Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) is a model of the spirit and flavor of Futurism--militant, exuberant, actively taking part in the social and political events of the turbulent times in which he lived. His manifestos and his powerfully sensuous visualizations exemplify the nature and the pertinence of the Futurist contribution to modern art. Along with F. T. Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra, Luigi Russolo, and Gino Severini, Boccioni played a leading role in the development and practice of Futurist ideas and art. During his ...
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Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) is a model of the spirit and flavor of Futurism--militant, exuberant, actively taking part in the social and political events of the turbulent times in which he lived. His manifestos and his powerfully sensuous visualizations exemplify the nature and the pertinence of the Futurist contribution to modern art. Along with F. T. Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra, Luigi Russolo, and Gino Severini, Boccioni played a leading role in the development and practice of Futurist ideas and art. During his brief life he made seminal contributions through his writings, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and engravings. Futurism burst forth with impassioned energy in Italy during the years immediately preceding World War I. Rejecting past idealism and scorning contemporary culture and society, the proponents of this major art movement shaped a forceful and revolutionary rhetoric that became the basis for their dynamic art, which conveys the frenetic and colorful motions of urban life. Throughout the course of the twentieth century, Futurism has been largely dismissed in favor of the Cubism concurrently developed in Paris. Yet the Futurist concepts set forth as early as 1910 have been of consequence in many areas of subsequent avant-garde art, both for their championing of the anti-past, pro-technological present and for the resulting art that injects Cubist formal elements with a lively, worldly, urban content. This publication presents an overview of Boccioni's unique accomplishments; it includes both a comprehensive survey of his art and of his writings, a number of which appear here for the first time in English. It documents the first retrospective exhibition of Boccioni's art in the United States. His fields of whirling action demonstrate that the period standardly termed the Cubist epoch could, with equal justice, be termed the Futurist era, in acknowledgment of the vanguard movement in Italy. [This book was originally published in 1988 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.] The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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Near fine. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. Color illustrations throughout, many full-page. lvi, 272 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, (1988). A near fine copy. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Boccioni: A Retrospective.
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Very Good. New York: The New York Museum of Art, Distributed by H.N. Abram, 1988. 1st edition. Sm 4to paperback. 272pp. Illustrations. Very Good book. (Futurism, Exhbition Catalog) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Boccioni, Umberto. Very good(+) Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 272 pages. Thick square 4to, blue cloth. New York: Harry Abrams, (1988). First edition. Covers are just a bit scuffed, else a near fine copy, lacking the dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with his exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art September 1988-January 1989.
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Boccioni, Umberto. Fine in fine jacket. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 272 pages. Thick square 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Harry Abrams, (1988). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Published in conjunction with his exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art September 1988-January 1989.
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Very good. No jacket. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Spine is creased along length, but pages are secure. Small stain on top of textblock. Inside is clean and unmarked.
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VG. Illustrated glossy stiff wraps. 272 pp. 72 color, 131 bw plates. A stupendous catalogue for what was a monumental exhibition. An important reference. Published to accompany the exhibition held in NY: Met, Sept. 15, 1988 to Jan. 8, 1989.
