 9781442657731
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Book Synopsis Legitimizing the Artist: Manifesto Writing and European Modernism 1885-1915 by : Luca Somigli

Download or read book Legitimizing the Artist: Manifesto Writing and European Modernism 1885-1915 written by Luca Somigli and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work Luca Somigli discusses several European artistic movements - decadentism, Italian futurism, vorticism, and imagism - and argues for the centrality of the works of F.T. Marinetti in the transition from a "fin de siecle" decadent poetics, exemplified by the manifestoes of Anatole Baju, to a properly avant-garde project.


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